Zhang Yuanye
Lineage & School of Heritage
From 1948 to 1952 he studied successively under Xue Hong and Chang Hai, and was engaged as a qingyi (female-role) actor by many Yangge troupes in Shuozhou, Yingxian and the Inner Mongolia region.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Male, of Han ethnicity, born in 1932 in Shuocheng, Shanxi. From 1953 to 1956 he was a qingyi actor in the Xinle Troupe; from 1956 to 1976 he served as head of the Shuocheng District Dayangge Opera Troupe; from 1976 to 1996 he was in charge of the Shuocheng District Yangge training class; and since 1996 he has been honorary head of the Shuocheng District Dayangge Opera Troupe. His acting is expansive, finely detailed and lifelike, and he is skilled in such stage effects as hanging and bleeding, having his face slashed by a sword, and breathing fire from the mouth. His representative works include A Night at the Flower Pavilion (Ye Su Hua Ting) and Ming Gong Duan (The Upright Magistrate's Verdict).
Honors & Recognition
A national representative bearer of Yangge Opera (Shuozhou Yangge Opera), a second-batch national intangible cultural heritage project, and a national second-class actor. Zhang Yuanye came from a family of Yangge performers and is a fourth-generation transmitter of Shuocheng Yangge.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Yangge Opera Ⅳ-70
- Yangge Opera Ⅳ-70
- Yangge Opera Ⅳ-70
- Yangge Opera Ⅳ-70
- Yangge Opera Ⅳ-70
- Yangge Opera Ⅳ-70
- Yangge Opera Ⅳ-70
- Yangge Opera Ⅳ-70
- Yangge Opera Ⅳ-70
- Yangge Opera Ⅳ-70
- Yangge Opera Ⅳ-70
- Yangge Opera Ⅳ-70
Profile
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