On this day, 27 years ago, on November 30, 1998 (October 12, 1998 in the lunar calendar), drama actor Tan Zongyao passed away. Tan Zongyao, a famous actor and vice president of the Beijing People's Art Theater who played Lu Mengshi in the play "The First Floor of the World", passed away at 3:10 pm on November 30, 1998 at the age of 54 due to ineffective medical treatment. Tan Zongyao, a graduate of the Liberation Army Academy of Arts, had played a major role in the plays "Xiaojing Hutong", "Gou'er Ye Nie", "The First Floor of the World", "Ruan Lingyu", "Good Man Runwu", "Antiques", "Officers and Soldiers Take Thieves", and won the 7th Chinese Drama Plum Blossom Award and the 1991 Wenhua Award.