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Yu Suqiu was a Cantonese opera performer and film actress from Hong Kong. On the evening of July 27, 1963, she and seven other Cantonese opera stars and film actresses held a sworn sisterhood ceremony at the Qiongong Restaurant in the champagne building on Tsim Sha Tsui, known as the "Eight Peonies Gathering." Among the eight members, Yu Suqiu was the fourth in age order and was called the "Black Peony." The eight members in order of age were: Yu Lai-chan (Purple Peony), Fung Wong-nü (Red Peony), Tang Bik-wan (Blue Peony), Yu Suqiu (Black Peony), Lo Yan-ching (Silver Peony), Ng Gwan-lai (White Peony), Nam Hung (Green Peony), and Lam Fung (Yellow Peony). They also co-founded the Cheung Shing Film Company and produced "Nine Phoenixes of Fragrant City" in 1964. Yu Suqiu was one of the important actresses of the Cantonese film era.