Nuo Opera
01 · Historical Records
Drawing on Meishan culture research, Meishan nuo opera has been transmitted to this day by indigenous shaman-nuo masters through two lines, family transmission and master transmission; its origin is closely bound up with the shaman-nuo belief of the Meishan area of central Hunan, and it has continued for a thousand years in combination with local custom and religious activity.
02 · Core Techniques & Process
Meishan nuo opera is drama performed to entertain the gods and the participants themselves at folk nuo activities of seeking blessings, praying for children and driving out evil in Lengshuijiang city, Hunan. It circulates in Lengshuijiang and the Xinhua, Lianyuan, Xinshao and Shaoyang area of central Hunan, transmitted by indigenous shaman-nuo masters through family and master lines; the Lengshuijiang city cultural centre is responsible for the project's protection.
Meishan Nuo Ritual and Drama (Blessing, Seeking Children, Driving Out Evil)
Meishan nuo opera is performed at folk nuo activities of seeking blessings, praying for children and driving out evil, serving both to entertain the gods and to entertain the participants themselves.
03 · Regional Records & Related Items
Meishan nuo opera circulates in Lengshuijiang, Hunan, and the Xinhua, Lianyuan, Xinshao and Shaoyang area of central Hunan, transmitted by indigenous shaman-nuo masters through two lines, family and master; the Lengshuijiang city cultural centre is responsible for the project's protection.
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04 · Cultural Value & Contemporary Safeguarding
Meishan nuo opera has been transmitted to this day by indigenous shaman-nuo masters through family and master lines and is a living vehicle recording the evolution of the history, culture, art and religion of central Hunan over a thousand years; it is a precious source of information for many disciplines including ethnology, sociology, folklore, the genesis of drama, the morphology of drama and the study of Huxiang culture. Facing a lack of transmitters, the locality sustains this ancient art through recording and collation and through master-disciple transmission. Su Liwen (as recorded in the official dossier of an associated inheritor): male, Han, born in May 1941 in Lengshuijiang city, Hunan. He is a representative inheritor of nuo opera (Meishan nuo opera) in the fourth batch of national intangible cultural heritage projects and has trained more than twenty disciples, his incense-fire line reaching Lengshuijiang, Lianyuan, Xinhua, Xinshao, Shaoyang and other places.
05 · Associated Representative Bearers
Representative bearers recorded under this item, organized by national nomination batch:
- Li Zengwang 02-0653
- Liu Chenyu 02-0654
- Yao Jiawei 02-0655
- Long Ziming 02-0656
- Long Kaichun 02-0657
- Li Fuguo 02-0658
- Zhang Yuefu 02-0659
- An Yongbai 02-0660
- Jiang Pinsan 03-1074
- Guixunjin 04-1661
- Su Liwen 04-1662
- Ling Fengying 05-2398
- Tang Maohua 05-2399
- Deng Yushu 05-2400
- Long Jingchang 05-2401
- Nie Mane 05-2402
- Wang Taibao 05-2403
- Yang Chaozhong 05-2404
06 · Authoritative Sources & Bibliography
Sources
China Intangible Cultural Heritage Network (ihchina.cn)
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