A jing-erhu master must possess a deep understanding of the many schools of singing and hundreds of traditional melodies sung by different character types. Later, she was selected from among the many competitors to be taught jing-erhu, the larger of the two stick-bodied, two-stringed violins that both accompany and lead the singers.
At first, Bao learned sigu, a small drum used in Beijing Opera music. Previously, instrumental music performance had been almost exclusively the domain of men. Her uncle, a devoted amateur singer, and her brother-in-law, a well-known jing-erhu player, were faithful keepers of the singing style shaped by master Mei Lan-Fang.īao began singing at age 12, and in 1963 she joined the first instrumental class for females set up at the Shanghai Traditional Opera School. Bao Mo-Li was born in 1951 into the Bao family of well-known traditional Chinese opera performers from Shanghai in the People's Republic of China.
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