Template:Did you know nominations/Li Yuru


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The result was: promoted by PFHLai (talk) 09:52, 28 May 2016 (UTC)

Li Yuru

 * ... that Li Yuru, a Chinese opera singer and actress, was imprisoned for several years during the Cultural Revolution?
 * ALT1:... that Li Yuru, a Chinese opera singer and actress imprisoned during the Cultural Revolution, was descended from Manchu nobility?
 * ALT2:... that Li Yuru, a Chinese opera singer and actress, was jeered by the audience during her first public performance?


 * Reviewed: Marcus Adams (Canadian football)

Created by Howkafkaesque (talk) [and LlywelynII (talk)]. Self-nominated at 02:25, 14 May 2016 (UTC).


 * On it. — Llywelyn II   13:22, 19 May 2016 (UTC)

Hmm. Well, dammit, I needed a QPQ and now I'll need another one since I've edited the page so much. I really was just trying to find out what the woman's name was; seems nearly impossible and probably has something to do with what happened to her mother, who was one of the "Four Famous Mothers" but has apparently had her characters scrubbed from the Chinese internet. She's still listed as a "famous mother" but invariably as "Li Yuru's mom". Since we need another reviewer anyway, I'll go ahead and throw out some alts: ALT3: ... that, when Peking opera star Li Yuru's mother tried to stop teenage Red Guards from breaking statues in her home's courtyard, they ransacked her house and then beat her to death? ALT4: ... that Peking opera star Li Yuru was trained to play her female roles by male impersonators? ALT5: ... that Peking opera star Li Yuru started her own successful troupe of actors at age 17, but was forced by her patrons' harassment to seek the protection of older male actors? ALT6: ... that the mother of Peking opera star Li Yuru hid her noble Manchu heritage after the Xinhai Revolution only to be beaten to death by teenagers upon its discovery 50 years later? ALT7: ... that opera star Li Yuru welcomed Communist victory and theater reform, only to be jailed, have her daughters become sent-down youth, and find her mother beaten to death during the Cultural Revolution? ALT8: ... that Peking opera star Li Yuru began writing drama, novels, and newspaper columns at age 61 after marrying the playwright Cao Yu? ALT9: ... that Peking opera star Li Yuru's family was so poor that she was sent to learn her trade in part because the school would provide her meals? Note to reviewers: You only need to check the hooks you're interested in, not all of them, but they should all be fine except for the possible implication in ALT1 that the descent was from the dad's side. It was through her mom (and, no, the Manchus didn't practice matrilineal ancestry). — Llywelyn II   23:17, 25 May 2016 (UTC)


 * Symbol confirmed.svg This article is new enough and long enough. I am approving ALT9 as being supported by an inline citation, and the original hook (ALT0) is also OK, but I guess lots of people were imprisoned during the Cultural Revolution. The article is neutral and as most of the sources were unavailable to me, I made little effort to check for policy issues. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:07, 28 May 2016 (UTC)