Ma Sanli

Ma Sanli (Xiao'erjing: ﻣَﺎ صً لِ‎, simplified Chinese: 马三立; traditional Chinese: 馬三立; pinyin: Mǎ Sānlì; 1914 – 11 February 2003) was a Chinese comedian in the traditional Xiangsheng or "crosstalk" style.[1]

Ma Sanli
Born1 October 1914
Beijing, China
Died11 February 2003(2003-02-11) (aged 88)
Tianjin, China
OccupationXiangsheng actor
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese馬三立
Simplified Chinese马三立
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Ma.

Biography

Ma was born in Beijing; he was of the Hui ethnic group, and the son and grandson of practitioners of Xiangsheng. He was apprenticed to Zhou Deshan in 1929. Ma was a Chinese Muslim, his faith being Islam.

He came to be noted for avoiding complication in a way that kept his performances accessible to a mass audience. He pursued his art in Tianjin.

He became a widower in 1984. In December 2001, Ma retired from the Xiangsheng trade.

On 11 February 2003, he died in Tianjin after a long battle with cancer.[2][3]

Works
  • Nonsense
  • Drunken old man
  • Chasing
  • Car horn
  • Health check
  • The charm of the comic
  • Recipe
  • Eat dumplings
  • Sloppy
  • Eighty-one floor
  • Write Pair
  • Meeting the fans
  • Physiognomy
  • Emotional and health
  • Xijiangyue
  • Boast Residential
  • Remedies
  • Pairs
  • Three Character Classic
  • Pull foreign films
  • Buying Monkeys
  • Meeting Fiend
  • Yellow Crane Tower[3]
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References
  1. Xiangsheng Artists: Ma Sanli
  2. 相声泰斗马三立辞世 (Ma Sanli Dies at 90)
  3. Cross Talker Ma Sanli and Traditional Chinese Culture


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