Ministry of Culture-Performance Venues & Architectural Heritage

Did You Know That … ?

• Unlike most of her peers, Sun Tsui-feng (孫翠鳳) did not undergo any formal training until the age of 26. She began to pursue a professional Taiwanese opera career after she married into Ming Hwa Yuan (明華園) and became a mother of two.

• Growing up in Taipei City, Sun spoke mainly Chinese, and had to count learning Taiwanese (Hokkien) among the obstacles she had to surmount in order to achieve her stage dream.

• After garnering critical acclaim at home and abroad, she served as an advisor on cultural policies to the ROC president from 2008 through 2012.

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Sun, 26, performs in the 1988 play "Bodhi (Enlightened Individual)."

Sun performs in the 2011 play "Grand Immortals of Ponglai – Cao Guojiu."

Sun performs alongside Ming Hwa Yuan and Taiwan Bangzi Opera Company at the groundbreaking ceremony of the National Wei-Wu-Ying Center for Performing Arts in Kaohsiung. Photo dated April 7, 2010.

Sun (left) takes part in the groundbreaking ceremony of the National Wei-Wu-Ying Center for Performing Arts in Kaohsiung. Photo dated April 7, 2010.

Sun does a vocal demonstration without background music or donning a costume. Photo dated July 4, 2011.

Sun (left) offers her Green Dragon Sword to daughter Chen Chao-hsien (陳昭賢) to symbolize the inheritance of crafts. Photo dated July 13, 2015.

Mother and daughter Chen Chao-ting (陳昭婷) appear on a promotional poster for the 2016 play "When the Curtains Fall."