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Liu Xiao Ling Tong(???????????? in Chinese language|Chinese) is the stage name of Zhang Jinlai (?????????), a famous Chinese race|Chinese actor.

His family is one of the two families which has the most Peking Opera players specialized in performing Sun Wukong, the Monkey King in Journey to the West. The other is the family of Li Wanchun ?????????.

Zhang Jinlai's great grand father was an opera player, mostly performing in the countryside of Zhejiang province of China, with a stage name "Sai Huo Hou", or "Better Than a Living Monkey". His grand father moved to Shanghai, and trained two sons. Zhang Jinlai's father was a famous Peking Opera player with stage name Liu Ling Tong, which means "Six Years Old Kid", because that he gained his reputation when he was six years old. His specialty was Sun Wukong, and gained a nickname "Monkey King of the South", while Li Wanchun dominated Northern China. Zhang Jinlai's uncle, specialized on Zhu Bajie, had a stage name "Qi Ling Tong", or "Seven Years Old Kid".

Named after his father, Zhang Jinlai's elder brother used stage name Xiao Liu Ling Tong, which means "Little Six Years Old Kid", or "Six Years Old Kid, Jr.". This elder brother was a more famous Peking Opera player than Zhang Jinlai, when he died of leukemia in 1966. Zhang Jinlai's stage name Liu Xiao Ling Tong means "Six Little Years Old Kid", which was also named after his father. And this name was constructed in an awkward way, because that the normal way to put "Jr." in a name was taken by his brother already.

Zhang Jinlai became well-known due to his starring of Sun Wukong in Journey to the West (TV series)|Journey to the West ????????? TV series in the early 1980's. He was picked by the director because of his reputation with Peking Opera. After that, he also appeared in some other movies or TV series, like "New Year Day ??????".

Category:Chinese actors

Last Modified:   2005-11-07