Wan Anan
01 · Lineage & Regional School
Wan Anan, Female, Han, from Fuzhoushilinchuan, Jiangxi, is a fourth-batch national representative bearer of Caicha Opera (Ⅳ-65). The tradition is documented in Fuzhoushilinchuan, Jiangxi. Within the regional tradition and school record of Caicha Opera in Fuzhoushilinchuan, Jiangxi: Fuzhou caicha opera is popular around Linchuan in Fuzhou and is an important branch of Jiangxi caicha opera; Linchuan had a tradition of Fuhe opera and lantern art since the Ming, and caicha opera formed on the basis of local folk tunes under the influence of Huangmei opera, with the Linchuan District Fuzhou Caicha Opera Training Institute as the professional transmission body. Fuzhou caicha opera developed on the basis of the Ming tea-lantern opera and by absorbing local folk tunes; according to the Linchuan County Gazetteer it has a history of more than four hundred years. Fuzhou caicha opera grew out of folk lantern song-and-dance and, influenced by the Ming Fuhe opera and Hubei Huangmei opera, has vivid and humorous language, fine and brisk music, plain movement and song-and-dance, with a strong local character. Drawing on the Linchuan County Gazetteer and local opera annals, Fuzhou caicha opera grew out of the Ming tea-lantern opera and folk lantern song-and-dance and, influenced by Fuhe opera and Hubei Huangmei opera, has been transmitted orally over more than four hundred years, with more than a hundred pieces sung.
02 · Mastery & Signature Works
Female, of Han ethnicity, born in October 1941 in Linchuan County, Jiangxi Province. She is a National First-Grade Actor. In 1955 she was admitted to the Fuzhou Caicha Opera Troupe, where, under the guidance of the veteran artists Xu Kuigao, Rao Shoukui and Li Deliang, she learned to sing the bendiao and fudiao styles and nearly a hundred smaller tunes and miscellaneous airs, and studied more than twenty traditional excerpt plays. Specializing in huadan roles, she has a clear voice, a sweet timbre and refined vocal production, with a strong tea flavour and great vivacity. Under her leadership the Fuzhou Caicha Opera Troupe carried on tradition while constantly breaking new ground, rehearsing new plays and reviving old ones, and entered a golden age of development. Within the documented technical tradition of Caicha Opera in Fuzhoushilinchuan, Jiangxi: There are more than one hundred pieces in circulation, including single-stage plays (one-man plays), excerpt plays, full-length plays and serial plays. Fuzhou caicha opera's singing is based mainly on bendiao and Fudiao with many ditties and miscellany, its language vivid and humorous, its music fine and brisk, its movement plain and its mode song-and-dance; its pieces take the forms of single-stage plays, excerpt plays, full-length plays and serial plays. Representative repertoire, works and technical entries recorded for the project include: "Nangua Ji (The Pumpkin Tale)": One of the traditional full-length plays of Fuzhou caicha opera, belonging to its serial-play system. "Gujia Ji (The Gu Family Tale)": One of the traditional full-length plays of Fuzhou caicha opera, mostly on family ethics and worldly affairs. "Bu Beida (Mending the Vest)": One of the traditional short plays of Fuzhou caicha opera, expressing its song-and-dance and humorous performance character.
Nangua Ji (The Pumpkin Tale)
One of the traditional full-length plays of Fuzhou caicha opera, belonging to its serial-play system.
Gujia Ji (The Gu Family Tale)
One of the traditional full-length plays of Fuzhou caicha opera, mostly on family ethics and worldly affairs.
Bu Beida (Mending the Vest)
One of the traditional short plays of Fuzhou caicha opera, expressing its song-and-dance and humorous performance character.
03 · Transmission & Safeguarding Status
She was a national representative bearer of Caicha Opera (Fuzhou Caicha Opera), a fourth-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. In 1961 she received the Jiangxi Provincial Award for Outstanding Young Actor.
04 · Associated Heritage Item Dossier
Historical origin
Fuzhou caicha opera developed on the basis of the Ming tea-lantern opera and by absorbing local folk tunes; according to the Linchuan County Gazetteer it has a history of more than four hundred years. Fuzhou caicha opera grew out of folk lantern song-and-dance and, influenced by the Ming Fuhe opera and Hubei Huangmei opera, has vivid and humorous language, fine and brisk music, plain movement and song-and-dance, with a strong local character. Drawing on the Linchuan County Gazetteer and local opera annals, Fuzhou caicha opera grew out of the Ming tea-lantern opera and folk lantern song-and-dance and, influenced by Fuhe opera and Hubei Huangmei opera, has been transmitted orally over more than four hundred years, with more than a hundred pieces sung.
05 · Fellow National Bearers Lineage
National representative bearers recorded under the same item code, ordered from the first to the sixth batch. Batch order is not a teacher–student relationship.
| Bearer | Declared area | Roster code | Relation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chen Shengqiang | Bobai, Guangxi | 02-0595 | Other regional school |
| Li Jiagao | Yangxin, Hubei | 03-1057 | Other regional school |
| Chen Binmao | Ganzhou, Jiangxi | 04-1647 | Other regional school |
| Wan Anan | Fuzhoushilinchuan, Jiangxi | 04-1648 | This page |
| Wu Yancheng | Shaoguan, Guangdong | 04-1649 | Other regional school |
| Peng Jinhua | Gaoan, Jiangxi | 05-2376 | Other regional school |
| Wu Lan | Fuzhoushilinchuan, Jiangxi | — | Same declared area |
| Chu Fengrong | Gaoan, Jiangxi | — | Other regional school |
| Fei Lijun | Yangxin, Hubei | — | Other regional school |
06 · Archival Sources & Bibliography
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