Information: - Tianjin, formerly romanized as Tientsin, is a metropolis in northern coastal Mainland China, administered by the People's Republic of China and one of the five national central cities of China, with a total municipal population of 15,469,500. It is governed as one of the four direct-controlled municipalities of the PRC and is thus under direct administration of the central government. Tianjin borders Hebei Province and Beijing Municipality, bounded to the east by the Bohai Gulf portion of the Yellow Sea. Part of the Bohai Economic Rim, it is the largest coastal city in northern China. - Beijing (formerly romanised as Peking) is the capital of the People's Republic of China and the world's third most populous city proper. It is also one of the world's most populous capital cities. The city, located in northern China, is governed as a direct-controlled municipality under the national government with 16 urban, suburban, and rural districts. Beijing Municipality is surrounded by Hebei Province with the exception of neighbouring Tianjin Municipality to the southeast; together the three divisions form the Jingjinji metropolitan region and the national capital region of China. - Peking opera or Beijing opera is a form of Chinese opera which combines music, vocal performance, mime, dance, and acrobatics. It arose in the late 18th century and became fully developed and recognized by the mid-19th century. The form was extremely popular in the Qing dynasty court and has come to be regarded as one of the cultural treasures of China. Major performance troupes are based in Beijing and Tianjin in the north, and Shanghai in the south. The art form is also preserved in Taiwan (Republic of China), where it is known as "Guoju". It has also spread to other countries such as the United States and Japan. - Cheng Yanqiu (1 January 1904 9 March 1958) was a Chinese Peking opera singer. He is remembered as one of the 20th-century's great female impersonators, having specialized in Peking opera's female roles ("dan"). - China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a unitary sovereign state in East Asia. With a population of over 1.381billion, it is the world's most populous country. The state is governed by the Communist Party of China, and its capital is Beijing. It exercises jurisdiction over 22 provinces, five autonomous regions, four direct-controlled municipalities (Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, and Chongqing), and two mostly self-governing special administrative regions (Hong Kong and Macau), and claims sovereignty over Taiwan. The country's major urban areas include Shanghai, Guangzhou, Beijing, Chongqing, Shenzhen, Tianjin and Hong Kong. China is a great power and a major regional power within Asia, and has been characterized as a potential superpower. - Mei Lan (22 October 1894 8 August 1961), better known by his stage name Mei Lanfang, was one of the most famous Peking opera artists in modern Chinese theater. He was exclusively known for his female lead roles ("dan") and particularly his "verdant-robed girls" ("qingyi"), young or middle-aged women of grace and refinement. He was considered one of the "Four Great "Dan"", along with Shang Xiaoyun, Cheng Yanqiu, and Xun Huisheng. - Shanghai (": Zanhae" ), often abbreviated as Hu or Shen, is one of the four direct-controlled municipalities of the People's Republic of China. It is the most populous city proper in the world, with a population of more than 24 million . It is a global financial centre and transport hub, with the world's busiest container port. Located in the Yangtze River Delta in East China, Shanghai sits on the south edge of the mouth of the Yangtze in the middle portion of the Chinese coast. The municipality borders the provinces of Jiangsu and Zhejiang to the north, south and west, and is bounded to the east by the East China Sea. - Xun Huisheng (5 January 1900- 26 December 1968) was one of Peking Opera's "Four Great "Dan"", along with Mei Lanfang, Cheng Yanqiu, and Shang Xiaoyun. All four were men who played the female lead roles ("dan") during the generation when such roles became open to actresses again, after two centuries of exclusively male portrayal. Life. Xun's father was one of Peking Opera's "Four Famous Dads" ("Si Daming Di"), along with Li Shaochun, Tan Xiaopei, and Li Wanchun's fathers. - The Qing dynasty, officially the Great Qing, also called the Qing Empire or the Manchu dynasty, was the last imperial dynasty of China, ruling from 1644 to 1912 with a brief, abortive restoration in 1917. It was preceded by the Ming dynasty and succeeded by the Republic of China. The Qing multi-cultural empire lasted almost three centuries and formed the territorial base for the modern Chinese state. - Shang Xiaoyun (1900 April 19, 1976) was one of the four great twentieth century performers of the Dan role type in Jingju with Mei Lanfang, Cheng Yanqiu, and Xun Huisheng. - Mei Lanfang ( simplified Chinese : ; traditional Chinese : ; pinyin : Mei Lanfng ; October 22 , 1894 -- August 8 , 1961 ) was one of the most famous Peking opera artists in modern history , exclusively known for his qingyi roles , a type of dan role . Mei Lanfang is his stage name , and in Chinese it is generally considered a feminine name . His real name was Mei Lan ( Chinese : ) . Mei , Shang Xiaoyun , Cheng Yanqiu and Xun Huisheng were known as Four Great Dan in the golden era of Peking Opera . After reading the paragraphs above, we are interested in knowing the entity with which 'mei lanfang' exhibits the relationship of 'date of death'. Find the answer from the choices below. Choices: - 1 - 1 january 1904 - 15 - 16 - 1644 - 19 - 1900 - 1912 - 22 - 24 - 26 - 381 - 469 - 5 january 1900 - 500 - 8 - 8 august 1961 - august 1961 - december 1968 - january 1900 - january 1904
8 august 1961