Wen Xingyu
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Wen Xingyu was a popular comedian in mainland China. Wen is famous for his relaxing style and his talent as a senior comedian. He died due to lung cancer at the age of 66.
Biography and Career
- Born in DandongDandongDandong , previously known as Andong and Antung, is a city in Liaoning Province, Northeast China. It lies on the border between China and North Korea, which is marked by the Yalu River, and is the largest border city in China. Also, to the southwest of the city, the river flows into Korea Bay...
, LiaoningLiaoning' is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the northeast of the country. Its one-character abbreviation is "辽" , a name taken from the Liao River that flows through the province. "Níng" means "peace"...
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- Graduated from Beijing 101 Middle SchoolBeijing 101 Middle SchoolBeijing 101 Middle School , also known as Beijing No.101 Middle/High School, is a coeducational public middle school for both boarding and day students in grades 7 to 12 . The school is in Xiyuan, Haidian District of Beijing, half mile from Zhongguancun , the city's IT center. It is one of the...
and Central Academy of DramaCentral Academy of DramaThe Central Academy of Drama is a drama school in Beijing, People's Republic of China.-History:The academy was established in April 1950. It was named by Mao Zedong. It inherited the drama department of Lu Xun Art Academy in Yan'an, art school of North China University, and National Drama College...
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Major works
- the opera version of The True Story of Ah QThe True Story of Ah QThe True Story of Ah Q , is an episodic novella written by Lu Xun, first published as a serial between December 4, 1921 and February 12, 1922. It was later placed in his first short story collection Call to Arms in 1923 and is the longest of the stories in the collection...
; I Love My FamilyI Love My FamilyI Love My Family is a Chinese sitcom. It was China's first multi-camera sitcom and it originally aired from 1993 to 1994 with 120 episodes. It is also the first Mandarin-language sitcom. It was directed by Yīng Dá 英达 and Lin Cong and written primarily by Liáng Zuǒ 梁左 and Wáng Shuò 王朔...
; Home with KidsHome with KidsHome with Kids , is a sitcom/drama from Mainland China. There are four series of Home with Kids, i.e. Home with Kids 1, Home with Kids 2, Home with Kids 3 and Home with Kids 4, which were released respectively in 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007. It is considered to be an equivelant to Growing Pains, a...