Wang Yang
Lineage & School of Heritage
Wang Yang began working in 1950 and studied the chou (clown) art of Sichuan opera under Chen Quanbo, one of the Four Great Clowns of Sichuan opera; he later studied directing under Zhou Haibin and Zhou Yuxiang. He has starred in and directed more than one hundred large and small Sichuan opera and northern Sichuan lantern opera productions, and served as head of the Nanchong Municipal Sichuan Opera Troupe.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Male, Han ethnicity, born in 1937 in Chuanshan, Sichuan. His acting is highly individual, especially in chou roles, in which he has created a great range of characters, from emperors, generals and ministers to high officials, the dissolute young men of the treaty ports and street ruffians; his technique is superb and his stage language vivid and rich. His representative works include Zheng Banqiao Mai Gang (Zheng Banqiao Buys a Vat) and Banbian Yue'er Ming (Half the Moon Shines).
Honors & Recognition
He is a second-batch national representative bearer of lantern opera (northern Sichuan lantern opera), a national intangible cultural heritage project, and a First-Grade Actor.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Lantern Opera Ⅳ-77
- Lantern Opera Ⅳ-77
- Lantern Opera Ⅳ-77
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