Jia Guilan was born in a poor family, and his parents died young, so his uncle Jia Dongqiao adopted him. She studied art as a child. At the age of 6, she studied drama with Zhang Jixiang and Yang Guiting. 1 1 year-old, she performed on stage with beautiful voice, clear singing and delicate performance. Conquer the audience with high-spirited, euphemistic and delicate singing, simple and generous, beautiful and emotional performances. In 1930s, it was famous in Zhangjiakou and Inner Mongolia. 1947 when Shijiazhuang was liberated, she took the lead in organizing the Bangzi Society to express her condolences to the People's Liberation Army. 1949 transferred to Yan 'an Ping Theatre, which has been moved to Shijiazhuang. First, Hebei Bangzi Theatre was organized, then the 12th Brigade of the People's Liberation Army and the North China Theatre were participated, and performances were performed for leading comrades of the CPC Central Committee in Xibaipo, as well as for the people's army and farmers. Her outstanding performing arts have revived the dying Hebei Bangzi Opera in central Hebei. 1953 went to the DPRK to give a condolence performance for volunteers.

Because of his solid basic skills and years of stage practice in his childhood, Jia Guilan not only has profound attainments in the business of Tsing Yi, but also excels in the art of Hua Dan and Gui Mendan. Her representative works, The Third Mother's Godson, Hua Tian Cuo, Cuiping Mountain, 100,000 Gold, Crying for the Great Wall, etc., have their own characteristics, especially Du Shiniang, which has been processed for many years and improved day by day, and is praised by experts as "a distinctive, generous, intense, passionate and quite individual functional national style."

In order to cultivate the younger generation, she responded to the call of the leaders and resolutely left the stage after the establishment of Hebei Opera School and switched to education. Over the years. She has trained many excellent talents for Hebei Bangzi. Famous actresses Zhang Shumin, Qi Huatan, Lu Cuige, Yan Chunhua and Liu Yuxian all took art classes.