Tan Fuying (15 October 1906 – 22 March 1977) was a Peking opera singer.

Tan Fuying
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese

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Tan was best known for his "old man" roles (, lǎoshēng) and was considered one of Peking Opera's "Four Great Beards" (t , s , p Sì Dà Xūshēng), along with Ma Lianliang, Yang Baosen, and Xi Xiaobo. He served as a mentor to Li Yuru.[1]

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Citations edit

  1. ^ Li (2010), p. 226.

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  • Li Ruru (2010), "2010 Commemorations of the Theatrical Careers of Cao Yu and Li Yuru" (PDF), CHINOPERL Papers, vol. No. 29, Conference on Chinese Oral and Performing Literature {{citation}}: |volume= has extra text (help).

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