Wang Fengyun
Lineage & School of Heritage
The daughter of Wang Guifang, a celebrated Sipingdiao artist, she began learning the art from her parents at the age of six, and by the age of thirteen she could already perform short plays such as Wang Erjie Si Fu (Second Sister Wang Longs for Her Husband) and An Lang Song Mi (An Lang Delivers Rice).
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Female, of Han ethnicity, born in May 1944 in Pei County, Jiangsu Province. A national first-class actor. Her voice is sweet and mellow, her enunciation clear, her phrasing flexible, and she unites strength with gentleness, moving easily between restraint and release. Building on tradition, she reformed the vocal art of Sipingdiao and devised the man Sipingdiao and fan Sipingdiao aria patterns, thereby enriching the genre's vocal repertoire. She is likewise distinctive in her command of such vocal techniques as bian, tou, shan, ti, ding, dun and chan. In 1957 Shandong Television recorded and broadcast two operas in which she took the leading role, Pei Xiuying Gao Zhuang (Pei Xiuying Lodges a Complaint) and Chen Sanliang Pa Tang (Chen Sanliang in Court). After retirement she has continued to devote herself to taking disciples and teaching, and many of her students have grown into leading performers in their troupes.
Honors & Recognition
Representative bearer of Sipingdiao, a third-batch national intangible cultural heritage project.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Sipingdiao Ⅳ-50
- Sipingdiao Ⅳ-50
- Sipingdiao Ⅳ-50
- Sipingdiao Ⅳ-50
- Sipingdiao Ⅳ-50
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