Li Jindou () is a Chinese

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, sketch actor,

xiangsheng Xiangsheng (), also known as crosstalk or comic dialogue, is a traditional performing art in Chinese comedy, and one of the most popular elements in Chinese culture. It is typically performed as a dialogue between two performers, or rarely as ...

performer, and professor of Chinese at

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. His disciples include Liu Ying,

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, Mao Wei, Han Bing, Liu Chang, Fu Qiang, Fang Qingping, Wang Zheng, Xu Qiang, Xu Mingzhe, Zhou Weixing, Xu Ming, Xue Xiaodong, Zhang Wei, Wang Qun, Shi Bufan, Yu Xuejun and Ma Qingjun.

Biography

Li was born on 15 October 1947, in

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. He started to learn the arts of xiangsheng from master Zhao Zhenduo (). At the age of 13, he became an eighth-generation xiangsheng performer. Li performed xiangsheng in many areas, such as

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and

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Li, Jindou Chinese xiangsheng performers 1957 births Living people Male actors from Beijing Chinese male stage actors Academic staff of Peking University Educators from Beijing