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 .
Career
Since 1966, Li has been with the National Peking Opera.
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.
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 (Chinese opera), Dan'' roles. She has served as vice-chairperson of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles and the China Theatre Association.
Personal life
Li's husband is Geng Qichang.
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Image of Li Weikang dressed in Chinese opera style
1947 births
Living people
Chinese Peking opera actresses
Actresses from Beijing
Singers from Beijing
20th-century Chinese actresses
Chinese television actresses
20th-century Chinese women singers
Middle School Affiliated to the National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts alumni
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