On June 1, 2004 (April 14, 2004 in the lunar calendar), Chang Xiangyu, a famous master of Henan opera performing art, passed away. Stills of the famous Henan opera master Chang Xiangyu At 7:06 a.m. on June 1, 2004, the famous Henan opera performing art master Chang Xiangyu passed away at the People's Hospital of Henan Province at the age of 81. Chang Xiangyu, a performing artist of Henan Opera, was born in Gongxian County, Henan Province in 1922, formerly known as Zhang Miaoling. At the age of nine, he followed his father Zhang Fuxian to learn opera in a class. He became Zhai Yanshen and Zhou Haishui as his teachers and changed his name to Chang Xiangyu after his adoptive father's surname. Beginners like young students, young students, and martial arts, and later specializes in performing dan-kicking. Deep achievements from childhood. He took the stage at the age of ten and starred in 6 "West Side" films at the age of thirteen, which are famous all over Kaifeng. Originally sung in the western Henan tune, it gradually integrated the various tunes of Yudong and Xiangfu during the performance, and absorbed some vocals such as Quju, Zhuozi, Shanxi Bangzi, Hebei Bangzi, Peking Opera, etc., and created innovative tunes. In 1938, due to illness, he could no longer perform martial arts, so he devoted himself to studying Tsing Yi and Hua Dan performances and the reform of plain speaking. In 1941, he went to Shaanxi and Gansu to perform. In 1948, Xiangyu Drama Club was founded in Xi'an and is committed to cultivating young actors. In 1951, in order to support the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, he led a drama club to perform in various places in northwest, central and southern China. He donated a fighter jet of the "Xiangyu Drama Club" with the income from the performance, and was known as a "patriotic artist". In 1952, he participated in the first National Opera Observation and Performance Conference and won the honorary award. In the same year, he performed abroad. In June 1994, he was awarded the "Best Asian Artist Lifetime Achievement Art Award". In 1995, he was awarded the title of "National Advanced Worker" by the State Council. He joined the Communist Party of China in 1959. He has served successively as Vice Chairman of China Dramatists Association and Vice Chairman of Henan Branch, President of Henan Henan Opera Theater, President of Henan Province Opera School, and was a representative of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th and 7th National People's Congress. Representative works include "Hua Mulan","Cooring the Red","Broken Bridge","The Great Sacrifice to Pile","People Crying in Joy","The Story of the Red Lantern", etc. She is known as the "Queen of Henan Opera". Famous Henan opera master Chang Xiangyu stills Chang Xiangyu and her daughter are paying tribute to the fans