On December 17, the news of the death of Li Youbin, a well-known domestic Peking Opera artist and national first-class director, caused heated discussions among many netizens, and according to the confirmation of official media, Li Youbin did pass away on December 16 at the age of 86.
Li Youbin was born in Beijing in 1938, is a well-known domestic Peking Opera performance artist, his father Li Shengbin, was a Peking Opera martial arts student in the early years, and his performance skills are very Xi, so Li Youbin followed his father to learn Peking Opera since childhood.
After the outbreak Xi of the Anti-Japanese War, Li Youbin abandoned the opera to join the army and followed his father to defend the country, until after the victory of the war, Li Youbin returned to the stage of Peking Opera performances, and made outstanding contributions to the development of Chinese drama.
In 1953, Li Youbin went to Fujian to undertake the construction of the Peking Opera Troupe, and he also served as the leader of the entire crew, Li Youbin has rehearsed several classic repertoire including "Wu Song Fights the Tiger", "Flower Butterfly", "Jiepai Pass" and so on, and also opened a local Peking Opera school, and served as a teacher for students.
In 1970, with the development of the domestic film and television drama industry, Li Youbin began to shoot Peking Opera films, and the films he directed "True and False Monkey King" and "Little Wuyi" have caused a sensation in China.
Interestingly, when Li Youbin filmed "True and False Monkey King", he also competed with him for two other Journey to the West series of works, and although Li Youbin's movie was the latest to start filming, it was the first to be released, which also allowed him to seize the opportunity at the box office.
After 1990, Li Youbin gradually retired, but he did not stop the development of Peking Opera, Li Youbin opened a school at home, taught a lot of ** how to perform Peking Opera, and trained countless outstanding Peking Opera artists under his name, and he was even invited abroad to Japan and other countries to guide the development of Peking Opera art.
Now Li Youbin's sudden death has made many fans who like to listen to Peking Opera extremely sad, and according to the arrangement of Li Youbin's family, Li Youbin's funeral will be held on December 24, and his body will be stored in the Fuzhou City Funeral Home.
We also hope that the veteran artist can go all the way.
Peking Opera artist Li Youbin passed away