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THOUSANDS lined the streets around the Longhua Funeral Home yesterday to pay their last respects to Sun Daolin, the famous Chinese actor-director.
Mourners including family members, friends, fellow artists and fans began arriving at 9am to view his body. Government officials including Shanghai Party Secretary Yu Zhengsheng and Mayor Han Zheng conveyed their condolences to Sun's family.
Sun died of heart disease on December 28 in Shanghai's Huadong Hospital.
Born on December 18, 1921, in Beijing, Sun was especially famous for the generation now in their 50s and 60s. He made his screen debut in 1948 in "Big Reunion" and featured in more than 100 movies over his 57-year career. Some of his most famous films were "Early Spring in February," "Radio Never Faded" and "The Family."
Sun dubbed the voices for more than 20 foreign movies.
He turned to directing in the 1980s and made four movies including "Zhan Tianyou" which won the "Best Story" in the China Movie Awards.
Sun's last stage performance was in "Thunderstorm" in 2003. He announced his retirement two years ago. In 2005 he was honored by the state as a National Film Artist who has made Outstanding Contributions.
In 1960 Sun married Yueju Opera singer Wang Wenjuan.
Wang was in Dalian, Liaoning Province when Sun suffered a heart attack and she arrived at hospital four hours too late to say goodbye to her beloved husband.
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