Shi Chaoyang taught the “Che Drum Formation” technique, which has been passed down throughout the Changhua area, and he spared no effort in promoting and inheriting the “Che Drum Formation” culture. (Provided by the Cultural Resources Bureau of the Ministry of Culture)
[Reporter Dong Baiting/Reporting from Taipei]Shi Chaoyang, the preserver of the traditional performing art “Chegu Formation” in Changhua County, passed away yesterday (1st) at the age of 93. Upon hearing the news, Minister of Culture Li Yuan expressed his condolences and reluctance, and said that the “Car and Drum Formation” is a traditional performing art in Taiwanese folk festivals and a unique intangible cultural asset of Taiwan. Shi Chaoyang has been committed to promoting and inheriting the “Car and Drum Formation” for many years. For laying a solid foundation for the preservation of traditional performing arts, the Ministry of Culture will issue a certificate of commendation in recognition.
Shi Chaoyang was born in Hemei Town, Changhua County in 1932. He began to learn art with his father at the age of 15 and was good at performing “harlequin” roles. In 1983, he began to engage in community construction work and taught the skills of the drum array. In 1988, he established the “Hemeiyagou Talent Car Drum Array” , becoming the fulcrum of local cultural cohesion.
Its loud voice, smooth rhyming Taiwanese, rich local flavor, vivid music tunes and lyrics, express lifelike and funny little opera songs and dances, express ordinary people’s life and folk celebrations in the art of drum formation, and inherit the tradition. In 2021, the Changhua County Government registered as the preserver of the traditional performing art “Chegu Array”.
According to the Ministry of Culture, the art of “Car and Drum Array” flourished in Changhua County in the early years due to folk customs of New Year celebrations in Hemei, Xianxi, Shengang, Fuxing, Fangyuan, Erlin, Zhutang, Xizhou and other areas, and its language content reflects The lifestyle of rural society has the beauty of folk art. Shi Chaoyang taught the “Che Drum Formation” technique and passed it down throughout the Changhua area, sparing no effort to promote and inherit the “Che Drum Formation” culture.
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Source: China