He Saifei
He at the36th Golden Rooster Awards Ceremony
Born	(1963-04-11)April 11, 1963 (age 61) Daishan County,Zhejiang,China
Occupation(s)	Actress, singer
Spouse	Yang Nan (杨楠) ​ (m. 1988)​
Children	1
Family	2 sisters including Xia Saili (夏赛丽)
Musical career
Genres	Yue opera
Musical artist
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	何賽飛
Simplified Chinese	何赛飞
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Hé Sàifēi

He Saifei (born 11 April 1963) is a Chinese actress of film and television, as well as a celebratedYue opera performer ofdan (female) roles. Internationally, she is best known for playing supporting roles in period films likeRaise the Red Lantern (1991) andTemptress Moon (1996).

He Saifei is the most famous disciple of Yue opera starZhang Yunxia.

He Saifei was born in 1963 in an island inDaishan County,Zhoushan off the coast of mainlandZhejiang province. She has two sisters. When she was 3, theCultural Revolution began. In 1967, her father was attacked and sent to the countryside. Her parents divorced, and Saifei lived with one parent while her two sisters lived with another, with no contact between them. After the Cultural Revolution ended in 1976,Yue opera (also known as Yue opera) gradually regained its popularity following a decade of ruinous destruction. When He Saifei was about 16, she successfully auditioned for a Yue opera troupe in Daishan. There she met a slightly younger girl who was also very interested in joining. Neither knew at first, but it turned out that the girl Xia Saili (夏赛丽) was none other than her long-lost sister. After some initial discomfort, they became very close and encouraged each other. In 1983–84, both made the newly establishedZhejiang Xiaobaihua Yue Opera Troupe, which, consisting entirely of young girls would immediately take the Yue opera world by storm. He Saifei studied under the masterZhang Yunxia and specialized inDan (female) roles. Xia Saili specialized inSheng (mainly male scholar) roles, and as a result often portrayed her sister's lover on stage.^[1][2][3] Another of He Saifei's frequent on-stage partner wasMao Weitao.

In 1984, the Zhejiang Xiaobaihua Yue Opera Troupe girls starred in the opera filmFive Daughters Offering Felicitations (五女拜壽), which became a big national hit and won Best Opera Film (a new award category) at the5th Golden Rooster Awards. In 1985, He Saifei and Mao Weitao reenacted a scene live at theCCTV New Year's Gala, China's most watched annual television event. This would be the first of He Saifei's four Yue opera appearances on CCTV New Year's Gala (excluding more performances on CCTV New Year's Opera Gala). Soon enough, He Saifei and four other girls from Xiaobaihua — Mao Weitao, He Ying (何英), Fang Xuewen (方雪雯), and Dong Kedi (董柯娣) — emerged as young celebrities, and they were together dubbed the "Five Golden Flowers" (五朵金花) of Yue opera.^[4]

She has one son, born in 1998.^[5]

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• Singers from Zhejiang
• 20th-century Chinese women singers
• 21st-century Chinese women singers

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