Zhang Meijuan

Zhang Meijuan

Zhang Meijuan, female, was born in Jiaxiang, Shandong Province in August 1929. He is a member of the Communist Party of China, a national first-class actor, a member of China Dramatists Association, and vice chairman of Jinan Dramatists Association. He has successively starred in a large number of operas such as Chaoyang Valley (decorated with silver ring) in Changqing Henan Opera Troupe, played the old woman with two guns in Jiangjie in Shandong Liuzi Opera Troupe, and was responsible for teaching young actors. He has won the "Xiangyu Cup" Art Award and the first prize of performance in the eighth Shandong Art Festival. There are also Peking Opera actors, Wuhan University associate professor, dubbing actors and many other people of the same name.

brief introduction

Beijing Opera Wudan actress, teacher. He is a member of the Communist Party of China. He was born in Beijing. Birth: 1929, the year of the Chinese calendar; death: 1995, the year of the Chinese calendar. Known as "China's first female Wudan.".

Artistic experience

His father, Zhang Dezhi, studied Dao with Ma Yuzhi at the age of 7. At the age of 11, she was admitted to the Zhengzi class of Shanghai drama school. She was named ZhengJuan, and she got Liang Lianzhu's lessons. He left school at the age of 15 to perform in addition to Wudan and daomadian operas, as well as wusheng, Xiaosheng, Qingyi and Huadan operas. He enjoys a good reputation in Shanghai, Hangzhou, Jiaxing and Huzhou. During this period, she performed with Mei Lanfang, Zhou Xinfang, Tang Yunsheng, Li Shaochun, Li Yuru, Tong Zhiling and Yan Huizhu. In 1952, he joined the East China Peking Opera experimental troupe and later merged into Shanghai Peking opera academy. In 1970, he was in charge of the May 7th Peking Opera training class. After the cultural revolution, he was incorporated into Shanghai Opera School and taught.

artistic characteristics

She loves art. She studies hard all her life. She is good at both culture and martial arts. She pays attention to performance and portrays characters. She not only has exquisite skills, but also has the courage to innovate and create. In particular, she constantly adds new routines to "fighting". For example, in the mythical martial arts drama "fire phoenix" starred by her, she pioneered the flying gun in the air, lifting and kicking the gun, dancing long silk, etc., all of which have become the models for later generations to learn. The "melon garden" mainly based on Wu Chou was changed from her to "melon garden" mainly based on Wu Dan. At the same time, she pays attention to depicting the characters' characters, and makes reasonable modifications to such plays as stealing fairy grass and Sizhou city.

Representative plays

There are also "Da Jiao Zan", "blocking the horse", "Eight Immortals crossing the sea", "Hongqiao presenting pearls", "Jinshan Temple" and so on.

Art exchange

In 1952, she was one of the first group to participate in sympathizing performances in North Korea; in 1954, she visited India, Indonesia, Myanmar and other countries with Chinese cultural and art delegation; in 1956, she visited the Soviet Union; in 1958 and 1962, she visited and performed in Western European countries twice, which caused a sensation everywhere.

Main disciple

She has trained a large number of Wudan rookies all over the country. There are Zhang Meijuan, Wang Zhiquan, Qi Shufang, Zhou Ping, pan Ying, Zhao Jingru, Li Zhanhua, Shi Min, etc.

Major relatives

Fu Qi Yingcai, gongxiaosheng, was the principal of Shanghai Opera School.

Activity chronology

1. November 1, 1946, October 8, 1898: Hankou grand stage, November 1, 1946

Beijing Opera is on the Hankou stage today.

Play:

Money tree (Zhang Meijuan)

Shi Xiu and pan Qiaoyun (Dai Qixia, Zhang Yunxi, Wang yurang)

Major axis: the whole new yutangchun (Zheng bingru, Wang Hongfu, Wang Lanqiu)

2. November 2, 1946, October 9, 1898: Hankou grand stage, November 2, 1946

Beijing Opera is on the Hankou stage today.

