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Is Tong Xiangling dead? That's Yang, the singer of Beijing Opera.

Tong Xiangling: 1935, born, Peking Opera performance artist, old worker. His wife, Zhang Nanyun, is also from Liyuan. Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province, loved Peking Opera since childhood, and began to learn opera at the age of 8. He studied under Liu Shengtong, Lei Xifu and Qian. , and performed more plays by Yu (). After worshipping Ma and Zhou Wei as teachers, Yu, Ma and Qi can perform their plays. Tong Xiangling is both civil and military, full of singing charm, meticulous in doing things and good at portraying characters. He is good at performing such repertoires as Dragon and Phoenix, Sang Huiyuan, Heroes on Earth, and Modern Peking Opera "Taking the Tiger Mountain Outward". It is reported that only "Yang Zirong" Tong Xiangling is still in China among the actors who appeared in the movie version of the modern Peking Opera "Taking Tiger Mountain Outward". Tong Xiangling's wife, Zhang Nanyun, is also a Peking Opera actress and a disciple of Mei Lanfang. During the "Cultural Revolution", the Peking Opera "Witching Tiger Mountain" was popular all over the country, which made Tong Xiangling's career brilliant, but that special era also delayed the studies of his two sons. The eldest son 13 years old was a soldier and entered the factory after changing jobs. Later, the factory closed down and he was forced to be laid off. The youngest son wanted to study drama, but after several efforts, he failed to join the league and never found a job. In order to make a living, Tong Xiangling once opened a noodle restaurant with her youngest son "going to the sea" and became a "clerk" washing dishes on the roadside. Until today, he is almost alone to bear the burden of life for three families.