Fan Ruijuan
Lineage & School of Heritage
Fan Ruijuan studied at the Longfeng Stage training class in Huangze Township, Shengxian County, in 1935, specializing in the xiaosheng (young male) role.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Female, Han ethnicity, born in 1924, a native of Shaoxing, Zhejiang. Fan Ruijuan practised her art at the Shanghai Yueju Theatre for many years and was the founder of the Fan School of xiaosheng; her singing was plain and full-bodied, steady and generous, warm in inner feeling and florid in melody, possessing the calm and dignified temperament of the male voice, and she was especially skilled at delving into a character's innermost thoughts and emotions. Her representative works include Xianglin Sao (Xianglin's Wife) and Da Jinzhi (Beating the Princess).
Honors & Recognition
A national representative bearer of Yueju, a second-batch national intangible cultural heritage project, and a first-class actor.
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