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简介

Xiao Dangui, originally named Qian Chunyun, also used the name Qian Chunfeng after entering the performing arts. She was born in 1920 in Changle Town, Sheng County, Zhejiang Province. She began learning opera in 1930 and excelled in "dan" (female) roles in Yue opera. She was one of the earliest actresses to be called the "Queen of Yue Opera" for her outstanding performances. She was one of the famous "Ten Sisters of Yue Opera." In August 1947, she joined Yin Guifang and others in the charity performance of the Yue opera "Love of Mountains and Rivers," historically known as the "Ten Sisters of Yue Opera." She was known for her beautiful singing style, which was influenced by Shi Yinhua but had her own distinctive characteristics, and she excelled in both civil and martial roles. It was said of her "Three flowers cannot match one Juan, and one Juan cannot match one Gui." Among her representative works are the operas "Fan Lihua," "Jade Dragonfly," "Fate Reborn," "Jade Hairpin," and "The Romance of the Western Chamber." On October 13, 1947, she committed suicide due to unbearable oppression by the tyrant Zhang Chunfan, and before her death she wrote the words "Living is hard, it is hard to live, so I will die."