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Fu Quanxiang

02-0568Yueju (Shaoxing Opera)Traditional OperaShanghaiBatch 2 (2008)

Lineage & School of Heritage

Fu Quanxiang studied at the Sijichun training class in Shengxian County, Zhejiang, in 1933, specializing in the huadan (young female) role.

Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire

Female, Han ethnicity, born in 1923, a native of Shaoxing, Zhejiang. Fu Quanxiang practised her art at the Shanghai Yueju Theatre for many years and was the founder of the Fu School of huadan; in her singing she drew on the strengths of Cheng Yanqiu of Peking opera as well as Kunqu and pingtan storytelling, her voice was bright and her range wide, her acting was full of passion, she was especially accomplished in huashan (flowered-shirt) roles, and she was skilled at using strong external movement to convey a character's inner feelings. Her representative works include Li Wa Zhuan (The Story of Li Wa), Qing Tan (The Passion Test) and Kongque Dongnan Fei (Southeast the Peacock Flies).

Honors & Recognition

A national representative bearer of Yueju, a second-batch national intangible cultural heritage project, a first-class actor, and a recipient of the special government allowance of the State Council.

References & Archival Sources

  1. Fu Quanxiang · National Representative Bearer Archive

Representative Items of This Bearer

Profile

Representative item
Yueju (Shaoxing Opera)
Item code
Ⅳ-53
Category
Traditional Opera
Region
Shanghai
Born
1923
Batch
Batch 2 (2008)

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