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Huo Yijun

05-2436Huaihai OperaTraditional OperaLianyungang, JiangsuBatch 5 (2018)

Lineage & School of Heritage

She was born into a family of Huaihai Opera performers: her grandfather Huo Qitai, her grandmother Huo Zhangshi, her father Huo Weibiao and her aunt Huo Guizhen were all Huaihai Opera artists. Growing up surrounded by the art, she came to love Huaihai Opera, studied its vocal music and stagecraft under her grandmother and her father, and was already performing on stage as a teenager.

Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire

She is a woman of Han ethnicity, born in December 1952 in Lianyungang, Jiangsu Province. She holds the professional rank of National Second-Grade Actor. She is accomplished not only in traditional Huaihai Opera but also in a wide range of modern plays and newly written works. After retirement she was re-engaged by her former institution and now teaches in the Huaihai Opera class at the Lianyungang Art School.

Honors & Recognition

She is a representative bearer of Huaihai Opera, a fifth-batch national intangible cultural heritage project.

References & Archival Sources

  1. Huo Yijun · National Representative Bearer Archive

Representative Items of This Bearer

Profile

Representative item
Huaihai Opera
Item code
Ⅳ-104
Category
Traditional Opera
Region
Lianyungang, Jiangsu
Born
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Batch
Batch 5 (2018)

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