Zhou Xinfang

Zhou Xinfang

Zhou Xinfang, (Traditional Chinese: 周信芳, Simplified Chinese: 周信芳, January 28 1895 – March 5 1975), was a famous Beijing Opera actor who died in the Cultural Revolution. He is regarded as one of the greatest masters of Beijing Opera. He is the father of Michael Chow and Tsai Chin

Zhou, a native of Cixi, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, was born in Qingjiangpu, north Jiangsu in 1895, in a family with a tradition of opera performance. He started to learn Beijing opera at 6, and made his debut as child role in Hangzhou at age of 7, thus acquiring a stage name "Qi Ling Tong" or "seven-year-old child".


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