Ma Xiuying
Lineage & School of Heritage
At eight she began learning the art with her father, Ma Lintong, and received personal instruction from the renowned Huaiju artist Ma Yanqin; she specialized in the daomadan (female warrior) roles as well as the qingyi and huadan roles.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
She was a National First-Class Performer. In 1951 she joined the Huaiguang Huaiju Troupe, the predecessor of the Shanghai Huaiju Troupe. Her voice was crisp, sweet and bright and her diction clear; she was especially adept at the old Huaiju tunes with their strong local flavour, skilfully used her singing to delineate character, and boldly adapted the Mapai Ziyoudiao, the male-role free-tune style first created by her father, to her own female-role singing, greatly enriching the vocal art of Huaiju opera. Her representative plays include The Legend of the White Snake (Bai She Zhuan), Visiting the Cold Kiln (Tan Han Yao), Three Women Fight for the Board (San Nü Qiang Ban), Yang Paifeng (Yang Pai Feng), The Eighth Sister Raids the Inn (Ba Jie Da Dian), The Tooth Mark (Ya Hen Ji), Longevity on the Pipa (Pi Pa Shou), Zheng Qiaojiao (Zheng Qiao Jiao), The Trial of Love (Ai Qing de Shen Pan), Wu Han's Three Killings (Wu Han San Sha), Cursing the Lantern (Ma Deng Ji) and Li Cuilian (Li Cui Lian).
Honors & Recognition
Born in June 1932 and deceased in January 2012, she was a woman of Han ethnicity from Tai County, Jiangsu Province. She was a representative bearer of Huaiju opera, a third-batch national intangible cultural heritage project.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Huaiju Opera Ⅳ-102
- Huaiju Opera Ⅳ-102
- Huaiju Opera Ⅳ-102
- Huaiju Opera Ⅳ-102
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