杨少华 (相声演员)

简介

Yang Shaohua was born in Beijing in 1931 into a poor family, the fourth of his siblings. At age 12, he became a student of the famous xiangsheng artist Guo Rongqi, and began performing on stage at 16. In 1951, he worked at the Tianjin Daming Steel Factory, later transferred to the Tianjin Nankai District Folk Art Troupe, and after the Cultural Revolution joined the Tianjin Folk Art Troupe. He performed xiangsheng as a supporting actor alongside Ma Sanli and Ma Zhiming, collaborating on many works. In the 1990s, he collaborated with Zhao Weizhou on pieces such as "枯木逢春" (originally titled "枯木开花"), "聘文书", and "一举成名", with "枯木逢春" winning the top prize at the 1990 "Tongling Cup" Xiangsheng Competition. In 2003, he performed the xiangsheng piece "肉烂在锅里" with his son Yang Yi, winning first prize at the Second CCTV Xiangsheng Competition. From 2004, he starred as Yang Fengnian, the father of protagonist Yang Guang, in "杨光的快乐生活" and over ten other TV series. He and Yang Yi repeatedly attempted to perform on the CCTV Spring Festival Gala but were not selected. In 2018, he finally made his first appearance on the Gala with the sketch "为您服务". Yang Shaohua passed away in Tianjin on July 9, 2025, at the age of 94 due to lung failure, having attended a restaurant ribbon-cutting event in Tianjin with his son Yang Yi that same morning.