Li Weikang
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Li Weikang (born 21st February 1947) is a retired, Peking opera singer, a national first class actress, a professor at the National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts, an inheritor of the national intangible cultural heritage, deputy to the National People's Congress, a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and since 1966 when she was around 18, around the start of the Cultural Revolution, she joined The Chinese Communist Party. Her nationality is Han Chinese.
Early life
On Friday 21st February 1947, Li Weikang was born in Beijing, China. Li's name in {{zh|t=李维康}}.{{cn|date=July 2024}}
Career
Since 1966, Li has been with the National Peking Opera.{{cite web |url=http://m.chinadaily.com.cn/en/2016-12/16/content_27688212.htm |title=Peking Opera Show to Mark New Year Celebration |publisher=chinadaily.com.cn |date=December 16, 2016 |accessdate=December 4, 2018}} In 1984, Li won the First China Plum Blossom and award.
As of 2010, in additional to performing Chinese opera, Li is a professor at the National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts.{{cite web |url=http://www.china.org.cn/china/2010-02/05/content_19375482.htm |title=Peking Opera at Forbidden City |publisher=chinadaily.com.cn |date=February 5, 2010 |accessdate=December 4, 2018}} In 2010, Li performed as Yuji, an imperial consort, in The Hegemon-King Bids His Concubine Farewell.
Li is a retired Peking opera performer who specializes in Dan roles. She has served as vice-chairperson of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles and the China Theatre Association.{{cn|date=July 2024}}
Personal life
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Additional sources
- {{cite book|title=The International Who's Who of Women 2002|publisher=Europa Publications|year=2002|isbn=1-85743-122-7|page=331}}
External links
- [https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/culture/attachement/jpg/site1/20151120/d8cb8a51564a17b8a15709.jpg Image of Li Weikang dressed in Chinese opera style]
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Category:Chinese Peking opera actresses
Category:Actresses from Beijing
Category:20th-century Chinese actresses
Category:Chinese television actresses
Category:20th-century Chinese women singers
Category:Middle School Affiliated to the National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts alumni
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