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简介

Shao Xinquan (1904–1966), original name Chen Liquan, was a Cantonese opera and film actor from Hong Kong. He was born in Shanghai in 1904 and lost his parents at age seven. At age nine, he moved to Guangzhou to live with his uncle and worked at a medical clinic. He later studied Cantonese opera under Zhou Jinbo and joined a children's opera troupe, beginning commercial performances. At age 21, he traveled to San Francisco to perform, receiving a gold medal from audiences, which earned him the nickname "Golden Medal Little Martial Artist" upon his return. His final stage performance was in Saigon. In cinema, he appeared in approximately 200 films, from his debut in The Burning of the Epang Palace (1952), playing Qin Shi Huang, to his final film The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber Part 3 (1965). In 1964, he co-founded a club with fellow opera performers. He died on March 22, 1966, in Kowloon Hospital due to hypertension, leaving behind a wife and three children.