Jiang Zhiqian
Lineage & School of Heritage
In 1955 he was admitted to the Tangxi Wu Opera Troupe to study civil and martial xiaosheng roles, and later studied such plays as Huo Shao Zi Du (Burning Zidu) under the senior artist Zhang Xinqian, acquiring the technique of face-changing for the portrayal of a character's shifting emotions.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Male, Han nationality, born in December 1941, a native of Jiangshan County, Zhejiang Province. He was especially adept in such plays as Shuang Yang Gong Zhu (The Princess of Shuangyang), Shuang He Yin (The Double Seals), San Qing Li Hua (Three Invitations to Li Hua), Hui Yin Yuan (A Marriage Regretted) and Huo Shao Zi Du (Burning Zidu). He had complete command of the four face-changing techniques of natural change, wiping the face, blowing the face and pulling the face, using them to reveal a character's inner world and emotional shifts and to portray personality. He passed the face-changing skill on to Mao Xiangyang and others.
Honors & Recognition
A national representative bearer of Wu Opera, a third-batch national intangible cultural heritage project.
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