Jiang Kun
Lineage & School of Heritage
He studied under the xiangsheng master Ma Ji and in 1976 joined the storytelling and balladry troupe of the China Broadcasting Performing Arts Troupe, becoming a professional xiangsheng performer.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Male, Han ethnicity, born in October 1950 in Beijing. He is a National First-Class Actor and chairman of the China Quyi Artists Association. His xiangsheng performance is marked by a readiness to innovate and a gift for novelty: grounded in tradition, he strives to move beyond it, and his work carries a strong sense of the times. He created the full-length narrative xiangsheng drama Ming Chun Qu (Song of a Bright Spring) and served as editor-in-chief of The Complete Compendium of Traditional Chinese Xiangsheng and An Introduction to Chinese Quyi, among other works. He has taken more than thirty disciples, some of whom have become mainstays of quyi companies. He actively promotes the art of xiangsheng by giving special lectures, undertaking cultural exchanges abroad and helping to organize public welfare activities.
Honors & Recognition
He is a national representative bearer of Xiangsheng (Comic Dialogue), a fourth-batch national intangible cultural heritage project.
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