Inheritor dances in dedication to preserving precious culture

NPC deputy promotes folk songs, rhythms of the Yi ethnic group in schools

Lu Lihua, a provincial-level inheritor of the national intangible cultural heritage "dage", a kind of Yi ethnic folk song and dance, and a deputy to the 14th National People's Congress from Southwest China's Yunnan province, has dedicated 14 years to the preservation and promotion of ethnic culture and rural vitalization.

Born in 1987 in Fengxian village, Nanjian Yi autonomous county in Dali Bai autonomous prefecture, Lu is a member of the Yi ethnic group. Growing up in this area known for its abundance of Yi ethnic culture, she learned a lot of traditional folk songs and dances from the elders during her childhood.

In 2011, Lu quit her job as an actress of ethnic song and dance in Kunming, capital of Yunnan, and returned to Nanjian to join the local tiaocai art troupe, dedicating herself to the preservation and promotion of intangible cultural heritage and grassroots cultural work.