Tang Di was a student of the third stage of the Yi Folk Society, and together with his brothers Su Mumin and Ma Mingmin, he was known as the ugly three masters "crisp candy" (Su, Ma, and Tang). The three of them have different characteristics, Tang Di customs to play "cold and ugly" to set up another portal, forming their own unique style, his representative works are "Mr. Bai to see a doctor" of the white ghost, "Counting The Deception" of He Immortal, "Double Fool" of the stupidity, "Poor Worm" can be three, "The Edge of the Cabinet" naughty, "The Legend of the Great Filial Piety" of the drum, "Capture the Golden Building" of the Bian clan, etc., all of which are not brilliant, but when they appear, they all have colored sounds.
His performance is not won by playing monsters, but by performance and skill. His pair of eyes are particularly dramatic, his eyes are wide open, his eyebrows are furrowed, and he is cold and abnormal, living like a god. His eyes turned like flywheels, swung left and right like shooting stars, flipped up and down like shuttles, and the "thief's eyebrows" were full of smiles. When playing the ugly ring, the pigtail tied behind the head can be fluttered up and down, and the felt hat on the top of the clown's head can be rotated up and down, left and right, and can be rotated in circles on the head. His singing voice is strange and special, you can turn the board road upside down at will, such as playing the slow board he two six board singing, two six board he slow board singing, upside down four he is not chaotic, and never absurd out of tune, which shows his familiarity with music.
The clown has a special role in the opera, it is like a strong seasoning, point to the taste, but things have two sides, the taste is good and delicious, the aftertaste is endless, the tune is not good, the soup is not tasteful, the mouth is poured and the plot is destroyed. The performance of the clown should be standardized, but also allow the passion to play, the performance has variability (not any role), and the change must be within reason, can not casually go to the drama to ask for "red fire", and can not be outside the plot. And Tang Di's vulgar performance is very appropriate to hold the two, he plays within the allowable range without any mistakes, and can be called a technical master. His performance is cold and humorous, weird is not absurd, funny is not out of control, funny is not wandering. The impromptu play he produces within the framework of the character characteristics can make people laugh, but they are all reasonable, in a word, ugly!
(Tang Di Custom, Wang Tianmin)
Tang Di was born in a peasant family, and his cultural level before entering the department was almost white, just like a line in his "Counting Gua And Deceiving People": "Fighting big characters, you can know one or two stones.". After entering the department, one is the cultural atmosphere of the Yi Folk Society, then the guidance of some old gentlemen, and the second is his own studiousness and efforts, he not only understands modern literature, but also understands Wen Yan wen and ancient Chinese. Whoever doesn't understand some of the words in the script can tell you the truth. For example, he talks about "tiger eyes and delays", while talking while using the god form to show you, only to see his arms drooping, five fingers extended, his eyebrows locked, his eyes far-sighted, two cold rays of light directly against each other, like a tiger who wants to pounce on food and a crouching lion, giving people the feeling of being ready to attack at any time! He also said with great vigour: Look, this is called "tiger look delay." It is very interesting to be so serious that many people not only ask for advice, but also really want to see his aura. Three-dimensional annotations, who do not like to see.
After 1953, he came to our class, teaching students and performing with us, which added a lot to the performances of our second team. Mr. Wang Shaoyou, a famous theater critic and writer, wrote about Tang Di in the true "Notes of Qin Cavity": Born with a different appearance, magical and strange, self-created, and acting like a cancer. True is the right description, and the result is like its person. In the performing arts, he went his own way, took his own path, made his own style, and created "cold and ugly".
Teacher Tang Di is humble and approachable, and has cooperated with us for many years, and the performance is still unforgettable, and I write a few words in his memory to commemorate him.
The forehead wide eye is like a stream of concave beads,
Jun's face was stunned.
Eyebrow gong eye technique ren tumbling,
Scalp turn caps as walking.
Sing upside down like a palm,
Narrated bai yun mouth has.
Gag also honors,
Skilled and "cold ugly".
(Note: The illustration is the Qin Cavity Grand View Garden)