Shang Xiaoyun (simplified Chinese : 尚 小 云 ; traditional Chinese : 尚 小 雲 ; pinyin :Shàng Xiǎoyún; 1900 – April 19, 1976) was one of the four great twentieth-century performers of the Dan role type in Peking opera with Mei Lanfang, Cheng Yanqiu, and Xun Huisheng. [1] All four were male actors who specialized in impersonating women.
In addition to his singing, Shang was known for his dance and acrobatic skills. He was the founder of the Rong Chun Opera School.
The Book of Documents or Classic of History, also known as the Shangshu, is one of the Five Classics of ancient Chinese literature. It is a collection of rhetorical prose attributed to figures of ancient China, and served as the foundation of Chinese political philosophy for over 2,000 years.
Wang Xiaoyun is a Chinese cryptographer, mathematician, and computer scientist. She is a professor in the Department of Mathematics and System Science of Shandong University and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Mei Lan, better known by his stage name Mei Lanfang, was a notable Peking opera artist in modern Chinese theater. Mei was known as "Queen of Peking Opera". Mei was exclusively known for his female lead roles (dan) and particularly his "verdant-robed girls" (qingyi), young or middle-aged women of grace and refinement. He was considered one of the "Four Great Dan", along with Shang Xiaoyun, Cheng Yanqiu, and Xun Huisheng.
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Xun Huisheng was one of Peking Opera's "Four Great Dan", along with Mei Lanfang, Cheng Yanqiu, and Shang Xiaoyun. All four were men who played the female lead roles (dan) during the generation when such roles became open to actresses again, after two centuries of exclusively male portrayal.
The Hegemon-King Bids His Lady Farewell, also known as Farewell My Concubine, is a traditional Chinese opera. It was initially performed by Yang Xiaolou and Shang Xiaoyun in 1918 in Beijing. Though usually associated with Peking opera, it is also performed in other genres such as Cantonese opera.
Shang Wenjie, also known as Laure Shang, is a Chinese singer-songwriter and the champion of the third season of the Chinese singing contest Super Girl. In 2011, she also won the award for Best Female Singer at the annual MusicRadio China TOP Charts Awards.
Two Stage Sisters is a 1964 Chinese drama film produced by Shanghai Tianma Film Studio and directed by Xie Jin, starring Xie Fang and Cao Yindi. Made just before the Cultural Revolution, it tells the story of two female Yue opera practitioners from the same troupe who end up taking very different paths in their lives: "one succumbs to bourgeois affluence and privilege, while the other finds inspiration and fulfilment in the social commitment associated with the May Fourth movement and the thought of Lu Xun.” The film documents their journey through abusive feudal conditions in the countryside before achieving success and prestige on the stage, meanwhile historically following Shanghai's experience under Japanese and KMT rule. This original screenplay depicts the socio-political changes encompassing China from 1935-1950 through the theatrical world of Shaoxing, and accordingly mixes both a Chinese aesthetic with Hollywood and socialist realist forms. The main protagonist is said to be based on the life of Xie Jin's friend and opera-veteran Yuan Xuefen.
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Shang Qu, courtesy name Zimu, was a disciple of Confucius. He studied the I Ching from Confucius, and is credited with the preservation and transmission of the classic.
Chimshang Gyalsig Shuteng, also known as Shang Gyalsig, was a famous general of the Tibetan Empire. In Chinese records, his name was given as Shàng Jiéxī.
Shang is a surname. According to a 2013 study it was the 141st-most common surname shared by 1,009,000 people or 0.082% of the population, with the province with the most people being Henan. It means "esteem."
Li Liu, courtesy name Xuantong (玄通), posthumously named King Wen of Qin (秦文王), was a general under Li Te and one of the spiritual founders of Cheng-Han during the Sixteen Kingdoms period. He was his brother's general during his war with Luo Shang in Yizhou. After Li Te was killed in an ambush in 303, Li Liu was hastily chosen by Te's followers as his successor. He saved Li Te's army from destruction during the aftermath of his death but later decided to have his nephew, Li Xiong handle military responsibilities. Li Liu died in 303, just a few months before Cheng-Han's creation in 304. Despite succeeding Li Te first, he never granted himself an imperial title nor introduced a new reign era. Furthermore, due to being his uncle, Li Xiong only posthumously honoured him as a king and not an emperor in 306.
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Shang Shun Mall is a shopping mall complex in Toufen, Miaoli County, Taiwan that opened in May 2015. It is the first and largest shopping mall in Miaoli County. The main core stores of the mall include Studio A, Uniqlo, Daiso, Xiaomi and various themed restaurants. The mall is a part of an entertainment complex that includes a mall, an entertainment park as well as a 210-room hotel.
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