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PHOTO: GUO DEGANG/WEIBO
LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON: Chinese cross-talk artist Guo Degang, 47, who has two sons, seldom posts photos taken with his children on social media.
But he did so last Friday when he posted a photo with his elder son, Qilin, 24, who is also a cross-talk artist.
The younger Guo left school in 2011 to pursue cross-talk professionally, but was heavily criticised for doing so. Many doubted he had the talent, but he persevered in cross-talk and has since won over his detractors.
He has performed with his father at Deyunshe, a famous Beijing cross-talk organisation and folk art performance group.
In his Weibo post, the elder Guo wrote in typical cross-talk fashion: "I have to raise my son if I want one, and I have to get an embroidered robe myself if I want one."
This was not the first time he has jokingly asked his son for a robe. In May, he posted a photo of himself in a robe, as he wrote: "Son, please think of your dad if you come across a company sponsoring opera clothes."
The elder Guo, who is also a Beijing opera actor, is said to have changed up to five robes in a single show.
Guo Qilin is his son with his former wife, part-time actress Hu Zhonghui.
He has a younger son, five-year-old Guo Fenyang, with current wife, former actress Wang Hui.