Play:

"Stealing the Royal horse" with "stealing the double hook" (Zhang Yunxi and Dai Qixia as Huang Tianba and Wang yurang)

Axis: the complete book "Si Lang Tan Mu" (Zheng bingru, Zhang Meijuan, Zhang Chunhua, Wang Hongfu)

3. On January 10, 1956, November 28, the third day of the lunar calendar, the leaders of the CPC Central Committee watch Beijing opera at the theater of Sino Soviet friendship building in Shanghai

Mao Zedong and other central leaders watched Beijing opera at the theater of Sino Soviet friendship building in Shanghai.

Show repertoire

Killing a fisherman (Zhou Xinfang, Tong Zhiling)

Broken bridge (Li Yuru, Yu Zhenfei)

Sizhou city (Zhang Meijuan)

"Small cattle" (Zhao guoframe, sun Zhengyang)

4. October 28, 1956, September 25, the lunar calendar: Shanghai Peking Opera Troupe to visit the Soviet Union

Shanghai Peking Opera Troupe visited the Soviet Union. Zhou Xinfang served as the team leader, Yi Bing as the deputy team leader, and the main actors included Wang Jinlu, Shen Jinbo, Li Yuru, Zhang Meijuan, Zhao Xiaolan, etc. In Moscow, Leningrad and other nine cities, 53 performances lasted 64 days. Zhou's plays include "shi5guan", "killing fishermen", "chasing Hanxin", "XUCE running to the city", "sijinshi", etc.

5. April 20, 1958, March 2, 1898: Chinese opera troupe visits Europe

Yan Huizhu, Yu Zhenfei, Li Yuru, Zhang Meijuan and other Chinese opera troupes visited Britain, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Switzerland and other countries, and returned to China in October.

6. August 1959, the year of 1911 of the lunar calendar: the second troupe of Shanghai Peking Opera Theater was invited to perform for the 40th anniversary of the founding of oumeige

At the invitation of Nantong Municipal Bureau of culture, the second troupe of Shanghai Peking Opera Theater performed for the 40th anniversary of the establishment of oumei Pavilion. Li Yuru, Tong Zhiling and Zhang Meijuan starred in "hundred years old in command" and "human face peach blossom".

7. On July 17, 1961, the fifth day of June in the year of xinchou in the lunar calendar: Zhou Enlai and Chen Yi watched the Peking Opera "female general of Yangmen"

Premier Zhou Enlai and vice premier Chen Yi watched the play "female generals of Yangmen", which is going to be performed in Hong Kong by Jingkun experimental troupe of Shanghai Opera School, at friendship cinema. Premier Zhou instructed to invite famous figures in Shanghai's literary and art circles to see the play and have a discussion. He also pointed out that Yu Zhenfei, Li Yuru and Zhang Meijuan should form an art guidance group to improve the quality of art.

8. February 1964, the first anniversary of the lunar calendar: the Chinese art troupe performed in Western Europe in 1964

The Chinese art troupe has performed in Western Europe with actors such as Zhang Meijuan, Yang Chunxia and Qi Shufang, and plays such as fire phoenix, three battles Zhang Yuee and jade bracelet.

9. October 1974, Jiayin year of the lunar calendar: during the cultural revolution, the Ministry of culture organized the recording of traditional dramas

According to Chairman Mao Zedong's instructions, the Ministry of culture organized famous artists in Beijing to make videos of traditional dramas and recordings of Beijing and Kunming aria, and sent Zhang Meijuan to Beijing to record "Hongqiao presents pearl".

10. February 25, 1986, the 17th day of the first lunar year: the 45th Anniversary of the stage life of the former "Zheng" generation students of Shanghai drama school was held.

From February 25 to February 27, the 45th Anniversary performance of the former "Zheng" generation students of Shanghai drama school was held in the public theater.

Guan Zhengming, Zhang Zhengfang, Wang Zhengping, Cheng Zhengtai, Zhang Meijuan, sun Zhengyang, Wang zhengbi, Huang Zhengqin, Lu Zhenghong, Chen Zhengzhu and Wu zhengshuang from Shanghai and other places performed qingshishan, Tianba Baishan, qingguanzhuan, juding Guanhua and huoxiaoyu.

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