Wang Xiuling
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Female, of Han ethnicity, born in 1935 in Jiaxian, Henan. Wang Xiuling studied Qu Opera performance with her father, Wang Junqing, from childhood, made her stage debut at the age of six, and is a first-generation actress of Qu Opera. From 1949 to 1955 she worked as an actor in the Xinsheng Qu Opera Society. In 1956 she completed the opera actors' training class of the Ministry of Culture, where she studied under such masters as Mei Lanfang and Cheng Yanqiu. From 1955 to 1960 she worked in the Zhengzhou Municipal Qu Opera Troupe as head of the actors' company. From 1960 to 1993 she worked in the Henan Provincial Qu Opera Troupe as head of the actors' company. Her singing is elegant and gentle with clear diction, and her acting is rich in inner substance and vivid in outward expression. Her representative works include A Match in the Snowstorm (Feng Xue Pei) and Dream of the Red Chamber (Hong Lou Meng).
Honors & Recognition
A national representative bearer of Qu Opera, a second-batch national intangible cultural heritage project, and a national first-class actor.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Qu Opera Ⅳ-68
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