小香玉

简介

Her real name is Chen Bailing, and she is a first-class Henan Opera (Yuju) performing artist. Born in 1965 in Zhengzhou into a family of opera performers, she is the granddaughter of the renowned Henan Opera artist Chang Xiangyu, though they share no blood relation. She received direct training from her grandmother Chang Xiangyu. She entered the Zhengzhou Opera School in 1976, and after graduating in 1980 joined the Zhengzhou Henan Opera Troupe, rising to fame starring in "Hua Mulan Joins the Army." She won the First Prize for Young Opera Performers in Henan in 1982. She continued her studies at Henan University, graduating in 1987, and became director of the Henan Provincial Opera Troupe No. 1. She is known for her roles in Henan Opera as a young female and young male lead, and founded an art school bearing her name to train artistic talent. She has received numerous prestigious honors including the Plum Blossom Award for Chinese Theatre in 1993 and the Golden Rooster Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2007.