鄭秀琴

简介

Zheng Xiuqin (1944–2019) was a Chinese Gezaixi (Xiangju) opera actress from Longhai, Fujian, specializing in female roles (Dan). She studied Gezaixi performance art under Master Shao Jianghai and others. She was the first Gezaixi actress to be awarded the National First-Class Actor professional title in China, and remains the only one to have achieved this honor. She served as head of the Zhangzhou Xiangju Troupe for many years. In 1992, she played the role of Zhang Yuejiao in the modern Gezaixi opera "Hun of the Stage" (戏魂) and won the Wenhua Performance Award at the second session of the Ministry of Culture's Wenhua Awards, becoming the first Gezaixi actress to receive this award and the only one in the 20th century to do so. "Hun of the Stage" is also the only Gezaixi opera to have won the Wenhua New Repertoire Award. From 1992 onward, she received a certificate and allowance for experts with special contributions from the State Council of China. She served as a deputy to the 8th and 9th National People's Congress of China. In January 2008, she was listed in the second batch of national-level intangible cultural heritage representative inheritors for Gezaixi, announced by the Ministry of Culture of China.