Zhou Qinquan
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
In 1936 he began learning to sing Huaibei Huagu Opera under the veteran artist Zhang Maoxuan. From 1949 he took disciples and taught the art, training more than five hundred students; he innovated in the course of transmission and developed through innovation, enriching the performing art of Huaibei Huagu Opera. He performed more than four hundred plays and had a thorough command of the sheng and jing role types; his singing and modal system were distinctive, with nine tunes, eighteen modes and seventy-two humming cadences, while his performing technique embraced the ten major walks, the thirty-six middle walks, the seventy-two minor walks, the one hundred and eight pounces and the ninety-two shudders. For many years he led his troupe on tour through southern Shandong, northern Jiangsu, eastern Henan and Huaibei, where they were warmly received by local audiences.
Honors & Recognition
Male, Han nationality, born in September 1925 and deceased in April 2013, a native of Huaibei, Anhui Province. A national representative bearer of Huagu Opera, a third-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. His students Zhang Shuhua, Yang Suhua, Huang Shurong and Wang Xiumei have now become mainstays of Huaibei Huagu Opera.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Huagu Opera Ⅳ-112
- Huagu Opera Ⅳ-112
- Huagu Opera Ⅳ-112
- Huagu Opera Ⅳ-112
- Huagu Opera Ⅳ-112
- Huagu Opera Ⅳ-112
- Huagu Opera Ⅳ-112
- Huagu Opera Ⅳ-112
- Huagu Opera Ⅳ-112
- Huagu Opera Ⅳ-112
- Huagu Opera Ⅳ-112
- Huagu Opera Ⅳ-112
- Huagu Opera Ⅳ-112
- Huagu Opera Ⅳ-112
Profile
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