Wang Xiulan
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Female, of Han ethnicity, born in 1932 in Shuozhou, Shanxi. At the age of eight Wang Xiulan entered the Jinfeng Society, a Puzhou clapper opera troupe in Xi'an, to train, taking the xiaodan (young female) role. She became a pupil of the celebrated veteran artist Yuan Xiaoting and inherited relatively completely the representative repertory and performing skills of the older generation of artists, while also introducing improvements and innovations in such areas as vocal technique. In the 1950s she was ranked first among the five great actors of Puzhou clapper opera. Her representative works include Gui Zhong Yuan (A Match Made in the Wardrobe), Xi Xiang Ji (The Romance of the Western Chamber), and Dou E Yuan (The Injustice Done to Dou E). Her acting is truthful and natural and her characterisation finely detailed, while her singing is prized for depth of feeling, clarity of diction, brilliance of tone, and melodic grace.
Honors & Recognition
A national representative bearer of Puzhou bangzi (Puzhou clapper opera), a second-batch national intangible cultural heritage project; a first-class actor. After becoming president of the Yuncheng School of Art, she trained more than one thousand successors to Puzhou clapper opera.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Puzhoubangzi Ⅳ-19
- Puzhoubangzi Ⅳ-19
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