On this day 59 years ago, on December 16, 1966 (November 5, 1966 in the lunar calendar), Peking Opera performing artist Ma Lianliang passed away. Ma Lianliang played Kuai Che in Peking Opera "Huai River Camp" In 1966, Peking Opera performing artist Ma Lianliang died on December 16 of that year due to the persecution of the play "Hai Rui Dismissed Official". Ma Lianliang (1901-1966) Chinese Peking Opera performing artist. Worker and old student. Hui nationality. Beijinger. At the age of 9, he entered Beijing Xiliancheng to study art and studied at Ye Chunshan, Cai Ronggui, Xiao Changhua, Guo Chunshan, Ru Laiqing, etc. He first studied martial arts and then changed to an old student. At the age of 10, he took the stage to perform the big show of the old student. After graduation, he continued to learn from Sun Juxian, Jia Honglin, and Liu Jingran, and absorbed the strengths of the Yu (Shuyan) school. After a long period of artistic practice, he developed into a unique Ma School art. He has served as the head of the Beijing Peking Opera Troupe and the principal of the Beijing Opera College. He once went to Korea to perform condolences for the Chinese People's Volunteers, and led a group to perform in Hong Kong to promote national culture. At the beginning of the Cultural Revolution, he was brutally hit by the play "Hai Rui Strikes Official" and was persecuted to death. Ma Lianliang was serious about art and deliberately sought refinement. Not only did he sing, read and do all-round development, but also had a deep foundation in martial arts. His voice is clear, his singing is euphemistic, he is beautiful in the hearty, and he is free and easy in the delicate. Many of the choirs are still popular and popular all over the country. Especially in his later years, he participated in the performance of new historical dramas and modern operas, and his singing, chanting, and workmanship have been created and developed, and he has reached the realm of perfection. He attaches great importance to the integrity of stage art, and requires strict and meticulous cooperation between characters. Due to his advocacy, the band attached great importance to the effect of the moon piano backing track. He innovated and created costumes, makeup, armor heads, and crusts. He added a screen in front of the band to separate the band from the performance area, purifying and beautifying the stage. The representative repertoire includes "Qunying Club", "Borrowing the East Wind", "Ganlu Temple", "Four Jinshi", "Su Wu Shepherd", "Spring and Autumn Pens", "A Handful of Snow", "General Harmony", "Hai Rui Removed from Office", "Zhao's Orphan" and other traditional dramas and new historical dramas, as well as modern Peking Opera such as "Du Juan Mountain" and "More Than Every Year". His disciples include Wang Helin, Wang Jinlu, Yan Shaopeng, Li Muliang, Ma Changli, Chi Jinsheng, etc. His starring roles in "Qunying Club" and "Guillotine Beauty Case" have been made into art films, and there is "Selected Scripts of Ma Lianliang's Performance Scripts".