Guo Qiru

Chinese xiangsheng performer (1925-1969)

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Guo Qiru

Born	(1900-04-12)12 April 1900 Beijing, Qing China
Died	24 April 1969(1969-04-24) (aged 69) Beijing, China
Occupation	Xiangsheng performer
Years active	1925–1969

Guo Qiru (simplified Chinese: 郭启儒; traditional Chinese: 郭啟儒; pinyin: Guō Qǐrú; 1900 – 1969) was a Chinese xiangsheng performer.^[1]

Biography

On 12 April 1900, Guo was born in Beijing, to a poor family. He belonged to the Manchu ethnic group. He was educated in an old-style private school for about 6 years. In 1923, Guo joined Hongkuishe (鸿奎社). He started to learn the arts of traditional Chinese opera. In 1925, he studied under Liu Dezhi (刘德智) and became a fifth-generation xiangsheng performer. In 1940, he performed xiangsheng with Hou Baolin and became widely known. In 1951, Guo and Hou Baolin gave a gratitude performance at the front of the Korean War. In 1954, Guo and Hou Baolin gave a gratitude performance in Tibet.^[2]