Hu Zhaohai
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Male, Han ethnicity, born in 1949 in Shaoxing, Zhejiang. In 1963 he entered the third Shaoxing opera training class of Shaoxing City to study the secondary painted-face role of Shao opera; after supporting agriculture in 1965 he took part in village club performances of Lianhualuo; and in 1972 he made his name throughout Shaoxing with the piece San Zhi Bian Dan (Three Shoulder Poles). In 1973 he joined the Shaoxing Balladry Troupe as a professional Lianhualuo performer; in 1984 he became a performer with the Zhejiang Provincial Lianhualuo Balladry Troupe; and after 1997 he funded on his own initiative the establishment of the Shaoxing Municipal School of Local Balladry. His representative work Hui Niang Jia (Returning to the Parental Home) won first prize for composition and first prize for performance at the National Balladry Festival.
Honors & Recognition
Representative bearer of Shaoxing Lianhualuo, a second-batch national intangible cultural heritage project.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Shaoxing Lianhualuo Ⅴ-23
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