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Chinese pingshu artist Yuan Kuocheng died at age of 86 in Beijing this morning. [Photo/Agencies] |
Yuan Kuocheng, one of the best-known storytellers in China, has died at the age of 86.
He died in Beijing early this morning of heart failure.
Yuan Kuocheng was a pingshu performer, a traditional type of Chinese storytelling art.?His father and uncles?were all pingshu performers.
His most famous work includes "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "King of Western Chu."
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