Wang Yingrong
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
She is a national first-grade actor. She began training at the age of sixteen, studying successively under Tan Qicai, Guo Yuanzhi, Wang Fengmei, and Wang Guanghua as well as the celebrated kunqu artist Li Qianying, and specialized in the guimen dan (boudoir female) role. In 1956 she rose to fame overnight with her portrayal of Wang Sanjie in Zhang Wenxiu. The following year she performed in Beijing and was cordially received by Party and state leaders. In 1962 her portrayal of Jiang Yurui in the film Poems on Red Leaves (Hongye Tishi) won unanimous praise from audiences at home and abroad, and overseas Chinese hailed her as Hainan's “film star.” She starred in more than eighty productions and repeatedly toured Hong Kong and countries including Thailand and Singapore with her troupe; her performance was free and controlled, graceful and lovely, with delicate feeling, and her vocal line stressed nuance and conveyed emotion with deliberate care.
Honors & Recognition
Female, Han ethnicity, born in August 1939, died in July 2011, a native of Qionghai County, Hainan Province. National representative bearer of Qiongju Opera, a third-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. Over more than forty years in the art she devoted herself to training successors for Qiongju.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Qiongju Opera Ⅳ-130
- Qiongju Opera Ⅳ-130
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