Du Meishuang

Biography

Du Meishuang is a Chinese actress, politician, and national-level representative inheritor of the Huagu Opera intangible cultural heritage project. She was born in March 1965 and began her artistic career at age 14 in 1979 when she joined the Huagu Opera troupe in Taoyuan town. She initially trained in female roles before switching to male roles. In 1985, she moved to work at the Changde Huagu Opera Protection Center and Changde Sixian Art Theatre. In 2014, she edited the book "Changde Huagu Opera Collection," which compiled and organized local folk performing arts of Changde. In 2018, she was recognized as a national-level inheritor of Huagu Opera. In January 2018, she was elected as a representative to the 13th National People's Congress. She submitted several proposals related to rural collective economic development, rural cultural construction, supporting traditional media, and judicial culture development. In May 2018, she was rated as a fifth-batch national-level representative inheritor of intangible cultural heritage. In November 2021, she was commended by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and the Ministry of Culture and Tourism as an advanced worker in the national culture and tourism system. She participated in the microfilm "En Chou Ji" (Record of Grudge and Grace), playing the role "Judge Du."