Xu Tianxiang
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Male, Han ethnicity, born in 1942, a native of Shishi, Fujian. After being admitted to the Liyuan Opera actors' training class in 1956, Xu Tianxiang studied successively under the veteran Liyuan Opera artists Cai Youben, Yao Suqin, Li Qinghe, Xu Maocai and Shi Jiao'en. Building on the rigorous and standardized traditional kejie (stylized movement) conventions of Liyuan Opera, he continually absorbed the performing techniques of other operatic forms and elements of folk dance, broadening the expressive content of the traditional chou (comic) and mo (elder) roles and creating characters of great variety. His performance is fine and vivid, and his representative works include Li Ya Xian and Feng Lin Wan (Evening in the Maple Woods).
Honors & Recognition
A national representative bearer of Liyuan Opera, a second-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. He is a national second-class actor.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Liyuan Opera Ⅳ-2
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