Zhang Guifeng
Lineage & School of Heritage
Zhang Guifeng was the founder of the Zhang School of Yueju. She entered the Zhaolongqiao training class in 1936 to study opera under Xing Shengkui; in 1945 she joined the Xuesheng Troupe in Shanghai, led by Yuan Xuefen and Fan Ruijuan, and in 1947 she joined the Dongshan Yueyi Society, led by Fan Ruijuan and Fu Quanxiang.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Female, Han ethnicity, born in 1922, a native of Xiaoshan, Zhejiang. After the founding of New China she served successively as an actor with the experimental Yueju troupe of the East China Theatre Research Institute and with the Shanghai Yueju Theatre. Zhang Guifeng's acting was vigorous and plain; she upheld the principle of realism in performance and excelled at portraying character. Her representative works include Liang Shanbo yu Zhu Yingtai (The Butterfly Lovers) and Er Tang Fang Zi (Releasing the Son in the Second Hall).
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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