Ding Guangquan Explained

Ding Guangquan
Birth Date:	14 October 1944^[1]
Death Place:	Beijing, China
Nationality:	Chinese
Genre:	Xiangsheng
Module:	Child: yes Hide: no T: 丁廣泉 S: 丁广泉 P: Dīng Guǎngquán

Ding Guangquan (14 October 1944 – 18 January 2018) was a Chinese comedian. He mainly performed Xiangsheng (crosstalk), a form of traditional Chinese comedy. He was a senior actor in the China Coal-Mine Art Troupe and had accepted over 40 students in his years teaching.^[2]

Many of Ding's foreign students are now stars of comic dialogue on the Chinese stage today, such as Mark Rowswell (Dashan), Julien Guadfroy, Jesse Appell (艾杰西),^[3] and Liam Bates (Li Mu).^[4]

Ding's master was the famous Xiangsheng master, Hou Baolin, whom he studied under starting in 1973.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Renowned Chinese cross-talk artist, mentor Ding Guangquan passes away. https://web.archive.org/web/20180120235956/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-01/19/c_136908723.htm. dead. January 20, 2018. www.xinhuanet.com. 2018-01-20.
2. Web site: Ding Guangquan: Teacher of Comic Dialogue to Foreigners. www.edu.cn. 2016-10-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20150913062152/http://www.edu.cn/200104_1466/20060323/t20060323_4196.shtml. 2015-09-13. dead.
3. Web site: Jesse Appell. 2021-03-19. Asia Society. en.
4. News: Humor across cultures. China Daily. 24 January 2014. 2016-10-17.