Feng Zhixiao
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Male, Han ethnicity, born in January 1938, a native of Beijing. He came from a family of Peking Opera performers. In 1951 he was admitted to the Opera Experimental School of the Bureau of Opera Reform under the Ministry of Culture, where he studied under Xiao Changhua, Lei Xifu, Guan Dayuan, Bao Jixiang, Xing Weiming and others. He graduated from the China Peking Opera School in 1959 and joined the China Peking Opera Company. In 1961 he became a disciple of Ma Lianliang. His representative works include Qun Ying Hui · Jie Dong Feng (The Gathering of Heroes · Borrowing the East Wind), Gan Lu Si (Ganlu Temple), Su Wu Mu Yang (Su Wu Herds Sheep), Jiang Xiang He (The General and the Prime Minister Reconciled), Si Jin Shi (The Four Successful Candidates), Qing Feng Ting (The Pavilion of Clear Wind), Diao Kou Shen Pan (Summoning Kou Zhun and Retrying Pan), Qing Mei Zhu Jiu Lun Ying Xiong (Boiling Wine over Green Plums and Judging Heroes) and Hong Se Niang Zi Jun (The Red Detachment of Women). His singing is smooth and rounded in its melodic movement, with a rich lingering flavour, while his acting is elegant and unrestrained, refined and gently restrained.
Honors & Recognition
He is a representative bearer of Peking Opera, a third-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. He has worked hard to train young performers and successors for Peking Opera, passing on and developing the art of Peking Opera.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Peking Opera Ⅳ-28
- Peking Opera Ⅳ-28
- Peking Opera Ⅳ-28
- Peking Opera Ⅳ-28
- Peking Opera Ⅳ-28
- Peking Opera Ⅳ-28
- Peking Opera Ⅳ-28
- Peking Opera Ⅳ-28
- Peking Opera Ⅳ-28
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