Chen Yinghong
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Male, Han ethnicity, born in 1965 in Quanzhou, Fujian. In 1978 Chen Yinghong was admitted to the Quanzhou puppetry class of the Fujian Provincial Art School, where he studied under masters such as Yang Du and Chen Tian'en and specialised in the traditional performance of the sheng (male) role type of marionette theatre. In 1983 he became a pupil of Huang Yique and shifted to the za (miscellaneous) role type. He is thoroughly familiar with the internal structure of marionette figures and the arrangement of their strings, and is able to design and make puppets of various types himself. He can accurately sing the melodies of more than two hundred traditional qupai (named tunes), and can transmit in full the stage performance art of the entire Mulian Rescues His Mother (Mu Lian Jiu Mu) repertoire as well as dozens of traditional plays from the luolongbu (casket repertoire). Over more than two years he also compiled, through oral dictation, the performance scripts of Mulian Rescues His Mother and Xuanzang's Pilgrimage (San Zang Qu Jing, six sets). He has taken part many times in cultural exchange activities at home and abroad, contributing to the performance and transmission of Quanzhou marionette theatre.
Honors & Recognition
National representative bearer of Puppetry (Quanzhou marionette theatre), a second-batch national intangible cultural heritage project, and a Grade II national actor. In 2004 he took part in the Eleventh Wenhua Awards, receiving the Wenhua Award for New Repertoire and a collective performance award.
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