Feng Yongmei was born in a Liyuan family. She started acting at the age of 9. She studied hard and practiced hard, and laid a solid foundation. Later, she became a teacher of Wan Xiangzhen (Xiao Baoyin), a famous senior Yunnan opera artist. Feng Yongmei's appearance is handsome and elegant. For a long time, she has won a large number of audiences with her pure and sweet tone, emotional singing and delicate and expressive performances. She performs three to four hundred times a year.

Feng Yongmei has excellent basic skills, is familiar with traditions, has the courage to innovate, and is good at creation. In particular, Feng Yongmei made a special contribution to the inheritance of the vocal singing art of traditional Yunnan opera. Through hard study and exploration, she has mastered a set of singing methods that can bring out the characteristics and best advantages of Yunnan opera's vocals, which is unique and charming. Her artistic advantages have been fully utilized in the new legendary drama "Jing Niang".

She plays the role of Jing Niang, integrating the performances of Qingyi, Huadan, and Guimendan. She integrates folk singing into traditional singing methods, and her narrative is lyrical, natural, and has a strong artistic appeal. Peking opera performing artist Liu Xiurong called her one of the four best actors with "a good voice, good appearance, good singing, and good performance." In the winter of 1999, Feng Yongmei performed "Jing Niang" from Yunnan to Beijing, and then from Beijing to Shanghai. The audience was full of praise.

He is a member of the Kuomintang Revolutionary Party, a national first-class actor, deputy director of the Yuxi Dian Opera Troupe, a member of the Chinese Dramatists Association, vice chairman of the Provincial Dramatists Association, a representative of the Second People's Congress of Yuxi City, and a member of the Nie Er Music Foundation. Director, member of the Standing Committee of the First Youth Federation of Yuxi City.