Zhang Jiqing
Lineage & School of Heritage
Zhang Jiqing belongs to the first generation of Kunqu actors trained after the founding of the People's Republic of China. She studied successively under the renowned Kunqu performers Shen Chuanzhi, Yao Chuanxiang and Yu Xihou, and specializes in the dan (female) roles of southern Kunqu (Nankun).
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Female, Han, born in 1939 in Suzhou, Jiangsu. Her representative works include Jingmeng (The Interrupted Dream) and Xunmeng (Seeking the Dream) from The Peony Pavilion, and Chimeng (The Foolish Dream) from Lanke Shan (Lanke Mountain); for these she is known as Zhang Sanmeng, Zhang of the Three Dreams. Her acting is delicate and her singing elegant, and she is widely recognized as a master of Chinese Kunqu performing art.
Honors & Recognition
National representative bearer of Kunqu Opera, a second-batch national intangible cultural heritage project; honorary director of the Kunqu Opera Theatre of the Jiangsu Performing Arts Group; a first-class actor; winner of the first China Drama Plum Blossom Award; and recipient of a special government allowance from the State Council.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Kun Qu Opera Ⅳ-1
- Kun Qu Opera Ⅳ-1
- Kun Qu Opera Ⅳ-1
- Kun Qu Opera Ⅳ-1
- Kun Qu Opera Ⅳ-1
- Kun Qu Opera Ⅳ-1
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