Sun Yumin

02-0503Peking OperaTraditional OperaBeijingBatch 2 (2008)

Lineage & School of Heritage

At the age of ten Sun Yumin was admitted to the Beijing Yipei Opera School, where she first trained in the wudan, or martial female, role and later specialized in huadan. In 1952 she entered the Beijing Opera School, studying under Zhao Qixia, Li Jinhong, Zhao Dexun and Gao Yuqian; in 1953 she studied under Zhang Junqiu; in 1959 she joined the Xun Huisheng Troupe and took Xun Huisheng as her master; and in 1963 she was transferred to the Mei Lanfang Troupe.

Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire

Female, Han ethnicity, born in 1940 in Shanghai. She is currently honorary principal of the Beijing Vocational School of Opera Arts and president of the Beijing Association for the Revival of Peking Opera and Kunqu. Her representative works include Xun Guanniang, Hujia Zhuang (The Hujia Manor) and Chen Sanliang.

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 second China Drama Plum Blossom Award. Since becoming principal of the Beijing Opera Art School in 1991, she has trained a great many opera talents.

References & Archival Sources

Sun Yumin · National Representative Bearer Archive

Representative Items of This Bearer

Profile

Representative item: Peking Opera
Item code: Ⅳ-28
Category: Traditional Opera
Region: Beijing
Born: 1940
Batch: Batch 2 (2008)

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