Is Cantonese cross talk master Yang Da dead?

As of March 2020, senior Yang Da is still alive. Reporter: One day a few years ago, a Hong Kong newspaper wrote an article: "Yang Da is dead." Until now, many people still think you are dead. What's going on?

Yang Da: I find it strange too. I now have children and grandchildren around me and am living a good life. When I heard my "obituary" from a friend a few years ago, I learned that the media had played a prank on me. The final reason may be that after I retired, I completely disappeared from people’s sight.

Reporter: What have you been busy with after retirement?

Yang Da: I love photography and playing magic. After retirement, I opened a photographic equipment company in Dashatou. Most of the year, I carried a camera and indulged myself in famous mountains and rivers. I even decorated my bedroom at home as a multi-color darkroom.

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Yang Da’s famous work "Guangzhou Talk" - performer Yang Da Huang Junying

A: I tell a Cantonese cross talk.

B: It is Cantonese.

A: Crosstalk in Guangzhou dialect.

B: Oh, if you look at the Guangzhou dialect, the Juzhen dialect is so interesting and distinctive.

A: It’s so interesting and rich. Can you give me some examples?

B: Okay, let me talk about it. The rest is about various colors!

A: What are the colors?

B: Both have large adjectives and auxiliary words.

A: Oh! Every color has huge adjectives and auxiliary words! Okay, let me ask you, for example, how would you describe the color red.

B: Red! Red.