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Liang Guyin

02-0411Kun Qu OperaTraditional OperaShanghaiBatch 2 (2008)

Lineage & School of Heritage

Liang Guyin was admitted in 1954 to the Kunqu actor training class of the East China Traditional Opera Research Institute and studied under Shen Chuanzhi, Zhang Chuanfang and Zhu Chuanming, specializing in liudan (huadan, the vivacious female) roles.

Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire

Female, Han, born in 1942 in Xinchang, Zhejiang. In 1961 she joined the Shanghai Youth Beijing and Kunqu Opera Troupe; during the Cultural Revolution the troupe was dissolved; in 1973 she was transferred to the Zhejiang Provincial Beijing Opera Troupe; and when the Shanghai Kunqu Opera Troupe was established in 1978 she joined it. Her acting is delicate and graceful, and her representative works include Sifan (Longing for the Mortal World) and Ciliang (Stabbing Liang).

Honors & Recognition

National representative bearer of Kunqu Opera, a second-batch national intangible cultural heritage project; a first-class actor; and winner of the third China Drama Plum Blossom Award.

References & Archival Sources

  1. Liang Guyin · National Representative Bearer Archive

Representative Items of This Bearer

Profile

Representative item
Kun Qu Opera
Item code
Ⅳ-1
Category
Traditional Opera
Region
Shanghai
Born
1942
Batch
Batch 2 (2008)

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