Gao Yongyuan is a Bearer of Northern Shaanxi’s Intangible Cultural Heritage of Narrative Singing of Yan’an City. A
native of Yanchuan in Shaanxi Province, he is a member of the Song Art Association of Shaanxi. He has been performing northern Shaanxi narrative singing since he was 16, and was a winner of the first prize in a competition in Yan’an city, the second prize in a competition at provincial level, and the title “Peasant Artist” in Shaanxi province.