Li Wanchun and Li Shaochun were both known for their martial arts in the 1940s, the purity of their art, Shaochun is better than Wanchun, the depth of art, Wanchun is better than Shaochun, and the two are like Honghu at the same time.
At that time, although there were still Shang Heyu, Ma Decheng, Sun Yukun, Gao Shenglin, Fu Dewei, Wu Yanheng, Zhang Yunxi, Yang Shengchun, etc., Erchun was more outstanding, for three reasons: First, they were both big names in the selection class, second, they were both literate and martial arts, Guan Opera, and Monkey Opera, and third, they created new dramas that were almost the same as the four famous Dan and Ma Lianliang.
Li Wanchun is nine years old, and he is famous very early, and it is inevitable that he will be arrogant and pampered. But there is one thing, as he later admitted, singing opera "loves to be the first, loves to be in the limelight, and is afraid of falling behind others", such a mentality makes it easy for him to compete with others and win, and always robs other people's plays. He and Ma Lianliang and Ye Shengzhang had all sung and robbed like this. He stole the scene, stole the limelight, and sang against the stage, and Ma Lianliang did not care about him, but he and Ye Shengzhang were very stiff.
Li Shaochun is Li Wanchun's younger brother, Li Shaochun took the class north to perform in 1938, Li Wanchun was already a big hit, it is reasonable to say that Wanchun should be humble and let Shaochun, but Li Wanchun is Lang Uncle Tit-for-tat competition, each does not give in. For example, Li Wanchun partially arranged "Eighteen Arhats Collect Dapeng", thinking that it was the only one, and did not want Li Shaochun to borrow Li Baokui, Gao Weilian, and Mao Qinglai and also arranged "Eighteen Arhats Fighting Wukong", Li Wanchun was greatly unhappy in his heart, determined to suppress Li Shaochun's momentum, and since then, the two have been thinking about it every day in terms of repertoire and art, and in the form of choreography, propaganda and advertising, adding drama, and playing polyamorous roles by one person, to compete with each other and to confront Taiwan, and the contradiction between Uncle Lang began to deepen day by day.
At the end of the year, the two of them went to Harbin to perform one after another, Li Wanchun took the lead, Li Shaochun later, the two theaters were not far apart, Li Wanchun felt that Li Shaochun had become opposed, so he began to fight against the Fa, plus tabloid conglomerates, writing and dancing ink, fueling the waves, and increasing the estrangement of Lang's uncle, so that the dispute between the two springs became more and more complicated, so that the evil became more and more popular, and it developed to a white-hot.
Erchun sang the drama every day, so that the insiders and laymen could not watch it, so Weng Yihong and other friends in the industry set up a banquet in the banquet hall in Harbin to persuade The two uncles to reconcile, and the two did not want to be reconciled.
After two years, everyone continues to find ways to create conditions for their true reconciliation, starting with the fun pull-back ball that both of them love, and gradually become closer. At that time, in Ha, the students of the Mingchun Club performed a matinee, and Erchun played the rebound ball in the backyard, and when he was tired, he drank and chatted. One day the student was performing "Red Mane Horse", and suddenly someone mentioned, "Let's reverse the string, right?" Li Wanchun immediately said yes, immediately out of the water card, let the students stop singing "Da Deng Dian", immediately by Li Muliang stopped stringing Xue Pinggui, Li Shaochun string Wang Lady, Wang Yinqiu, Cheng Yujing divided the war and Bao Jun, Li Wanchun string Wei Hu, for a while the audience was hooked: spend the ticket money of primary school students, see the big cooperation between famous characters, but also anti-string, this performance effect is strong! A few days later, they regurgitated "Shilang Visiting Mother", Li Muliang as Xue Pinggui, Li Shaochun as She Taijun, and Li Wanchun as Uncle of the State,... For a while, the audience flocked to it, which promoted the formal cooperation between Li Wanchun and Li Shaochun. Moreover, newspaper advertisements are specially marked as "two-Li cooperation", which has become a major good story in the Peking Opera circle.
Back in Beijing, the two have reconciled, starting from the premiere of "Qun Borrowing Hua" in Beijing, Li Wanchun before Lu Su, after Guan Yu, Li Shaochun as Zhuge Liang; acting in "Iron Rooster", Li Wanchun Asshuai Shuai, Li Shaochun as Zhang Jiaxiang, each playing their own strengths, two Li cooperation, sensational Four-Nine Cities! Especially in Shanghai by Gai Lingtian led by the big cooperation drama "Ten Iron Roosters", ten Xiang Shuai ten Zhang Jiaxiang, two Li in the bottom two, they surprised the move, and by Li Shaochun Zhang Jiaxiang replaced, the original play Xiang Shuai Li Wanchun changed zhang Jiaxiang, the two changed, unexpected, brilliant, er Li no matter singing, doing, turning, playing, ingenious, every sentence sung, every flip, every fight opened, did not fall short, the audience applauded endlessly. Sensational on the beach!
At this point, the dispute between the two springs has finally come to an end, and the cooperation between the two springs has finally opened a new chapter in Peking Opera!