Xu Shaohua (; born 1958) is a

Chinese Chinese may refer to: * Something related to China * Chinese people, people identified with China, through nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity **Han Chinese, East Asian ethnic group native to China. **'' Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic ...

actor best known for his role as

Tang Sanzang Tang Sanzang is a Buddhist monk and pilgrim who is a central character in the 16th century novel ''Journey to the West'' by Wu Cheng'en. His birth surname name was Chen (), but having been found in a river as a baby--he was abandoned after bir ...

in the 1986 television series ''

Journey to the West ''Journey to the West'' () is a Chinese novel published in the 16th century during the Ming dynasty and attributed to Wu Cheng'en. It is regarded as one of the Classic Chinese Novels, great Chinese novels, and has been described as arguably the ...

''. Xu is the Vice-President of Shandong Theatre and Shandong Dramatist association.

Life

Xu was born in

Huangdao District Huangdao District () and West Coast New Area (), is a district and a state-level new area of Qingdao, Shandong, China, located south-west and west of the main urban area of the city on the western shore of Jiaozhou Bay. It was identical to ...

Qingdao Qingdao, Mandarin: , (Qingdao Mandarin: t͡ɕʰiŋ˧˩ tɒ˥) is a prefecture-level city in the eastern Shandong Province of China. Located on China's Yellow Sea coast, Qingdao was long an important fortress. In 1897, the city was ceded to G ...

city,

Shandong Shandong is a coastal Provinces of China, province in East China. Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history since the beginning of Chinese civilization along the lower reaches of the Yellow River. It has served as a pivotal cultural ...

province in 1958. Xu aspired to act from an early age and he studied dance during his early years. After the

Cultural Revolution The Cultural Revolution, formally known as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, was a Social movement, sociopolitical movement in the China, People's Republic of China (PRC). It was launched by Mao Zedong in 1966 and lasted until his de ...

. On 6 November 1976, at the age of 18, Xu moved to

Jinan Jinan is the capital of the province of Shandong in East China. With a population of 9.2 million, it is one of the largest cities in Shandong in terms of population. The area of present-day Jinan has played an important role in the history of ...

from Qingdao, he lived in Jinan about 34 years. Xu entered Shandong University of Arts in August 1985, majoring in acting. Xu rose to fame after portraying

in ''

'', a historical television series starring Chi Zhongrui, Zhang Jinlai,

Ma Dehua Ma Dehua (; born 11 August 1945) is a Chinese actor best known for his role as Zhu Bajie in the 1986 television series ''Journey to the West''. Life Ma was born in a family of merchants in Beijing on 11 August 1945, with his ancestral home in W ...

, Wang Yue, Yan Huaili, Cui Jingfu and

Liu Dagang Liu Dagang (born May 18, 1947) is a Chinese actor best known for his role as Sha Wujing in the 1986 television series ''Journey to the West''. He is a . Biography Liu was born on May 18, 1947, in Beijing, China. He is a former actor at China P ...

. In 1983, Xu appeared in ''

Outlaws of the Marsh ''Water Margin'' (), also called ''Outlaws of the Marsh'' or ''All Men Are Brothers'', is a Chinese novel from the Ming dynasty that is one of the preeminent Classic Chinese Novels. Attributed to Shi Nai'an, ''Water Margin'' was one of the ea ...

'', based on the novel by the same name by

Shi Nai'an Shi Nai'an (, –1372) was a Chinese writer from the Yuan and early Ming periods. ''Shuihu zhuan'' ('' Water Margin''), one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature, is traditionally attributed to him. There are few reliable ...

. In 1994, Xu co-starred in the ''

Romance of the Three Kingdoms ''Romance of the Three Kingdoms'' () is a 14th-century historical novel attributed to Luo Guanzhong. It is set in the turbulent years towards the end of the Han dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period in Chinese history, starting in 184 AD and ...

'' as

Zhang Liao Zhang Liao () (169 – late 222), courtesy name Wenyuan, was a Chinese military general serving under the warlord Cao Cao in the late Eastern Han dynasty of China. He served briefly in the state of Cao Wei, founded by Cao Cao's successor Cao P ...

, a television series adaptation based on the novel of the same name by

Luo Guanzhong Luo Ben (c. 1330–1400, or c.1280–1360), better known by his courtesy name Guanzhong (Mandarin pronunciation: ), was a Chinese novelist who lived during the Ming dynasty. He is also known by his pseudonym Huhai Sanren (). Luo Guanzhon ...

. Xu also acted as

or his historical prototype

Xuanzang Xuanzang (; ; 6 April 6025 February 664), born Chen Hui or Chen Yi (), also known by his Sanskrit Dharma name Mokṣadeva, was a 7th-century Chinese Bhikkhu, Buddhist monk, scholar, traveller, and translator. He is known for the epoch-making ...

in several television series, such as ''Tang Xuanzang'' (1998), ''

Love Legend of the Tang Dynasty ''Love Legend of the Tang Dynasty'', also known as ''Da Tang Qing Shi'', is a Chinese historical television series based on the legend of an illicit romance between the Tang dynasty Princess Gaoyang and a monk called Bianji. The series was directe ...

'' (2001) and ''

Carol of Zhenguan ''Carol of Zhenguan'' is a Chinese historical television series directed by Wu Ziniu. It was first aired on CCTV-1 in China in 2007. The series is based on the events in the Zhenguan era of the reign of Emperor Taizong during the Tang dynasty. P ...

'' (2007).

Personal life

Xu married Yang Kun (), their daughter, Xu Lu (), was born in 1987.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

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