Zhou Zhongbo

02-0511Peking OperaTraditional OperaLiaoningBatch 2 (2008)

Lineage & School of Heritage

Zhou Zhongbo came from a family of theatre artists. At five he began studying the art with his father and elder brother, and at six he made his stage debut. In his early years he worked for a long time with such celebrated artists as Tang Yunsheng, acquiring a fairly deep understanding of the essence of the Tang school.

Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire

Male, Han ethnicity, born in 1925 in Cangzhou, Hebei. National representative bearer of Peking Opera, a second-batch national intangible cultural heritage project, and a performing artist of Peking Opera. His martial skills are solid, his range of roles broad, his voice high and resounding, and his characterization vivid and finely detailed. His representative works include Weiyang Palace.

Honors & Recognition

After being engaged in 1992 as an adviser to the Peking Opera training class of Fushun, he went on to train a group of outstanding Peking Opera actors, including Du Zhenshan and Gu Jingrong.

References & Archival Sources

Zhou Zhongbo · National Representative Bearer Archive

Representative Items of This Bearer

Profile

Representative item: Peking Opera
Item code: Ⅳ-28
Category: Traditional Opera
Region: Liaoning
Born: 1925.08.08
Batch: Batch 2 (2008)

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