According to Wenhui Po, reporters learned that Tong Xiangling, a famous Peking opera performing artist and the actor of "Yang Zirong" in the Peking Opera "Taking Tiger Mountain by Wisdom", passed away in Shanghai on December 2, 2024 at the age of 89. Actor Zhang Hanyu posted a me

According to Wenhui Po, reporters learned that Tong Xiangling, a famous Peking Opera performing artist and the actor of "Yang Zirong" in the Peking Opera "Taking the Powerful Tiger Mountain", passed away in Shanghai on December 2, 2024 at the age of 89.

Actor Zhang Hanyu posted a message to mourn Tong Xiangling : "In memory of Mr. Tong Xiangling, Yang Zirong forever...!"

Tong Xiangling was born in Tianjin in 1935 , grew up in Beijing, started learning opera at the age of 8, became a professional student and a martial arts student, and studied under the famous teachers Lei Xicheng, Liu Shengtong, and Qian Fuchuan of Fulian Cheng's major class, and later became teachers of Ma Lianliang and Zhou Xinfang, and eventually formed Yu and Ma , Qi and other schools have a unique style. The "Tong Family Class" represented by five brothers and sisters, Tong Xialing, Tong Shouling, Tong Zhiling, Tong Baoling, and Tong Xiangling, was once very popular in Shanghai.

After the founding of New China, "Tongjiaban" joined the Shanghai Peking Opera Company and became a famous home of Peking Opera actors on the Chinese stage. In 1958, the Shanghai Peking Opera Troupe created and staged the modern Peking Opera "Taking Tiger Mountain by Wisdom" based on the novel "Lin Hai Xue Yuan" and with reference to the Shanghai People's Art Theater play of the same name. The work was extremely sensational after its release, and the "lone hero" Yang Zirong played by Tong Xiangling has become an eternal memory in the hearts of generations of people.

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