Kang Shaoyi
Lineage & School of Heritage
He learned the craft from his father from childhood and received careful guidance from Wang Bingzhong, known as the living Guan Gong of Qinqiang, from the laosheng actor Yang Tianyi and from the martial male (wusheng) actor Xu Fumin. He also studied martial male performance under the Peking Opera educator Zhang Xiaolou, benefited from the instruction of Tian Zhongyu, a martial male actor of the Shang school, and of the renowned Peking Opera artist Li Wanchun, and learned and mastered the five unique acrobatic techniques in the martial repertoire of the southern school wusheng Zhang Jipeng.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Male, Han ethnicity, born in October 1943 in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province. His principal productions include Jiaxing Fu (The Prefecture of Jiaxing), Wu Gong Ling (Centipede Ridge), Shi Ba Luo Han Dou Wu Kong (The Eighteen Arhats Fight Wukong) and Jin Chi Da Peng (The Golden-Winged Garuda).
Honors & Recognition
National representative bearer of Qinqiang Opera, a third-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. In 1988, for his portrayal of Duke Zhuang of Zheng in the Qinqiang production Fa Zi Du (Attacking Zidu), he received the Top Hundred Actors Prize from the Shaanxi Provincial Department of Culture and Shaanxi Television. In 2001, for his portrayal of Sun Wukong in Shi Ba Luo Han Dou Wu Kong, he received a Special Honor Award from the Shaanxi Provincial Department of Culture.
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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