page_title: Cantonese opera
section_title: Prominent career artists
hierarchical_section_title: Cantonese opera / Performers and roles / Prominent career artists
caption_attribution_description: 中文: 香港戲曲歷史文物展 2006年2月28日至6月30日
context_page_description: Cantonese opera is one of the major categories in Chinese opera, originating in southern China's Guangdong Province. It is popular in Guangdong, Guangxi, Hong Kong, Macau and among Chinese communities in Southeast Asia. Like all versions of Chinese opera, it is a traditional Chinese art form, involving music, singing, martial arts, acrobatics, and acting.
context_section_description: Major Cantonese Opera (Stage) Career Artists include:
  The Female Leads (文武全才旦后):
   
  Four Great Male Vocals (平喉四大天王):
  Four Super Stars (四大天王):
  Four Super Clowns (Cau) (四大名丑):
  Famous Female Vocal Styles (著名旦腔):
  The Male Leads (著名女文武生):
caption: Fong Yim Fun performing outside the realm of Cantonese opera in 1953
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