Fung Siu Fei

Biography

Fung Siu Fei was a prominent Cantonese opera actor and Chinese film actor active in the 1930s and early 1940s. He specialized in the role of a male performer playing female characters (乾班男花旦) in Cantonese opera. He was the first disciple of the master Chan Fei Nong, a pioneer in this art form. He was famous in his time alongside Zhong Zhuofang and later Li Cuifang. He participated in Cantonese-language films in Shanghai and Hong Kong, including the film "The Red Boat: An Outer History" (紅船外史) in 1934 and "Meng Lijun" (孟麗君) in 1938. He passed away at a young age during the Japanese occupation in Guangzhou. He left a legacy of operatic songs that are still broadcast today, such as the song "Garden Vow" (花園盟心), which he sang as a duet with Chan Fei Wo.