Xiao Yuling
Lineage & School of Heritage
In 1952 she was admitted to the Sanyi Society of Xi'an to learn the craft, and in the 1950s she became celebrated on the traditional opera stage for roles such as Wang Baochuan in Wu Dian Po (The Five Dian Slope) and Bai Suzhen in Bai She Zhuan (The Legend of the White Snake).
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
She is a National First-Class Actor. In nearly sixty years on the stage she has played leading roles in more than a hundred traditional and modern plays. Her stage appearance is lovely and dignified, her voice stirring yet gentle, her acting finely nuanced and profound, and her movement light and free; she has created many vividly lifelike stage characters. Her fame spread widely in particular after the Qinqiang production Huo Yan Ju (The Flame-Hued Colt), in which she took a leading role in 1958, was made into a feature film. For decades she has held fast to the conviction that the play is greater than the heavens, striving for perfection in her art and winning deep affection from audiences.
Honors & Recognition
Female, Han ethnicity, born in December 1939 in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province; she died in April 2017. National representative bearer of Qinqiang Opera, a third-batch national intangible cultural heritage project.
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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