Wu Chenjun
Lineage & School of Heritage
In 1948 he studied under the veteran artists Xu Hongyuan and Zhou Guangen, specializing in the huadan (lively female) role.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
He excelled in performing Lu Hua Ji (The Reed Catkins), Kui Hua Ji (The Sunflower), Fu Ren Xi (The Lady's Play), Bai Tu Ji (The White Rabbit), Bai Dao Ji (Borrowing the Sword), Pan Wu Pen (Judging the Black Basin), Sao Chuang Hui (Sweeping the Window to Meet), Wan Hua Ji (Sporting with Flowers), An An Song Mi (An An Delivers Rice), Fa Chang Ji Fu (Mourning the Husband at the Execution Ground) and You Yuan Jing Yan (Strolling the Garden, Startled by Beauty), and in 1957 and 1959 he took part twice as a representative figure in the rescue recordings of Songyang Gaoqiang.
Honors & Recognition
Male, Han ethnicity, born in August 1933 in Songyang County, Zhejiang Province; he died in February 2015. National representative bearer of Gaoqiang (Songyang Gaoqiang), a third-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. He attached great importance to the transmission of Songyang Gaoqiang. From 1978 he began training his children Wu Guanyong, Wu Yongqing, Wu Yongming and Wu Guanmei, and from the following year he began training young actors such as Ye Zuqu, Li Wangying, Hong Yongjiao and Hua Jianying.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Gaoqiang Opera Ⅳ-7
- Gaoqiang Opera Ⅳ-7
- Gaoqiang Opera Ⅳ-7
- Gaoqiang Opera Ⅳ-7
- Gaoqiang Opera Ⅳ-7
- Gaoqiang Opera Ⅳ-7
Profile
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