Ji Yafu

Biography

Ji Yafu, born in 1949, is a Chinese theatre actor specializing in comic roles (丑行) in Gaojia opera. He holds the title of National First-Class Actor and is a national-level representative inheritor of the intangible cultural heritage of Gaojia opera. He is one of five representative inheritors of the Gaojia opera project at the national level, and along with his student Chen Bingcong (a National Second-Class Actor and deputy director of the Xiamen Jinshenglian Gaojia Opera Troupe), he represents the city of Xiamen.