Meng Yongxiang
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Female, Tujia ethnicity, born in February 1946, a native of Enshi County, Hubei Province. At the age of six she studied lantern opera successively under Liao Nanshan and Tang Shidong. By seven she could already take the stage to perform the flower drum and sing lantern opera excerpts. By ten she was performing publicly in full. She went on to learn more than thirty complete lantern operas, including Xueshan Fang Yang (Herding Sheep on the Snow Mountain), Shen Gou Da Chai (The Divine Dog Gathers Firewood), Lan Suan (The Fence Calculation), Han Xiangzi Hua Zhai (Han Xiangzi Solicits Alms), and Caifeng Tou Bu (The Tailor Steals the Cloth). Thanks to the guidance of several strict teachers from childhood and basic training in a professional troupe, she portrays the life, glances, gestures, speech, and intonation of minor characters with vivid accuracy, and is equally capable in sheng and dan roles, winning the affection of a broad public.
Honors & Recognition
National representative bearer of Lantern Opera, a third-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. In 2005 she was conferred the title of Master of Folk Art by the People's Government of Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Lantern Opera Ⅳ-77
- Lantern Opera Ⅳ-77
- Lantern Opera Ⅳ-77
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