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    A Hard Act to Follow

    Jul 28, 2022 4 minutes
    By Li Nan
    Copyedited by Elsbeth van Paridon

    Xiaoxiangyu, a well-known Chinese Yuju Opera actress, believes that her most important job is to popularize arts, including operas—a gem of Chinese traditional culture, especially among the youth.

    Born into it

    The 57-year-old was born into a family of Yuju Opera, a traditional art that originated in central China’s Henan Province. She is the step-grand-daughter of Chang Xiangyu, a Yuju Opera master who founded the Chang School, the opera’s main school. In the early 1950s, Chang staged charity performances around China to raise funds, and she once used the proceeds of the “Xiangyu Drama Club” to buy a fighter jet to support the War to Resist U.S.

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