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Bai Hong (February 24, 1920 - May 28, 1992, only used this stage name since 1933), formerly known as Bai Shumin and Bai Lizhu. Born in Beijing on February 24, 1920 (the fifth day of the first lunar month), he is of mixed Mongolian and Manchu descent and is a descendant of Zhenghuang Banner. She was a very representative singer and famous actor in the Chinese music scene from the 1930s to the 1940s. She was known as the "Queen of Singing", "Queen of Songs", and "Golden Voice" in reports at the time. As one of the most famous and representative singers during the Republic of China, Bai Hong recorded more than 150 songs in her nearly 20-year singing career, second only to Zhou Xuan in number during the same period. She won China's first singer contest in 1934 (the second and third place were Zhou Xuan and Wang Manjie) and was awarded the title of "Queen of Singing". In 1945, she became the first mainland pop singer to hold a solo concert in China. She also led a singing performance group on overseas tours twice, which became a smash hit. She was one of the first singers to change the mainstream singing style and innovate singing methods in the 1930s. She was one of the four major singers in the 1930s (Wang Renmei, Bai Hong, Gong Qiuxia, Zhou Xuan) and one of the four major singers in the North and South in the 1940s. One of the great singers (Zhou Xuan, Bai Hong, Gong Qiuxia, Li Xianglan), and was later listed as one of the seven major singers in Shanghai in the 1940s (Zhou Xuan, Bai Hong, Gong Qiuxia, Yao Li, Li Xianglan, Bai Guang, Wu Yingyin). Bai Hong is also a famous film actor and stage actor. She has appeared in more than 30 movies and is the number one star of Venus Film Company. The movie "Fig" she starred in set a record of more than 100 sold-out first-run screenings in Shanghai. She has been a mainstay of the Mingyue Opera Society since 1933 and has starred in dozens of musicals. She later starred in more than 10 stage operas and dramas such as "Song of Shanghai" and "Neon Dress Song". She was later called one of the Three Whites of Peking in the film industry (Bai Hong, Bai Guang, Bai Yang). Bai Hong once studied with Chinese, American and Russian vocalists such as Zhang Hao, Krylova, Olewu and Shelivanov, and mastered the bel canto singing method. She can play piano, violin and other musical instruments. She can sing Peking Opera and has studied composition. She can speak Shanghainese and English. She is an outstanding and versatile artist. After 1950, Bai Hong focused on her drama career. In the early 1950s, she was included in the military establishment and won third class merit.