Xu Tianxiang

Xu Tianxiang (June 1942 -), Liyuan Opera actor, Gong Chouxing and Mo Xing, representative inheritor of China's national intangible cultural heritage Liyuan Opera project, national second-level actor (deputy senior professional title), retired artist of Fujian Liyuan Opera Experimental Troupe. After being admitted to the Liyuan Opera Actor Training Class in 1956, he successively studied under the tutelage of veteran Liyuan Opera actors Cai Youben, Yao Suqin, Li Qinghe, Xu Maocai, Shi Jiaoen, etc. His representative works include "Li Yaxian", "Rouge", "Shijiunong", "Fenglinwan", etc. He and his student Zeng Jingping (a national first-level actor and a two-time winner of the Plum Blossom Award for Chinese Drama) are the only two national-level representative inheritors of Liyuan Opera.