The Plum Blossom Prize sometimes translated as the Plum Blossom Award, is the highest theatrical award in China

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. It is awarded by the China Theatre Association.

History

In 1994, the China Theatre Association began awarding Second Plum Blossom Prizes to distinguished performers who had already won the prize once. In 2002, the Association began the policy of awarding the Plum Blossom Grand Prize to performers who had won the prize twice previously and continued to be active and innovative in the field. There have been four winners of that award to date: Shang Changrong in 2002, Song Guofeng and Mao Weitao in 2007, and Pei Yanling in 2009. The Plum Blossom Prize has been awarded every two years since 2005, as opposed to every year as it was previously. Due to the promulgation of the "Administration of Art, Journalism, and Publishing Awards" circular by the Ministry of Culture

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 in 2005, the number of such awards was reduced, and the Plum Blossom Prize was combined with another prize. Beginning in 2009, the selection process for the Plum Blossom Prize was changed into a televised competition among fifty hopefuls.

Controversy

In 1992, actress Song Dandan

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 refused to accept the Plum Blossom Prize that she had been awarded because of what she called "the scandal of corruption and lies behind the selection process".

Recipients

The Plum Blossom Prize has been awarded in 24 rounds as of 2009, with multiple people receiving the award in each round.

Chinese opera

• Zhang Jiqing
• Ye Shaolan
• Ren Genxin
• Xiao Ting
• Liu Zhangyu
• Li Weikang
• Guo Zemin
• Gu Wenyue
• Liu Yuling
• Wang Wanling

Western theater

• Li Xuejian
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• Shang Lijuan
• Liu Wenzhi
• Feng Xianzhen
• Jiang Baoying

Chinese opera

• Mao Weitao
• Mao Shanyu
• Hong Xuefei
• Yang Shurui
• Liu Ping
• Chi Xiaoqiu
• Shang Changrong
• Sun Yumin
• Zhang Xuejin
• Hou Shaokui

Western theater

• Zhou Ling
• Su Jinbang
• Li Bangyu
• Liang Yan
• Luo Lige

Chinese opera

• Pei Yanling
• Wang Shiyu
• Wang Lijun
• Yu Chengyue
• Yan Guixiang
• Li Guang
• Liang Guyin
• Li Dongqiao
• Lin Weilin
• Zhang Huiyun

Western theater

• Wang Ling
• Ding Jiali
• Zhang Jiazhao
• Shan Zenghong

Chinese opera

• Ji Zhenhua
• Hua Wenyi
• Tu Linghui
• Tang Yuying
• Ma Lan
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• Tian Guilan
• Cai Zhengren
• Wang Fengzhi
• Lei Ying
• Zhang Jidie
• Yue Meiti
• Hua Wen
• Wang Yulan
• Wang Zhiquan
• Li Ere

Western theater

• Lü Xiaohe
• Wang Yu
• Liang Guanhua
• Zhang Guoli
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• Wen Yujuan

Second Plum Blossom Prize

• Xie Tao
• Zeng Zhaojuan
• Meng Anlu
• Zhang Lan

Chinese opera

• Pan Guoliang
• Wang Yinghui
• Kong Xiangdong
• Tian Lei
• Ni Maocai
• Zhang Jun
• Zhang Bei
• Su Yanrong
• Li Xiaoxiong
• Zhou Yuanyuan
• Wang Runjing
• Chen Xueping
• Liu Guijuan
• Zhang Hui
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• Zhao Jing
• Kong Aiping
• Chen Xinqin
• Huang Jinghui
• Xu Junxia
• Wu Suying
• Liu Fengling
• Xing Jinsha
• Ma Shaomin
• Hui Minli
• Lü Fengqin
• Guo Yingli
• Qu Qiaozhe