Huang Chaogen

03-0904Dragon DanceTraditional DanceZhongshan, GuangdongBatch 3 (2009)

Lineage & School of Heritage

From the age of eight he learned dragon-and-lion martial arts under his grandfather Huang Wanying, and later studied dragon-and-lion technique in depth with his father Huang Gannan.

Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire

He blends southern boxing, drunken boxing and acrobatics, applying the routines of drunken boxing together with the steps of the lion dance so as to bring out the appearance of a drunk dancing the drunken dragon, attaining the remarkable state in which the form is drunk but the intent is not, and the steps are drunk but the heart is not. He has more than sixty years of rich performance experience, commands a comprehensive range of skills and has reached a very high level of accomplishment. In his local community he carefully teaches the performance techniques of the drunken dragon dance to the younger generation and actively promotes its transmission and development.

Honors & Recognition

He was a man of Han ethnicity, born in June 1930 in Zhongshan, Guangdong Province, and died in November 2017. He was a national representative bearer of Dragon Dance (Drunken Dragon), a third-batch national intangible cultural heritage project.

References & Archival Sources

Huang Chaogen · National Representative Bearer Archive

Representative Items of This Bearer

Profile

Representative item: Dragon Dance
Item code: Ⅲ-4
Category: Traditional Dance
Region: Zhongshan, Guangdong
Born: 1930.06
Batch: Batch 3 (2009)

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