Li Aiqin
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Female, Han ethnicity, born in April 1939 in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province. She is a National First-Class Actor. In 1954 she joined the May First Troupe of the Shaanxi Provincial Military District, later renamed the May First Troupe of Xi'an City. Her voice is deep and full, her singing expressive in both sound and feeling, her acting crisp and dignified. She excels in young male (xiaosheng) plays and can also perform bearded male (xusheng), principal female (zhengdan) and old female (laodan) roles. Her xiaosheng plays include Zhou Ren Hui Fu (Zhou Ren Returns to the Mansion); her xusheng plays include Sun An Dong Ben (Sun An Petitions the Throne) and Sheng Si Bei (The Stele of Life and Death); and her zhengdan plays include Qin Xianglian. Adept at drawing widely on the strengths of others and making them her own, she gradually formed a distinctive artistic style. In 2000 she served as artistic director of Yin Yang Jian (The Mirror of Yin and Yang) and led the troupe to the First China Qinqiang Art Festival.
Honors & Recognition
National representative bearer of Qinqiang Opera, a third-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. In 1956 the production Qi Jiguang Zhan Zi (Qi Jiguang Beheads His Son), in which she played the leading role, was entered in the Shaanxi Provincial Theatrical Festival and won a first prize for acting. In 1990 she was named among the first group of experts with outstanding contributions in Xi'an City.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Qinqiang Opera Ⅳ-16
- Qinqiang Opera Ⅳ-16
- Qinqiang Opera Ⅳ-16
- Qinqiang Opera Ⅳ-16
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