Yang Baosen | |||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 楊寶森 | ||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 杨宝森 | ||||||||
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Yang Baosen (9 October 1909 – 10 February 1958) was a Peking opera singer.
Yang was best known for his "old man" roles (老生, lǎoshēng) and was considered one of Peking Opera's "Four Great Beards" (t 四大鬚生, s 四大须生, p Sì Dà Xūshēng), along with Tan Fuying, Ma Lianliang, and Xi Xiaobo. He served as a mentor to Li Yuru.[1]