Yang Li-hua (Chinese: 楊麗花; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Iûⁿ Lē-hoa) is a Taiwanese opera performer who is credited as a "living national treasure". She is a household name in Taiwan. A generation of Taiwanese have sat before their television sets transfixed by Yang's performances, forgetting for an hour's entertainment that a woman is playing the lead male role.