Guo Qiru
Guo Qiru is a Chinese crosstalk performer .
OnApril 1900, Guo was born in Beijing, to a poor family. He belonged to the Manchu ethnic group. He was educated in an oldstyle private school for about 6160years. In 1923, Guo joined Hongkuishe . He started to learn the arts of traditional Chinese opera. In 1925, he studied under Liu Dezhi and became a fifthgeneration 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.
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