1955 starring water curtain cave won the Peking Opera Performance Award; 1956, Beijing Huairentang performed on the same stage with Zhou, Zhou, Zhou and other central leading masters. In the same year, he won the Hebei Performance Award, adapted and starred in Happy Forest; Later, he starred in Hebei Peking Opera Troupe, Beijing Chunqiu Peking Opera Troupe and Tianjin Jianhua Peking Opera Troupe. At the beginning of 1957, he studied under the famous Peking Opera performer Li. During this period, he was deeply influenced by famous artists such as Xiao Shengchun and Liu Hanchen. 1975 created a drama "On the Road to Transportation" as the director and starring role, which was broadcast on national television and popularized to various performances; 1978 transplanted starring Monkey King Thrice Defeats the Skeleton Demon and performed 100, which left a deep impression on the audience; In the 1980s, he served as the deputy head, starring role and artistic director of the Second Group of Tianjin Peking Opera Theatre. 198 1 studied under the famous Peking Opera performance artist Li Wanchun, combined with his own characteristics, constantly innovated, highlighted his performance personality, and entered a new realm in art. 198 1 participated in the filming of the feature film "Man Monkey" co-produced by China News Agency and Hong Kong, 1987 with Tianjin Youth Beijing. 1990 and 1995 went to Hong Kong as artistic director with Tianjin Youth Peking Opera Troupe, and personally taught all the Monkey King, which was well received by the audience. In the same year, he went to Hong Kong with the Chinese Peking Opera Art Troupe to participate in the performance of "Commemorating the Bicentenary of Huiban's coming to Beijing". 1994 went to Hong Kong with Beijing Peking Opera Theatre to participate in the performance of "The Second Shenzhou Art Festival and Commemorating Mei Lanfang's Centennial", which made him famous in Xiangjiang. 1997 went to Hong Kong with the Chinese Peking Opera Art Troupe to celebrate the return (July 1) and issued a certificate of thanks. He died of illness in Tianjin in June 2008.
Dong Wenhua's preschool education has a solid foundation, comprehensive singing, reading, doing and playing, and has a wide range of skills and accomplishments. Among the martial arts students, the performances of reclining, bunting and arrow-clothing, as well as the old operas, civil and military operas, hongsheng operas and monkey operas are outstanding, especially the monkey opera, which has benefited from many teachers. It is innovative on the basis of inheritance and has a distinctive personality style. Often performed plays include Monkey King after 500 years, An Tianhui, water curtain cave, Monkey King Thrice Defeats the Skeleton Demon, Hanjinkou in Changbanpo, Walking to Maicheng, Huarong Road, Xu Ce Running into the City, Revenge, Killing Four Gates and Sanchakou. He once created and performed the modern play On the Road, which was widely transplanted in various places. With his wife Shang Mingzhu, a famous Peking Opera actress, he performed a new historical drama "Negative Film", which was well received by the drama circle and won an award in the North China drama exhibition.
For more than 60 years, he is famous for his early study, early attendance, early course selection and early fame. 1983, joined the China * * * production party. To this day, he is still fighting for art. At the age of seventy, he keeps practicing every day and shows off his brilliance. In recent years, he is keen on teaching students art, and he has taught young actors everything. He devoted himself to the inheritance of Beijing opera art and made valuable contributions to the revitalization of Beijing opera and the promotion of national art.
On the morning of June 3rd, 2008, 165438+ Dong Wenhua, a famous Peking Opera artist, died in Tianjin at the age of 70.