124 years ago today, February 28, 1901 (January 10, 1901 in the lunar calendar), Peking Opera performing artist Ma Lianliang was born. A still photo of Peking Opera "Orphan of Zhao", Ma Lianliang played Cheng Ying (right) The birthday of Peking Opera performing artist Ma Lianliang on February 28, 1901. Ma Lianliang, also known as Wen Ru, is from Beijing and Hui nationality. When he was a child, he entered Xi into a professional class. He first practiced martial arts, and then learned from Cai Ronggui. Soon after graduating from the department, he became famous. In art, he first studied Jia Honglin, later studied Yu Shuyan, and finally became his own. He was one of the four great talents in the 1930s. Ma Lianliang performed with a serious attitude, performed gracefully, sang sweetly and comfortably, attached importance to the cooperation of roles, and greatly reformed the traditional skills of Peking Opera actors to form his own artistic style. Also known as Ma School, it is one of the most influential schools among Peking Opera veterans after Yu Shuyan, and was once the head of the Beijing Peking Opera Troupe. In his early years, Ma Lianliang's repertoire was mostly composed of zaozi operas, which were mainly composed of works and readings, such as "Qing Guan Ji","A Holding of Snow","Qingfeng Pavilion","Four Jinshi", etc. Representative plays in middle age include "String Dragon Ball" and "Ten Lao An Liu". The arias of Qiao Xuan in "Ganlu Temple" and Zhuge Zhe in "Borrowing the East Wind" were processed by him and became popular for a time. After liberation, he and Tan Fuying, Zhang Junqiu, Qiu Shengrong and others adapted Qin Opera "The Orphan of Zhao's" for Peking Opera, which was well received. The regular plays are compiled into "Selected Works of Ma Lianliang's Performance Playbooks". His performances of "Borrowing the East Wind" and "Cutting the Beauty Case" have been filmed into films.