Zhao Tongshan
| Zhao Tongshan | |||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 趙桐珊 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 赵桐珊 | ||||||||
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| Furong Cao | |||||||||
| Chinese | 芙蓉草 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | Hibiscus Grass | ||||||||
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Zhao Tongshan (13 July 1901 – 1966), also known by his stage name Furong Cao, was a Peking opera singer. He was the greatest player of "flowery" female roles (hua dan) of his era and served as a mentor to Li Yuru.[1]
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- Li Ruru (2010), "2010 Commemorations of the Theatrical Careers of Cao Yu and Li Yuru" (PDF), CHINOPERL Papers, vol. No. 29, Conference on Chinese Oral and Performing Literature.
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- 20th-century Chinese male singers
- 1901 births
- 1966 deaths
- Chinese male Peking opera actors
- Singers from Tianjin
- Male actors from Tianjin
- 20th-century Chinese male actors
- Female impersonators in Peking opera
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