Ma Lianliang (28 February 1901 â€" 16 December 1966) was a Peking
opera singer.Ma was best known for his "old man" roles (è€ ç"Ÿ,
lÇŽoshÄ"ng) and was considered one of Peking Opera's "Four Great
Beards" (t 四大鬚ç"Ÿ, s 四大须ç"Ÿ, p Sì Dà XÅ«shÄ"ng), along
with Tan Fuying, Yang Baosen, and Xi Xiaobo. He served as a mentor to
Li Yuru. For most of his life, he stayed in mainland China, except for
1948â€"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.
opera singer.Ma was best known for his "old man" roles (è€ ç"Ÿ,
lÇŽoshÄ"ng) and was considered one of Peking Opera's "Four Great
Beards" (t 四大鬚ç"Ÿ, s 四大须ç"Ÿ, p Sì Dà XÅ«shÄ"ng), along
with Tan Fuying, Yang Baosen, and Xi Xiaobo. He served as a mentor to
Li Yuru. For most of his life, he stayed in mainland China, except for
1948â€"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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