Cheng Yanqiu

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Cheng Yanqiu (1 January 1904 – 9 March 1958) was a Chinese Peking opera singer.^[1][2] He is remembered as one of the 20th-century's great female impersonators, having specialized in Peking opera's female roles (dan).^[3] Yanqiu was a member of the Chinese Communist Party and was buried in Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery.