Tao Heqing
Lineage & School of Heritage
At the age of eleven, Tao Heqing joined the Nanzheng County opera troupe and began learning the dan (female) role; at fourteen he turned to civil and martial xiaosheng (young male) roles, studying successively under the Handiaoguangguang artists Sun Taizheng, Liu Zhihua, Wang Junpeng, Ma Xintang and Lu Jirong.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Male, of Han ethnicity, born in 1940 in Nanzheng, Shaanxi. Over several decades on the stage, Tao Heqing performed more than seventy plays. He was able to take the sheng, dan, chou and mo role types, and his performance was profound and well grounded, with a character all its own. His representative works include Bi Shang Liang Shan (Forced to Join the Liangshan Rebels) and San Cha Kou (At the Three-Way Crossroads).
Honors & Recognition
A national representative bearer of Handiaoguangguang, a second-batch national intangible cultural heritage project, and a third-class national actor.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Handiaoguangguang Ⅳ-17
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