Wang Kuan, a performing artist of Henan Opera, died at the age of 85. He donated more than one million yuan to charity through charity performances.

Comrade Wang Kuan was born in Huaiyang, Zhoukou, Henan Province in August 1941. At the age of 14, he joined the Henan Opera Troupe in Xizang in 1956, and was transferred to Zhengzhou Henan Opera Troupe in 1982 as its head. He has a wide range of plays, and he can control the ugliness of life and death. He starred in classic plays such as Three Crying Halls, Life and Death Cards, Yuanmen Chop, etc., and was known as the "Golden Patch of Henan Opera" for his high-pitched and vigorous singing and vigorous performance style. His artistic career spanned half a century, and he performed on the same stage with artists such as Chang Xiangyu and Wang Xiling, pushing Zhengzhou Henan Opera to a peak, winning many national performance awards and being affectionately called "Golden Bean" by Tibetan audiences.

Comrade Wang Kuan, who is both virtuous and artistic, adopted six orphans after retirement. In order to support the children to study and learn arts, he put down his artist’s figure, sang in a teahouse for seven years, and even learned Sichuan Opera’s face-changing skills at his own expense at the age of 66 to broaden his career. He and his wife, Mr. Wang Shurong, co-founded the orphan art school, trained hundreds of left-behind children, and donated more than one million yuan to charity through charity performances, winning the honors of "China Charity Award" and "Touching China’s Person of the Year in 2015". His kindness was praised by the media as a model of "singing a good play on stage and being a good person under the stage", and his family was called "the home of great love in the Central Plains".

Wang Kuan’s artistic achievements and charitable spirit will always be remembered in people’s hearts. His death is a great loss to the Henan Opera circle. May his voice, face and great love last forever.

Source: Elephant News