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Wang Yaoqing [b] (28 December 1881 – 3 June 1954) was a Chinese actor and singer noted for playing the role of a virtuous adult woman, or qingyi, [c] the most important role in Peking opera. He was from Qingjiangpu District, Huai'an in eastern Jiangsu Province. [1]
Chen Delin [b] (October 27, 1862 – July 27, 1930) was an actor and a singer of both Peking and Kun opera. He was born in Huangxian County in Shandong Province. He played the role of qingyi, or virtuous adult female. His best-known roles were in the Peking Opera Blade of the Universe and the Kun Opera Yearning for Secular Life.
Mei was known as the "Queen of Peking Opera". [1] Mei was exclusively known for his female lead roles (dan) and particularly his "verdant-robed girls" (qingyi), young or middle-aged women of grace and refinement.
The jinghu, an instrument commonly used in Peking-opera music. The accompaniment for a Peking opera performance usually consists of a small ensemble of traditional melodic and percussion instruments. The lead melodic instrument is the jinghu, a small, high-pitched, two-string spike fiddle. [77]
Qingyi may refer to: Qingyi (Chinese opera) (青衣), a type of female role in Chinese opera; Qingyi, Sichuan (青义), a town in Mianyang, Sichuan, China; Qingyi Expressway, a common name for the G3016 Qingshuihe–Yining Expressway in Xinjiang, China; Qingyi Movement, a faction of conservative officials in late 19th century China
Dan is the general name for female roles in Chinese opera, often referring to leading roles.They may be played by male or female actors. In the early years of Peking opera, all dan roles were played by men, but this practice is no longer common in any Chinese opera genre.
Mei Baojiu (Chinese: 梅葆玖; pinyin: Méi Bǎojiǔ) (29 March 1934 – 25 April 2016) [1] was a contemporary Chinese Peking opera artist, also a performer of the Dan role type in Peking Opera and Kunqu opera, the leader of Mei Lanfang Peking Opera troupe in Beijing Peking Opera Theatre.
Fen Juhua (Chinese: 粉菊花; pinyin: Fěn Jǘhuā, 1900–1994), also known in Hong Kong as Fan Fok-fa, was a Chinese opera singer and martial artist. Born in Shandong, she took up Peking opera as a youth, gaining a reputation for portraying martial women. In the 1940s, she moved to Hong Kong, where she began teaching Peking opera and martial ...