Yang Baosen

Yang Baosen (9 October 1909 – 10 February 1958) was a Peking opera singer.

Yang Baosen
Traditional Chinese	楊寶森
Simplified Chinese	杨宝森
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Yáng Bǎosēn Wade–Giles Yang Pao-sen

In this Chinese name, the family name is Yang.

Life

Yang was best known for his "old man" roles (老生, lǎoshēng) and was considered one of Peking Opera's "Four Great Beards" (t 四大鬚生, s 四大须生, p Sì Dà Xūshēng), along with Tan Fuying, Ma Lianliang, and Xi Xiaobo. He served as a mentor to Li Yuru.

References

Bibliography

• 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).

External links

• "杨宝森" on Baike.com (in Chinese)