Huaiju Opera
01 · Historical Records
Drawing on the Jiangsu volume of the Annals of Chinese Xiqu and local Taizhou materials, Jianghuai opera troupes were already performing in the Taizhou area in the late Qing and early Republic; in the 1950s the Taizhou Huai opera troupe was formally founded, taking on the task of transmitting and developing Huai opera; in 2003 the cast of Sister Xianglin performed in Beijing, and the young Huai opera actor Chen Cheng won the twenty-first Chinese Drama “Plum Blossom Award”, while Chen Delin and Huang Suping successively won Shanghai's “Magnolia” outstanding leading actor awards.
02 · Core Techniques & Process
Taizhou is an important birthplace of Huai opera. The plays created by the Taizhou Huai opera troupe have been broadcast on China Central Television many times, and its repertory pieces Banqiao Takes the Examination, Sister Xianglin and The Bureau of Letters and Calls are well received by experts and audiences. The costume play The Twin Jade Cicadas, led by Wei Xifeng and filmed by Jiangsu Television, won second prize at the seventh national Popular Television Golden Eagle Award. The troupe has taken part in the sixth China Art Festival, the fifth Shanghai International Art Festival and the first to fifth Jiangsu Huai opera festivals, repeatedly winning major awards, becoming, with the Shanghai and Jiangsu provincial Huai opera troupes, one of the “three legs of the tripod, each with its own merits” among Huai opera forces.
Banqiao Takes the Examination
A repertory piece of the Taizhou Huai opera troupe well received by experts and audiences.
Sister Xianglin
A repertory piece of the Taizhou Huai opera troupe; its 2003 Beijing performance won a Plum Blossom Award for the young actor Chen Cheng.
The Bureau of Letters and Calls
A repertory piece of the Taizhou Huai opera troupe well received by experts and audiences.
03 · Regional Records & Related Items
Taizhou Huai opera centres on Taizhou city, Jiangsu, and is one of the important birthplaces of Huai opera; the Taizhou Huai opera troupe is, with the Shanghai and Jiangsu provincial Huai opera troupes, one of the “three legs of the tripod, each with its own merits”, having taken part in the China Art Festival, the Shanghai International Art Festival and the Jiangsu Huai opera festivals and won awards many times.
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04 · Cultural Value & Contemporary Safeguarding
The inheritor, a national first-class actor, has a Chen-school sheng singing standard yet free, fresh and soft, with a particularly lyrical style; he has performed in more than a hundred plays, among which The Tooth-Mark Record, Liu Guicheng's Private Visit, After Reunion and Zhao Wuniang are long-running, and his disciples include Cao Zhengcai, Li Jiahu and Tan Buquan.
05 · Associated Representative Bearers
Representative bearers recorded under this item, organized by national nomination batch:
- Xiaowenyan 03-1102
- Ma Xiuying 03-1103
- Zhang Yunliang 03-1104
- Yixiaoping 03-1105
- Wu Xiaofeng 04-1673
- Cheng Shaoliang 04-1674
- He Shuanglin 04-1675
- Chen Delin 04-1676
- Shi Yuee 05-2431
- Liang Weiping 05-2432
- Rong Guanghui 05-2433
- Chen Cheng
- Wang Shulong
06 · Authoritative Sources & Bibliography
Sources
China Intangible Cultural Heritage Network (ihchina.cn)
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