Hong Ying
Lineage & School of Heritage
She began studying Beijing opera in 1938, learning the laosheng (old male) role under Liu Yulin of the Xiliancheng troupe and under Zhao Yuesheng, switched to Pingju Opera in 1952, and created the Hong school of xiaosheng (young male) roles.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Hong Ying worked successively at the Shengli Theatre Society of the Tangshan prefecture (later merged into the Tangshan City Pingju Opera Troupe), the Tangshan City Pingju Opera Troupe and the Tangshan Art College. Her singing has rich flavour and full tone and is deeply expressive, and she is equally accomplished in singing, recitation and acting; her performance observes the conventions without being bound by them, and moves with genuine feeling without losing beauty. Her representative works include Honglong Zhuan (The Tale of the Red Dragon), Chang'e Ben Yue (Chang'e Flees to the Moon), Cheng Zhaocai and Xiangfei yu Qianlong (Consort Xiang and the Qianlong Emperor).
Honors & Recognition
Female, Han ethnicity, born in 1930 and died in 2012, a native of Luan County, Hebei. A national representative bearer of Pingju Opera, a second-batch national intangible cultural heritage project, and a first-grade actor.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Pingju Opera Ⅳ-51
- Pingju Opera Ⅳ-51
- Pingju Opera Ⅳ-51
- Pingju Opera Ⅳ-51
- Pingju Opera Ⅳ-51
- Pingju Opera Ⅳ-51
- Pingju Opera Ⅳ-51
- Pingju Opera Ⅳ-51
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