Xiang Rong
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Male, of Han ethnicity, born in 1935 in Chenxi, Hunan. Xiang Rong began learning to sing Chenhe Gaoqiang from his father at the age of seven and joined a troupe to perform at nine, gradually mastering a substantial repertory of plays and qupai. After the Cultural Revolution he worked in the Chenhe Opera Troupe of Luxi County as an actor and also as director and playwright. In more than sixty years of stage practice he accumulated and inherited a large legacy of Chenhe Gaoqiang vocal music. His representative works include The Foolish Dream (Chi Meng) and Mulian (Mu Lian).
Honors & Recognition
National representative bearer of Gaoqiang (Chenhe Gaoqiang), a second-batch national intangible cultural heritage project; Third-Class Instrumentalist.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Gaoqiang Opera Ⅳ-7
- Gaoqiang Opera Ⅳ-7
- Gaoqiang Opera Ⅳ-7
- Gaoqiang Opera Ⅳ-7
- Gaoqiang Opera Ⅳ-7
- Gaoqiang Opera Ⅳ-7
Profile
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