Xia Yu
Xia Yu may refer to: *Yu the Great, also known as Xia Yu, legendary founder of the Xia dynasty *Xia Yu (actor) (born 1978), Chinese actor *Ha Yu (actor) Wong Sing (born 14 June 1943), better known by his stage name Ha Yu, is a Hong Kong actor who has been working on the television network TVB since the 1970s. Biography Wong was born in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, in 1946. He went to Hong Kong ...

Yu The Great
Yu the Great (大禹) was a legendary king in ancient China who was famed for his introduction of flood control, his establishment of the Xia dynasty which inaugurated dynastic rule in China, and his upright moral character. He figures prominently in the Chinese legend of "Great Yu Who Controlled the Waters" (). The dates which have been proposed for Yu's reign predate the oldest-known written records in China, the oracle bones of the late Shang dynasty, by nearly a millennium. Yu's name was not inscribed on any artifacts which were produced during the proposed era in which he lived, nor was it inscribed on the later oracle bones; his name was first inscribed on vessels which date back to the Western Zhou period (c. 1045–771 BC). The lack of substantial contemporary documentary evidence has caused some controversy over Yu's historicity. Thus, proponents of his existence theorize that stories about his life and reign were orally transmitted in various areas of China until the ...
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Xia Yu (actor)
Xia Yu (; born 28 October 1976) is a People's Republic of China, Chinese actor. At the age of 18 years, he rose to international prominence after winning the Best Actor award at the Venice Film Festival in 1994 for his leading role in the film ''In the Heat of the Sun'' and became the youngest actor to win that award in the history of the Venice Film Festival. Biography Xia Yu was born on 28 October 1976 in Qingdao, Shandong Province. His father was once an actor and then became a painter. Xia was initially discovered by Jiang Wen who cast him in his semi-autobiographical film ''In the Heat of the Sun'' (1994). Despite being chosen partly because of his facial resemblance to a young Jiang, Xia's spirited and moving performance as a renegade youth conquered audiences. He was rocketed to international stardom after he won the Best Actor award from the Venice Film Festival (the youngest actor to win that award in the history of the festival), Singapore International Film Festival ...
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