Chang Xiangyu (1923-2004), formerly known as Zhang Miaoling, was born in Gong County, Henan Province (now Gongyi City), a Yu opera performing artist.
Chang Xiangyu is a deputy to the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th and 7th National People's Congress, an honorary member of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, and has served as vice chairman of the Chinese Dramatists Association, chairman of the Henan Dramatists Association, president of Henan Yu Theater, president of Henan Provincial Opera School, and professor of Shenyang Conservatory of Music.
Chang Xiangyu, singing cavity words are round, luck is smooth, the charm is pure and thick, the style is novel, and the emotion is painted with sound, and the voice is brought by love; The performance is robust and fresh, delicate and generous, with deep connotation and distinct personality. In expressing the inner thoughts and feelings of the characters, it is meticulous, one person and one appearance, vivid.
Representative works include "Mulan", "Kao Hong", "Broken Bridge", "Great Sacrifice Pile", "People Cheering horses", "Red Lantern" and so on.
Chang Xiangyu, female, Yu opera Danjiao. A native of Gong County, Henan. Her original name was Zhang Miaoling.
Coming from a family of artists, she studied drama with her father Zhang Fuxian at the age of nine, worshiped Zhai Yan and Zhou Haihai as teachers, and changed her name to Chang Xiangyu with her father's surname. Beginners, Xusheng, martial arts, and later specialized in Dan Foot. Deep in childhood. He took the stage at the age of ten, and starred in 6 "West Chambers" at the age of fifteen in 1937, which was full of Kaifeng. Originally sung in Yuxi tune, after the performance gradually integrated The tunes of Yudong and Xiangfu, and absorbed some singing voices such as opera, pendant, Shanxi Zizi, Hebei Zizi, Peking Opera, etc., and did not create new styles. After 1938, due to illness, he could no longer perform martial arts, so he immersed himself in the reform of Tsing Yi, Hua Dan performance and white speech. In 1941, he performed in Shaanxi and Gansu. In 1948, he founded the Xiangyu Opera Society in Xi'an, dedicated to cultivating young actors. In 1951, in order to support the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, he led the drama club to tour the northwest, central and southern China to perform, and donated a fighter plane of the "Xiangyu Opera Society" with the performance income, which was known as a "patriotic artist". In 1952, he participated in the First National Opera Observation and Performance Conference and won the Honorary Award, and performed abroad in the same year.
"Changpai" sings with a round cavity, good luck, pure charm, novel style, painting emotions with sound, bringing voices with emotions, colorful and colorful, elegant and popular appreciation, the performance is robust and fresh, delicate and generous, the connotation is profound, the personality is distinct, and in expressing the inner thoughts and feelings of the characters, it is meticulous, one person and one look, vivid. Representative works include "Mulan", "Kao Hong", "Broken Bridge", "Great Sacrifice Pile", "People Cheering horses", "Red Lantern" and so on.
In art, it widely absorbs the strengths of Peking Opera, Commentary, Qin Opera, Henan Opera, Pendant, Big Drum and other arts, and at the same time integrates various Yu opera singing cavities with different styles - Yudong tone, Xiangfu tone, Shahe tune, etc. into the Yuxi tune, and has become a major genre in Yu opera.
In 1952, he participated in the First National Opera Observation and Performance Conference and won the Honorary Award. In June 1994, he won the "Best Artist in Asia Lifetime Achievement Art Award". In 1995, he was awarded the title of "National Advanced Worker" by the State Council.
She joined the Communist Party of China in 1959 and successively served as vice chairman of the Chinese Dramatists Association, vice chairman of the Henan Branch, president of the Henan Yu Theater, principal of the Henan Provincial Opera School, and a deputy to the First, Second, Third, Fifth, Sixth and Seventh National People's Congresses.
At 7:06 a.m. on June 1, 2004, after three consecutive days of coma, he died of illness at the Henan Provincial People's Hospital at the age of 81.