Ma Lanyu
Lineage & School of Heritage
In 1948 she entered the People's Theatre Troupe of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region (later renamed the Northwest People's Theatre Troupe, the Northwest Xiqu Research Institute and the Shaanxi Provincial Xiqu Research Institute), studying under the renowned Qinqiang masters Li Zhengmin and Han Shengxiu and also receiving guidance from He Zhenzhong, Yang Jinsheng, Mei Lanfang, Shang Xiaoyun, Cheng Yanqiu and Song Dezhu, specializing in qingyi, huashan and daoma dan roles.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Female, Han ethnicity, born in February 1936, a native of Xi'an, Shaanxi Province. A National First-Class Actor. Her singing leads the voice with emotion and her acting is delicate and generous; her representative plays include The Orphan of Zhao, Bai Yudian (The White Jade Hairpin), Yuzhou Feng (The Universe Sword), Zhaojun Chusai and Dajia Xihuan (Everybody's Favourite). In You Xihu (Wandering the West Lake) she played Li Huiniang and could perform the fire-spitting feat one hundred and eight times in a single breath, a veritable marvel of xiqu special-effect performance.
Honors & Recognition
National representative bearer of Qinqiang Opera, a fifth-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. In 1957 she was awarded the title of model worker by the Shaanxi Provincial Government. In 1958 she was awarded the title of "advanced literary and art worker" by the Ministry of Culture. In 2011 she received the Lifetime Achievement Award for Qinqiang Performing Artists of Shaanxi Province. Over several decades she has trained nearly one thousand students, spread throughout the northwest.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Qinqiang Opera Ⅳ-16
- Qinqiang Opera Ⅳ-16
- Qinqiang Opera Ⅳ-16
- Qinqiang Opera Ⅳ-16
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