He has a number of fangs in his mouth, sometimes he spits quickly, sometimes barbs into his nostrils, sometimes moves up and down, left and right, and at the same time sings, reads, does, plays and other Qin dialect performance actions at the same time, smart and full of wild performances, winning the audience's warm cheers and applause. He is the only inheritor of Gaotai Qin's fanged stunt, Lin Yaozong, every Spring Festival, he will dedicate his unique skills to his father and fellow villagers.
Lin Yaozong, 61 years old this year, is a villager in Hongshan Village, Luocheng Town, Gaotai County, and the only inheritor of Qin's fangs in Gaotai and even Hexi. At the age of 16, he followed the seniors in the village to learn the fangs stunt, but he did not expect this to be accompanied by "fangs" for more than 40 years.
After forty years of "running-in", Lin Yaozong and Fangs have "fused into one". When performing, the tongue is the main driving force, and the teeth, lips, and qi are the auxiliaries, changing various patterns. Now, he's experimenting with four fangs in his mouth to make his performance more difficult and keep the traditional skill alive.
The Gaotai Qin cavity fangs have a history of more than 500 years, and in 2010, it was listed as the second batch of intangible cultural heritage protection projects in Gansu Province. However, now there are fewer and fewer young people learning Qin dialect, in order not to let this skill be lost, Lin Yaozong accepted two apprentices, and is still in the initial practice, he hopes that with his own efforts, the fangs stunt can be inherited and carried forward.
(Reporter: Xun Wenjing, Jia Hongli).