Background
Yan Su was born Yan Zhiyang (阎志扬) in Baoding, Hebei, on May 9, 1930.
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Yan Su was born Yan Zhiyang (阎志扬) in Baoding, Hebei, on May 9, 1930.
He attended Chongqing Nankai Secondary School and graduated from Chongqing University, majoring in business administration.
He held the civilian rank equivalent to general in the PLA Air Force Political Department Song and Dance Troupe. He was a National Class-A Screenwriter. He was a visiting professor at Heibei Institute of Communications.
During the Second Sino-Japanese War, he, then 10 years old, moved to Chongqing with his family.
He joined the Communist Youth League during the Chinese Civil War and joined the Communist Party of China in 1953. In 1950, he was transferred to Southwest Military Region Youth Song and Dance Troupe as an actor.
He once performed in the front of Korean War. But two years later, in the Cultural Revolution, the song was labeled as "poisonous weed" and he was cast as a rightist.
In 1982, Journey to the West was broadcast on CCTV, the series reached number one in the ratings when it aired in China.
The opening theme, Dare to Ask Where is the Road, was written by Yan Su. In 1986 he joined the China Writers Association. In 2015, he was elected "moved China" Person of the Year 2015.
"My father has been into a deep coma after acute cerebral infarction for more than twenty days, at present, his situation is stable, it"s fair to say that he had the potential to wake up, but risk is often with opportunities, thank you for asking." Yan Yu, son of Yan Su, said in response to questions from journalists.
On February 12, 2016, Yan Su died at the General Hospital of the People"s Liberation Army Air Force, in Beijing. At the time of his death, he was set to judge a CCTV talent show and art advisor of the CCTV New Year"s Gala.
In 1955 he was transferred again to PLA Air Force Political Department Song and Dance Troupe. He first rose to prominence in 1964 for playing in the opera Sister Jiang, earned critical acclaim, and he was personally interviewed by Chairman Mao Zedong.
He was a member of China Writers Association and China Music Copyright Association.