Liu Qi
Lineage & School of Heritage
At the age of nine she entered the Yongfeng Society to learn the craft, specializing in the wudan (martial female) and daomadan (sword-and-horse female) role types under Xu Shengda, Xing Weiming and others.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Female, Han ethnicity, born in May 1938 in Wendeng County, Shandong Province. In 1953 she travelled to Korea to give consolation performances. In 1955, when the Northeast Opera Experimental School was merged into the Chinese Opera School, she studied plays there with Qiu Futang, Zhao Tongshan and others. In 1959 she joined the China Peking Opera Company. She also sought instruction from Li Jinhong, Song Dezhu, Li Yuru, Yang Youhe, Chen Bohua and others. She had a handsome appearance and agile skills, a deep grounding in recitation and singing, and an acting style that emphasized psychological portrayal, creating many vivid characters. Her representative works include Hong Qiao Zeng Zhu (Presenting the Pearl at Rainbow Bridge), Hu Jia Zhuang (The Hu Family Village), Xiao Fang Niu (The Little Cowherd), Xiao Shang Fen (Visiting the Grave), Yang Paifeng, Wu Song Da Dian (Wu Song at the Inn), Dang Ma (Blocking the Horse), Dao Xian Cao (Stealing the Immortal Herb) and Yang Men Nü Jiang (Women Generals of the Yang Family).
Honors & Recognition
She is a national representative bearer of Peking Opera, a fourth-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. She trained numerous outstanding performers of the wudan role in Peking Opera.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Peking Opera Ⅳ-28
- Peking Opera Ⅳ-28
- Peking Opera Ⅳ-28
- Peking Opera Ⅳ-28
- Peking Opera Ⅳ-28
- Peking Opera Ⅳ-28
- Peking Opera Ⅳ-28
- Peking Opera Ⅳ-28
- Peking Opera Ⅳ-28
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