Yang Baosen

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.

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

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)