Yang Shufan

03-0903Dragon DanceTraditional DanceLishui, JiangsuBatch 3 (2009)

Lineage & School of Heritage

He is the third-generation transmitter of the Luoshan Great Dragon.

Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire

He learned dragon dance from his father in childhood and knows the entire organisational procedure of the dragon association, as well as the stages of raising the dragon lantern, worshipping the deities and lowering the dragon. The Luoshan Great Dragon activity lapsed after 1945 and was twice revived, in 1983 and 2005, through the vigorous advocacy and active leadership of Yang Shufan and others. In 2005 he was elected head of the dragon association. During his tenure as head he actively raised funds to ensure that the activities of the association proceeded normally. He also actively carried out the transmission of skills, organising members of the association to take part in large-scale artistic performances and various folk performances, steadily broadening the project's visibility and influence.

Honors & Recognition

He was a man of Han ethnicity, born in May 1936 in Lishui County, Jiangsu Province, and died in April 2009. He was a national representative bearer of Dragon Dance (Luoshan Great Dragon), a third-batch national intangible cultural heritage project.

References & Archival Sources

Yang Shufan · National Representative Bearer Archive

Representative Items of This Bearer

Profile

Representative item: Dragon Dance
Item code: Ⅲ-4
Category: Traditional Dance
Region: Lishui, Jiangsu
Born: 1936.05
Batch: Batch 3 (2009)

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