Cengjinfeng
Lineage & School of Heritage
She began studying under masters at the age of seven and received instruction from such renowned Maoxiang Opera artists as Wang Keren and Zhao Jingkun. From 1950 to 1971 she worked in the Qingdao Jinguang Maoxiang Opera Troupe, which she founded, and from 1972 to 1998 in the Qingdao Maoxiang Opera Troupe. Her performing foundation is solid, her stage appearance handsome, her acting expansive, free and finely detailed, her voice high and resonant, and her singing richly modulated.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Female, of Han ethnicity, born in 1931 in Jiaozhou, Shandong. Ceng Jinfeng came from a family of Maoxiang Opera artists; her father, Li Fengshan, was a renowned Maoxiang Opera artist. She also reformed the male vocal style of Maoxiang Opera and created new metrical patterns (banshi) for its singing. Her representative works include the traditional Maoxiang cycles The Four Great Capitals (Si Da Jing) and The Eight Great Tales (Ba Da Ji), as well as the modern plays Taking a Son-in-Law (Qu Nuxu) and Swallows Flying in Pairs (Yan Shuangfei).
Honors & Recognition
A national representative bearer of Maoxiang Opera, a second-batch national intangible cultural heritage project, and a national first-class actor.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Maoxiang Opera Ⅳ-67
- Maoxiang Opera Ⅳ-67
- Maoxiang Opera Ⅳ-67
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