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Xia Chuanjin

02-0455Xiangju OperaTraditional OperaHengyang, HunanBatch 2 (2008)

Lineage & School of Heritage

At the age of twelve, Xia Chuanjin entered the Xiangju department of the Hengyang Municipal Art School, where he studied under the Xiangju performing artist Tan Baocheng and became the sole inheritor of the Tan school of Xiangju performance.

Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire

Male, of Han ethnicity, born in 1969 in Hengyang, Hunan. Xia Chuanjin once performed the Xiangju kunqu-style piece Zui Da Shan Men (Drunken Beating at the Mountain Gate) on the same stage as Tan Baocheng, and played Jiao Zan in the newly written historical drama Ma An Qing (Affection at Ma'an). His performances were both highly praised.

Honors & Recognition

A national representative bearer of Xiangju Opera, a second-batch national intangible cultural heritage project, and a second-class national actor.

References & Archival Sources

  1. Xia Chuanjin · National Representative Bearer Archive

Representative Items of This Bearer

Profile

Representative item
Xiangju Opera
Item code
Ⅳ-13
Category
Traditional Opera
Region
Hengyang, Hunan
Born
1969.03
Batch
Batch 2 (2008)

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