Nationality Chinese Years active 1925–1969 Ethnicity Manchu people Name Guo Qiru | Citizenship Chinese Died April 24, 1969 Occupation xiangsheng performer | |
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Born April 12, 1900 ( 1900-04-12 ) Beijing, Qing Dynasty, China | ||
Guo Qiru(simplified Chinese: 郭启儒; traditional Chinese: 郭啟儒; pinyin: Guō Qǐrú) was a Chinese xiangsheng performer.
Biography
On 12 April 1900, Guo was born in Beijing, to a poor family. He belonged to the Manchu ethnic group. He was educated in an old-style private school for about 6 years. In 1923, Guo joined Hongkuishe (鸿奎社). He started to learn the arts of traditional Chinese opera. In 1925, he studied under Liu Dezhi (刘德智) and became a fifth-generation xiangsheng performer. In 1940, he performed xiangsheng with Hou Baolin and became widely known. In 1951, Guo and Hou Baolin gave a gratitude performance at the front of the Korean War. In 1954, Guo and Hou Baolin gave a gratitude performance in Tibet.
References
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