尹少卿

简介

Wan Siu Hing was a Hong Kong Cantonese opera performer specializing in the "er bang hua dan" (second female lead) role. She was a disciple of the renowned artist Xue Juechan (薛覺先). Known for her youthful beauty, she excelled at playing the "Diao Man Qing Yi" (刁蠻青衣) character type. She appeared in several films in the late 1940s and early 1950s, including "Da Nao Fen Zhuang Lou" (1949) where she cross-gender performed as Hu Kui, and "Huang Fei Hong Zhuan" third and fourth installments where she portrayed the widow Li Fengxian. She also appeared in "Duan Chang Gu Sao Duan Chang Fu" (1950), adapted from a famous Cantonese opera. On 17 November 1952, Wan Siu Hing died in a tragic car accident near the Sheung Shui–Fanling border in the New Territories when her car overturned after swerving to avoid a black dog. Her funeral was held on 19 November 1952 at the Universal Funeral Parlour, attended by many Cantonese opera stars and hundreds of fans, requiring police to maintain order. She was buried in the Aberdeen Chinese Permanent Cemetery on Hong Kong Island.