Wang Yubao
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Female, Han ethnicity, born in 1926 in Tianjin. From childhood she learned Jingyun Dagu, Danxian and Kaoshandiao from her father, and in 1953 she joined the Tianjin Broadcasting Balladry Troupe, specializing in the singing of Tianjin Shidiao. Endowed with an outstanding voice and a fresh, refined manner of singing, she is a celebrated Tianjin Shidiao performer renowned throughout the country. Her most popular pieces include Ti Jian (Shuttlecock Kicking), Qi Yue Qi (The Seventh of the Seventh Month) and Qin (Qing) Lou Bei Qiu (Autumn Sorrow in the Blue Pavilion), and her adapted pieces include Shuai Xi Gua (Smashing the Watermelon), Fan Jiang Dao Hai (Turning Rivers and Seas) and Mao Zhuxi Lai Dao Zan Nong Zhuang (The Chairman Comes to Our Village).
Honors & Recognition
Representative bearer of Tianjin Shidiao, a second-batch national intangible cultural heritage project, and a first-grade actor. In 2000 her performance of Xi Rong Gui (Joyous Return) won the China Quyi Peony Award; in 2003 she received the Performer Award of the China Golden Record Award; and in 2008 she received the Lifetime Achievement Award of the China Quyi Peony Award.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Tianjin Shidiao Ⅴ-29
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