Guo Lanying is a noted Chinese operatic soprano best known for singing patriotic songs such as My Motherland and Nanniwan.
She was born into a poor family in Pingyao, central Shanxi, and began studying Shanxi bangzi, a form of local opera, at the age of six. She performed with the local theatrical troupe in Taiyuan, the provincial capital, at the age of 11.
In the 1940s, she majored in opera at North China United University, and performing with that university's Song and Dance Troupe. With that...
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