Feng Yuping
Lineage & School of Heritage
Her voice is high-pitched and her timbre pure and crisp; her singing preserves the ringing power of the Hua school while also drawing widely on the strengths of other schools, so that she has formed a distinctive style of her own.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Female, Han ethnicity, born in 1959 in Huludao, Liaoning. In 1973 Feng Yuping was admitted to the young artists' class of the Shenyang Pingju Theatre, and after graduating in 1979 she remained with the theatre, during which time she also studied for two years at the Central Academy of Drama. In 1981 she took the renowned Pingju performing artist Hua Shulan as her teacher, specialising in the qingyi (virtuous female) role. Her representative works include Mu Guiying Guashuai (Mu Guiying Takes Command), Honghu Chimei Dui (The Red Detachment of Women), Xie Yaohuan, Ban Ba Jiandao (Half a Pair of Scissors) and Fengliu Guafu (The Gallant Widow).
Honors & Recognition
A national representative bearer of Pingju Opera, a second-batch national intangible cultural heritage project; a first-grade actor; a two-time winner of the China Drama Plum Blossom Award; and a recipient of the special government allowance of the State Council.
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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