Zou Aiqin
Lineage & School of Heritage
At the age of nine, Zou Aiqin began learning the craft under her adoptive father Zou Yuzhen, specialising in the dan (female) role of Sipingdiao, and by the age of twelve she was already playing leading roles in several plays.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Female, Han ethnicity, born in 1929 in Shenqiu, Henan. Her voice is pure and bright, and her singing articulates each word truly and clearly to the ear; her ornamentation of the melody is plain and unadorned, elegant and poised, rich in feeling and gracefully fluent. Zou Aiqin is now artistic adviser to the Sipingdiao Opera Troupe of Shangqiu City, Henan Province. Her representative works include Chen Sanliang Pa Tang (Chen Sanliang's Court Appearance), Fengshou Zhihou (After the Harvest), Meixiang, Liu Hai Kan Qiao (Liu Hai Chops Firewood) and Shengsi Pai (The Tablet of Life and Death).
Honors & Recognition
A national representative bearer of Sipingdiao, a second-batch national intangible cultural heritage project.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Sipingdiao Ⅳ-50
- Sipingdiao Ⅳ-50
- Sipingdiao Ⅳ-50
- Sipingdiao Ⅳ-50
- Sipingdiao Ⅳ-50
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