Fen Juhua
Fen Juhua | |||||||||||||
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| Born | 1900 Shandong, Qing China | ||||||||||||
| Died | 1994 (aged 93–94) | ||||||||||||
| Other names | Fan Fok-fa | ||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Peking opera performer, teacher | ||||||||||||
| Notable work | Heroine Li Feifei (1925) | ||||||||||||
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| Chinese | 粉菊花 | ||||||||||||
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Fen Juhua (Chinese: 粉菊花; pinyin: Fěn Jǘhuā, 1900–1994), also known in Hong Kong as Fan Fok-fa, was a Chinese opera singer and martial artist. Born in Shandong, she took up Peking opera as a youth, gaining a reputation for portraying martial women. In the 1940s, she moved to Hong Kong, where she began teaching Peking opera and martial arts through the Fen Juhua Opera Troupe and the Spring and Autumn Drama School.