Chongqing Municipal Peking Opera Troupe

The Chongqing Municipal Peking Opera Troupe was founded in May 1956. Its original name was Peking Opera Li Jia Ban. The Troupe has put seven hundreds of new and old theatrical pieces on the stage. The repertoires are: The Thirteenth Sister, Yu Tang Chun, Chun Qiu's Marriage, Battling for the Peace, Fa Men Temple, Gan Lu Temple, Gathering of Heroes, Luo Cheng Took the Challenge at the City Gate, Eight Sledge-hammers, Yan Dang Mountain, Mu Guiying Attacking the Tianmen Battle Formation, Zhang Heng, Generals of Yang Family (in 24 stage series), The Legend of White Snake, Xie Yaohuan, Three Attacks against Zhu Jia Zhuang, Havocking the Haven Upside and Down, The Storm on August 1, Detection of the Affection, Recalling the Age of Eighteen, The Legend of Chun Xiang, The White-haired Girl in Sichun and Robbing in Yu Zhou etc. Among them, some of the theatrical pieces won several national, provincial and municipal awards for scripting, performance, actor, playwright etc. The number of winners of various prizes over one hundred.

The Troupe has visited several countries and won honor for the motherland in external cultural exchanges. The Troupe has trained and created a large number of performing talents of Peking Opera. Among them, the first grade actors are: Li Huimikng, Shen Fucun, Zhu Fuxia, Sun Zhifang, Li Huisen; the second grade actors: Wang Jinsheng, Zeng Fanqiang, Tong Zhiliang, Zhou Yingwei, Huang Jiahua, Zhang Changqing, Li Weizheng, Feng Jian, Chen Xiaoyan, Wang Yunsheng etc.

Address: No.111, Wuyilu Road, Yuzhong District, Chongqing

Post code: 400010

Tel: (023) 63842159

Fax: (023) 63842814