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Yang Baosen

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Yang Baosen
Born(1909-10-09)9 October 1909
Died10 February 1958(1958-02-10) (aged 48)
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYáng Bǎosēn
Wade–GilesYang Pao-sen

Yang Baosen (9 October 1909 – 10 February 1958)[citation needed] was a Peking opera singer.

Life

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Yang was best known for his "old man" roles (Chinese: 老生; pinyin: lǎoshēng) and was considered one of Peking Opera's "Four Great Beards" (simplified Chinese: 四大须生; traditional Chinese: 四大鬚生; pinyin: Sì Dà Xūshēng), along with Tan Fuying, Ma Lianliang, and Xi Xiaobo. He served as a mentor to Li Yuru.[1]

Notes

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  1. ^ Li (2010), p. 226.

References

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  • Li Ruru (2010). "2010 Commemorations of the Theatrical Careers of Cao Yu and Li Yuru" (PDF). CHINOPERL Papers. 29. Conference on Chinese Oral and Performing Literature.
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