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Wang Suhua

04-1709JingeQuyi (Narrative Performing Arts)Zhangzhou, FujianBatch 4 (2012)

Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire

Female, Han ethnicity, born in December 1954 in Zhangzhou, Fujian Province. She began learning jinge at the age of eleven under Shi Yangquan, a celebrated master of the Ting school. Her singing centers on the jinge pieces Zanianzi and the Wukongzai major mode Beisi Yangguang; her vocal style is fine and elegant, her diction clear and her performance lively. She is highly skilled as an instrumentalist and, building on Shi Yangquan's technique, has also absorbed the methods of the southern pipa, giving her playing a strong traditional flavor. She has long been committed to transmitting and teaching the art of jinge singing and has trained many young talents for the genre.

Honors & Recognition

National representative bearer of Jinge, a fourth-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. Her representative works include Jialing Ji (The Myna Bird), Chen San and Wu Niang and Song of a Sick Child, and she has appeared in numerous national, provincial and municipal performances, winning awards.

References & Archival Sources

  1. Wang Suhua · National Representative Bearer Archive

Representative Items of This Bearer

Profile

Representative item
Jinge
Item code
Ⅴ-26
Category
Quyi (Narrative Performing Arts)
Region
Zhangzhou, Fujian
Born
1954.12
Batch
Batch 4 (2012)

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