Guo Caiping

02-0464Jinju (Shanxi Opera)Traditional OperaShanxiBatch 2 (2008)

Lineage & School of Heritage

In 1952 Guo Caiping entered the profession, studying under the renowned Jinju artist Guo Fengying and specializing in the xiaosheng (young male) role. She mastered the essence of the Guo school and became a leading performer of the Taiyuan Experimental Jinju Theatre of Shanxi Province.

Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire

Female, of Han ethnicity, born in 1944 in Wenshui, Shanxi. Over a performing career of more than half a century, Guo Caiping has drawn widely on the traditional performance art and classic repertory of earlier generations of artists, incorporating her own individual interpretation. Her technique is deeply grounded and measured, neither overwrought nor understated, and she is especially adept at creating characters through such skills as the lingzi (pheasant-feather) technique. Her representative works include Feng Dai Ting (The Phoenix Pavilion), Shuang Luo Shan (The Double Silk Robe), Shen Yu An (Trying the Imperial Case), and Da Jin Zhi (Striking the Golden Bough).

Honors & Recognition

A national representative bearer of Jinju (Shanxi opera), a second-batch national intangible cultural heritage project; a first-class actor and a winner of the sixth Plum Blossom Award for Chinese Theatre.

References & Archival Sources

Guo Caiping · National Representative Bearer Archive

Representative Items of This Bearer

Profile

Representative item: Jinju (Shanxi Opera)
Item code: Ⅳ-18
Category: Traditional Opera
Region: Shanxi
Born: 1944.09
Batch: Batch 2 (2008)

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