Ma Lianliang (28 February 1901 – 16 December 1966) was a

Peking opera Peking opera, or Beijing opera (), is the most dominant form of Chinese opera, which combines music, vocal performance, mime, dance and acrobatics. It arose in Beijing in the mid-Qing dynasty (1644–1912) and became fully developed and recognize ...

singer. __NOTOC__

Life

Ma was best known for his "old man" roles ''lǎoshēng'') and was considered one of Peking Opera's "Four Great Beards" , along with

Tan Fuying Tan Fuying (15 October 1906 – 22 March 1977) was a Peking opera singer. __NOTOC__ Life Tan was best known for his "old man" roles ''lǎoshēng'') and was considered one of Peking Opera's "Four Great Beards" , along with Ma Lianliang, ...

Yang Baosen Yang Baosen (9 October 1909 – 10 February 1958) was a Peking opera singer. __NOTOC__ Life Yang was best known for his "old man" roles ''lǎoshēng'') and was considered one of Peking Opera's "Four Great Beards" , along with Tan Fuying ...

, and

Xi Xiaobo Xi Xiaobo (1910–1977) was a Peking opera singer. __NOTOC__ Life Xi was best known for his "old man" roles ''lǎoshēng'') and was considered one of Peking Opera's "Four Great Beards" , along with Tan Fuying, Yang Baosen, and Ma Lianliang. ...

. He served as a mentor to

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. For most of his life, he stayed in mainland China, except for 1948–1950, when he lived in Hong Kong (which was still a colony of Britain) for medical treatment. During Mao Zedong's cultural revolution, Ma was named a "poisonous weed" after having appeared in a production that Mao believed implicitly criticized him. A group of revolutionaries called Red Guards assaulted Ma in the street and broke his leg. Before the end of the year, he would die of his injuries.

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