Ling Goh was born into a family of Teochew puppet and opera performers. Descended from an unbroken line of opera performers dating back to the nineteenth century, her greatgrandparents, Yang Bing Jin and Li Yu Feng, were performers in China who came to Penang to continue the trade with their son, Yang Qing Ying, Goh’s grandfather.
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