Xiaoting
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Male, of Han ethnicity, born in 1938 in Chengdu, Sichuan. Xiaoting devoted more than fifty years to the art of Chuanju, specialising in civil and martial xiaosheng (young male) roles and also excelling in the comic chou role. In 1983, at the recommendation of the journals Chinese Drama and Drama Tribune, he presented a solo programme of his performing art to audiences in the capital, and such pieces as Bi Zhi Fu Ke (Compelling a Nephew to Sit the Examination) and Yang Guang Bi Gong (Yang Guang Usurps the Throne) were both well received. In 1987, Sichuan Literature and Art Publishing House published A Preliminary Study of Xiaoting's Performing Art.
Honors & Recognition
A national representative bearer of Chuanju (Sichuan Opera), a second-batch national intangible cultural heritage project; vice-chairman of the Sichuan Provincial Federation of Literary and Art Circles; chairman of the Chengdu Dramatists Association; a first-class actor; a winner of the first China Drama Plum Blossom Award; and a recipient of the special government allowance of the State Council.
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