Zhou Xuan

Zhou Xuan was a major Chinese singer-actress of the 1930s and 1940s, celebrated for her clear, expressive voice and lasting influence on Shanghai popular music. Her breakthrough performance as the songstress Xiao Hong in Yuan Muzhi’s *Street Angel* (1937) established her as the “Golden Voice” of Chinese cinema. She later appeared in films including *Romance of the West Chamber*, *Dream of the Red Chamber*, and *Sorrows of the Forbidden City*.