Liuzhangyu
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Female, Han ethnicity, born in 1942 in Wuxi, Jiangsu. From 1951 to 1959 she studied the performance art of the Peking Opera dan role at the National Chinese Opera School, learning from such renowned artists as Xiao Cuihua, Hua Huilin, Xue Yanqin, Zhao Tongshan and Yu Lianquan, and in 1958 she received personal instruction from Xun Huisheng. She specializes in the qingyi, huadan and daomadan role types, and is especially accomplished in huadan. She later received further transmission and guidance from many artists, among them Xue Yanqin, Li Yuru, Tong Zhiling and Yu Zhenfei, Chen Bohua of Han opera, Chen Suzhen and Yao Shufang of Henan opera, and Wang Xiulan of the Puzhou clapper opera of Shanxi. A principal performer of the China National Peking Opera Company, she has a beautiful stage appearance, a clear and crisp voice and brisk diction. She is particularly adept at drawing widely on the strengths of others and absorbing them into her own work, and has formed a highly distinctive performance style. Her representative works include Hong Deng Ji (The Red Lantern), Mai Shui (Selling Water), Chuncao Chuang Tang (Chuncao Storms the Court) and Honglou Er You (The Two You Sisters of the Red Chamber).
Honors & Recognition
She is a national representative bearer of Peking Opera, a second-batch national intangible cultural heritage project, a first-grade actor and a recipient of the first China Drama Plum Blossom Award.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Peking Opera Ⅳ-28
- Peking Opera Ⅳ-28
- Peking Opera Ⅳ-28
- Peking Opera Ⅳ-28
- Peking Opera Ⅳ-28
- Peking Opera Ⅳ-28
- Peking Opera Ⅳ-28
- Peking Opera Ⅳ-28
- Peking Opera Ⅳ-28
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