Jin Shengbo
Lineage & School of Heritage
He studied under Yang Lianqing, the leading master of Suzhou storytelling, and later learned San Guo (Romance of the Three Kingdoms) from Wang Ruyun and Qi Xia Wu Yi (Seven Heroes and Five Gallants) from Xu Jianheng.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
An expert receiving a special allowance from the State Council. His narration was clear and his language humorous and vivid; he excelled at comic turns, especially the brief gags known as xiaomai, and was called the "clever tongue" of the storytelling world. He was praised for six kinds of clarity: the clarity of his narrative line, of his diction, of his gaze, of his hand gestures, of his stage walk and of his bodily bearing. His facial expressions and gestures were well matched to his narration, and his eyes were used to especially telling effect. He published the full-length storytelling works Bai Yutang and Kaifeng Fu, and wrote pieces such as Tui Se Zhao Pian (The Faded Photograph), Da Hu (Beating the Tiger) and Ye Ben Fuhu Jian (Night Flight to Tiger-Subduing Ravine).
Honors & Recognition
Male, Han ethnicity, born in December 1930 in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, and died in June 2017. National representative bearer of Suzhou Pingtan (Suzhou storytelling and Suzhou balladry), a third-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. In 2012 he received the Lifetime Achievement Award of the 7th China Quyi Peony Award, presented by the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles and the China Quyi Artists Association, and over the years he trained more than twenty successors.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Suzhou Pingtan Ⅴ-1
- Suzhou Pingtan Ⅴ-1
- Suzhou Pingtan Ⅴ-1
- Suzhou Pingtan Ⅴ-1
Profile
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