Yang Ziyong and Tong Xiangling

Author: Tong Xiangling
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Publish Date: 2000-01-01
Features: This book is a autobiographical memoir of Tong Xiangling, a renowned Peking Opera artist in China. Tong Xiangling began his artistic journey in the 1940s when he apprenticed himself to a master and initially joined Ligu Garden. Together with his younger brother Tong Shouring, his younger sister Tong Zhiling, and his younger sister Tong Baoling, they made the "Tong Family Troupe" famous in the world of Peking Opera. Tong Xiangling's life is closely tied to the rise and fall of modern Peking Opera in China, which inevitably led to his leaving a vivid and significant mark in the history of modern Peking Opera. Especially during the Cultural Revolution, Tong Xiangling became widely known and celebrated for his portrayal of Yang Zirong in the modern Peking Opera film The Taking of Tiger Mountain, which was heavily promoted by Jiang Qing. From then on, Tong Xiangling and Yang Zirong shared an inseparable bond. This also made people see Tong Xiangling as a victim of Jiang Qing and the "Gang of Four." Please see how Tong Xiangling himself confronted this period of history.