Class One performer, National Peking Opera Company, specialising in Li-style civil and martial elderly male roles. Director, China Theatre Association and Beijing Theatre Association. Member, China Zhi Gong Party. Cultural expert and leading talent of the “Four Areas” Cultural Development Project, Ministry of Culture and Tourism; Master research student, 5th Postgraduate Class for Outstanding Young Peking Opera Performers. Teachers: Wang Shixu, Li Guang, Zhang Xuejin, Geng Qichang, Zhu Yuankun, Tan Xiaozeng, Li Haotian, Ye Feng, Su Chenglong, Xu Degui, and Wang Ping. Repertoire: Rescue in the Wild Boar Forest, Nightmare at the Han Palace, The Bandits, Battle of Taiping, Eight Immortals Cross the Sea, The Fourth Son Visits His Mother, The Red-Maned Steed, The Right Royal Match, Lu State · Eight Sledgehammers · One-Armed Persuasion, Encounters of the Emperor with Sister Feng, Underground Liaison, and The Taking of Tiger Mountain. Representative works: Grand Mansion Gate, Roaring Across the Horizon, The Quartermaster from Story of the Red Army, The Grassland Doctor, Sayling Wen, and Zhang Jian. Accolades: gold, 5th China Peking Opera Festival, 9th Suzhou Opera Festival, and 10th Chinese Opera Festival; Best Actor (elderly male role), CCTV Young Peking Opera Artists Competition 2008; top prize and Excellent Performance Award, 4th Zijin Peking Opera and Kunqu Arts Festival (2023).
