Feng Gong – Wikipedia

Feng Gong (simplified Chinese: 冯巩; traditional Chinese: 馮鞏; pinyin: Féng Gǒng; born 6 December 1957) is a Chinese actor, xiangsheng performer, director, screenwriter. and politician. He is best known for his performances in the annual CCTV New Year’s Gala, having made more appearances on the show than every other major performer.

Biography[edit]

Feng Gong was born Feng Mingguang (冯明光) in Tianjin, China, on December 6, 1957,^[1] the son of Feng Haigang (冯海岗; 1920-1993), a local government official, and Liu Yisu (刘益素; born 1921), a daughter of an eminent family. He has an elderly sister, Feng Xingyun (冯幸耘； born 1947) and two elderly brother, Feng Xin (冯信) and Feng Chuanshu (冯传书). Feng graduated from Central China Normal University with a master’s degree in Chinese Literature. In 1973, he performed a famous xiangsheng named Zunshi ai tudi (尊师爱徒弟) in Tianjin. Then he started to learn the arts of xiangsheng from the xiangsheng master Ma Ji. He also worked in a textiles machine factory. Feng was considered more talented than many other students of Ma Ji, and eventually emerged as a new star, performing progressively to bigger venues. Niu Qun (牛群) and Liu Wei (刘伟) were his partners when performing xiangsheng.

Feng appeared in the first CCTV New Year’s Gala in 1986; he has appeared at almost every Chunwan performance for the next thirty years, variably in skits and xiangsheng. Feng is usually one of the first acts of the show; it is said he appears earlier in the program so that he can drive home to Tianjin to spend midnight on new year with his mother.^[2]

In 1988, he won the championship at the competition of xiangsheng performances in Dalian held by China Central Television.

Political career[edit]

On December 24, 2017, Feng was elected as the vice chairman of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang.^[3] He was re-elected as the vice chairman on December 6, 2022.^[4]

On October 12, 2018, Feng was elected as the new chairman of the China Literary and Art Volunteers’ Association (中国文艺志愿者协会; CLAVA) by its 2nd National Congress.^[5]

Personal life[edit]

Feng is the great grandson of Feng Guozhang (1859-1919), once the president of the Republic of China during the chaotic Warlord era.^[6] His grandfather, Feng Jiayu (冯家遇; 1888-1953), was a businessman. Feng himself is a leadership figure in the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang, one of the eight legally recognized political parties in China, as well as a member of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference. He is often accosted by reporters during the annual Lianghui meetings in Beijing due to his celebrity status.

1983, Feng Gong married Ai Hui (艾慧) in Tianjin, the couple have a son, Feng Kaicheng (冯开诚), born in 1984.^[7]

Filmography[edit]

Film[edit]

Year	English title	Chinese title	Role	Notes
1987	Unprofessional Policeman	业余警察	He Dazhuang
	Xiao Po Qing Wang	笑破情网
1990	The Contract of the Divorce	离婚合同	Liu Liu
1992	Stand on	站直啰！别趴下	Poet reader
1994	Kiss Russia	狂吻俄罗斯	Da Jiang
1997	Surveillance	埋伏	Ye Xinmin
1998	Happy Times	没事偷着乐	Zhang Damin
2001	The Marriage Certificate	谁说我不在乎	Gu Ming
2004	When Dreams Come Ture	梦想成真
2005	Eat Hot Tofu Slowly	心急吃不了热豆腐	Liu Hao
	No Thieves can be Caught in a Hurry	心急抓不了贼	He Dazhuang	Also as director
2006	A Big Potato	别拿自己不当干部	Wang Xi	Also as director
2007	Getting Home	谁是孩子他爹	Ding Dake
2008	I’m a Guy Who I’m Afraid	我是爷们我怕谁	Small retailer
2010	The Founding of a Republic	建国大业	A delegate to the CPPCC
2011	The Founding of a Party	建党伟业	Feng Guozhang
2012	All for Love	三个未婚妈妈	A tourist
2018	Happiness Is Coming	幸福马上来	Ma Shanglai	Also as director and writer

TV series[edit]

Year	English title	Chinese title	Role	Notes
1990	The True Story of Ah O	阿O正传		Not Ah Q
1989	Na Wu	那五	Na Wu
1996	Actually, Men are the most overworked	其实男人最辛苦	Ding Dake
2012	Life Is Sweet	生活有点甜	Tang Xi

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Cultural offices
Preceded by	Chairman of the China Literary and Art Volunteers’ Association 2018	Incumbent