Cheng Yanqiu

Cheng Yanqiu
Cheng Yanqiu
Traditional Chinese	程硯秋
Simplified Chinese	程砚秋
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Chéng Yànqiū
Wade–Giles	Ch`eng Yen-ch`iu

Cheng Yanqiu (1 January 1904 – 9 March 1958) was a Chinese Peking opera singer of Manchu descent.^[1]^[2] He is remembered as one of the 20th-century's four greatest male dan actors alongside Mei Lanfang, Shang Xiaoyun, and Xun Huisheng. He specialized in the qingyi role and founded the Cheng style (程派) of opera singing and acting.^[3] Some representative plays of the Cheng style repertoire include The Jewelry Purse, Tears in the Barren Mountain, and Blue Frost Sword (1924).

^ 谷, 立立 (2017). "天妒英才程砚秋". People.cn. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
^ Kun, Zhang (2018-04-07). "The stories behind the four great actors". www.chinadaily.com.cn. Retrieved 2024-01-12.
^ Li 2010, pp. 84–85.

[1] 谷, 立立 (2017). "天妒英才程砚秋". People.cn. Retrieved 11 January 2024.

[:1-2] Kun, Zhang (2018-04-07). "The stories behind the four great actors". www.chinadaily.com.cn. Retrieved 2024-01-12.

[FOOTNOTELi201084–85-3] Li 2010, pp. 84–85.

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