Wu Ziming
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Male, Han ethnicity, born in 1948 in Xiamen, Fujian Province. In 1959 Wu Ziming entered the Zhangzhou Art School, where he studied under Xiang opera masters including Shao Jianghai, Song Jianwei, and Chen Yueming. In 1964 he joined the Zhangzhou Youth Experimental Xiang Opera Troupe; from 1969 to 1975 he worked in the Longxi Prefectural Peking Opera Troupe; and from 1975 to 1981 he taught at the Zhangzhou Art School. He mastered the performance system of Xiang opera and the acting conventions of its various role types, and is equally capable of directing traditional, historical, and modern Xiang opera productions. His representative works include Xi Hun (The Soul of the Theater) and Xi Shi yu Wu Yuan (Xi Shi and Wu Yuan).
Honors & Recognition
National representative bearer of Gezaixi Opera, a second-batch national intangible cultural heritage project; a national first-grade director.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Gezaixi Opera Ⅳ-64
- Gezaixi Opera Ⅳ-64
Profile
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