Tan Fuying (15 October 1906 – 22 March 1977) 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 ...

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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 Ma Lianliang (28 February 1901 – 16 December 1966) was a Peking opera 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 Fu ...

, Yang Baosen, and Xi Xiaobo. He served as a mentor to

Li Yuru Li Shuzhen (25 July 1923 – 11 July 2008), better known by her stage name and also known as was a Chinese opera singer and actress. Descended from Manchu nobility, she is remembered as "one of the great Beijing Opera performers". and pl ...

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