万小散

简介

Wan Xiaosan was born in 1963 in Nanling Town, Zhefang Town, Mangshi City, Yunnan Province. She was of the Dai ethnic group and began her artistic career in 1979 when she joined the Dehong Ethnic Song and Dance Troupe. She achieved great fame in Dai opera and was known as the "Peacock Princess" and the "Goddess of Dai Opera" by the public. She sang Thai songs in 1985 during a visit by Thai Princess Kanlayani Vatana to Dehong. She served as deputy director of the Dehong Dai Opera Troupe in 2003. She was awarded the title of First-Class Actress in 2004 and "Yunnan Young Performing Artist" in 2006. She represented Yunnan on several artistic tours to Japan, the United States, Singapore, and Hong Kong. She collapsed on stage during a performance in Ruili in 2009 and was diagnosed with M3 leukemia. Her condition worsened in 2011 and she traveled to Beijing for treatment in 2012, but she died in Beijing on May 2, 2013.