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简介

Niu Shuxian is a Chinese Yu Opera actress born in 1946 in Shangqiu, Henan Province, into a family of opera artists. She was the last disciple of the great master Chen Suzhen and is recognized as one of the Top Ten Famous Ladies of Yu Opera. She began performing on stage at just five years old and was nicknamed the "Five-Year-Old Red Star." Her singing style is celebrated for its graceful, delicate, lively, and flowing qualities. Niu Shuxian absorbed the essence of various Yu Opera schools and incorporated techniques from Ping Opera, Huangmei Opera, modern opera, and folk melodies, successfully blending vocal music techniques into modern Yu Opera performance and developing a unique style. In 2000, she joined the Handan Cultural Bureau's Drama Research Institute and began systematic theoretical research on the Northern School of Yu Opera. She won first place at the 7th China Drama "Plum Blossom Award" in 1990, received the title of "Top Ten Famous Ladies of Yu Opera" in 1992, and was honored with the "Asian Lifetime Achievement Art Award" and "Asia's Most Outstanding Artist Award" in 2003.