Li Siyuan
Lineage & School of Heritage
Li Siyuan began learning the craft from his father at the age of eight. From 1950 to 2003 he worked with the Yilong County puppet publicity team (now the Sichuan Great Puppet Theatre), and from 1956 he served successively as deputy director, director and chairman of the artistic committee; he is now an adviser to the Sichuan Great Puppet Theatre.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Male, Han ethnicity, born in 1936 in Yilong, Sichuan. His performance covers all role types, and he is especially accomplished in sheng and chou; he is particularly distinctive in the performance of traditional mythological plays. He has performed in Beijing on many occasions and has taken a wide part in cultural exchange between China and other countries. His representative works include King You Returns to the Palace, Kneeling at the Gate to Eat Grass, Beheading at the Jingtang and The Palace of the Fighting Bulls, and he has now trained thirty to forty successors.
Honors & Recognition
National representative bearer of Puppetry (northern Sichuan great puppet theatre), a second-batch national intangible cultural heritage project, and a Grade II national actor.
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