Wei Meiduo

Biography

Wei Meiduo was born in 1890 in Raoxi Village, Chongren Town, Shengxian County, Zhejiang Province, China. He was a Yue opera actor specializing in young female roles (xiaodan). He is considered the foremost of the four famous young female role actors of the Yue opera small music troupe period. He made positive and beneficial explorations in Yue opera singing. His representative works include "The Pearl Tower," "The Barrel Binding Record," "The Lazy Wife," "Meng Lijun," "The Dragon and Phoenix Lock," and "The Double Golden Flower." He died of illness in 1931.