曾文杰

简介

Zeng Wenjie is a Chinese Gaojia Opera actor from Chidian, Jinjiang, Quanzhou. Born in 1955, he specializes in the clown (chou) role. He studied under master Kexianxi and was the master's youngest disciple, while Lai Zongmao, a national first-level actor, was his senior fellow disciple under the same master. In 1999, he became the head of the Jinjiang Gaojia Opera Troupe. On January 26, 2008, the Ministry of Culture of China announced the second batch of the National Intangible Cultural Heritage Representative Inheritors List, which for the first time in history included Gaojia Opera performers, with only five artists selected. Zeng Wenjie holds the title of National Second-Level Actor (associate senior professional title) since 2008 and has been recognized as a representative inheritor of the national intangible cultural heritage project of Gaojia Opera. He has traveled to perform Gaojia Opera clown arts in Hong Kong, Macau, and overseas.