Congzhaohuan
Lineage & School of Heritage
He studied under Bai Yunsheng and Hou Yongkui of the northern Kunqu tradition and Shen Pansheng and Wu Nanqing of the southern Kunqu tradition, and in 1963 he formally became a disciple of Yu Zhenfei.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Male, Han ethnicity, born in December 1931 in Dalian, Liaoning Province. A National Class One director and a National Class One actor. He began as a song-and-dance performer and worked successively at the North China Cultural Work Troupe and the Beijing People's Art Theatre before joining the Northern Kunqu Opera Theatre in 1957. He trained in the wusheng (martial male), laosheng (older male) and xiaosheng (young male) roles, and performed in works such as Ye Ben (Fleeing by Night), Lian Huan Ji (The Chain of Stratagems) and Li Hui Niang. He later studied xiqu directing under A Jia and Li Zigui and the history and theory of drama under Zhang Geng and Guo Hancheng, attaining profound artistic accomplishment. He directed numerous productions, including Xue Jian Mei Ren Tu (The Blood-Stained Portrait of a Beauty), Xi Xiang Ji (The Romance of the Western Chamber), Nan Tang Yi Shi (Anecdotes of the Southern Tang), Qian Li Song Jing Niang (Escorting Jing Niang a Thousand Li) and Huan Men Zi Di Cuo Li Shen (The Official's Son Takes the Wrong Career). He took part in the compilation of the Kunqu Art Compendium and served as editor-in-chief of the volume of its collected audio and video recordings. He has served as vice director of the Northern Kunqu Opera Theatre and president of the Chinese Kunqu Research Society, and founded and edited the society's journal Lan (The Orchid).
Honors & Recognition
National representative bearer of Kunqu Opera, a third-batch national intangible cultural heritage project.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Kun Qu Opera Ⅳ-1
- Kun Qu Opera Ⅳ-1
- Kun Qu Opera Ⅳ-1
- Kun Qu Opera Ⅳ-1
- Kun Qu Opera Ⅳ-1
- Kun Qu Opera Ⅳ-1
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