Liu Yilong
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Male, Han, born in 1940 in Jiujiang, Jiangxi. Liu Yilong studied sheng and jing roles before specializing in chou (comic) roles. In his youth he received the true transmission of the leading Kunqu clowns Hua Chuanhao, Wang Chuansong and Zhou Chuancang, and he performed alongside such celebrated Beijing and Kunqu artists as Mei Lanfang, Yu Zhenfei and Yan Huizhu, fully inheriting the performing essence of the Chuan generation of Kunqu artists. He created Sichuan, Cantonese and Wuhan dialect recitation styles for the Kunqu clown, and is known as the refined clown of the Kunqu stage and the foremost clown of Kunqu. His representative works include Xiashan (Descending the Mountain), Huozhuo (Captured Alive) and Shiwu Guan (Fifteen Strings of Cash).
Honors & Recognition
National representative bearer of Kunqu Opera, a second-batch national intangible cultural heritage project; a first-class actor.
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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