Zhang Shaojun
Lineage & School of Heritage
She studied under the celebrated Qiju Opera dan actresses Li Yanfei, Xie Meixian and Zhang Ruilian.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Female, Han ethnicity, born in October 1964, a native of Hengyang City, Hunan Province. She is a National First-Grade Actress. In 1978 she joined the Hengyang City Qiju Opera Troupe, and she has also studied at the China Conservatory of Music. Her singing is sweet and smooth, and her diction and physical expression carry strong artistic conviction; her performing style is dignified, composed and finely nuanced. She has taken the leading role in more than forty Qiju productions. Her stage images have taken deep hold in audiences' minds, among them Yan Wanyu in Nao Yan Fu (Tumult in the Yan Mansion) and Wang Zhaojun in Zhaojun Chu Sai (Zhaojun Crosses the Frontier). In 2011 she was invited to Hong Kong to take part in the Chinese Opera Festival, where she performed and lectured on the gaoqiang art of Qiju Opera.
Honors & Recognition
National representative bearer of Qiju Opera, a fourth-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. She has received the Wenhua New Repertoire Award and the title of Outstanding Young Actor of Hunan Province, among other honors.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Qiju Opera Ⅳ-128
- Qiju Opera Ⅳ-128
- Qiju Opera Ⅳ-128
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