Xiangsheng Kao 161: Yukui, grandson of the Xiangsheng family "Jiao Jiamen"
Sun Yukui was born in Beijing in 1921.
Sun Yukui's family is also a family of quyi, his father Sun Shouzhai is a Peking Opera violinist, and he has also studied single-string play, and it is this identity that his father met Yu Junbo and had the opportunity to worship the teacher. However, Yu Junbo thought that Sun Yukui was too young, so he let him study private school first. After Sun Yukui studied private school, he went to the "Daily Review" newspaper library as an apprentice, and four months later the newspaper library collapsed, which went to the "Minsheng Bao" as an apprentice, and two months later the newspaper library closed down; when he returned home, Sun Yukui followed his father to learn Peking Opera; and then went to the Daye Printing Bureau as an apprentice. It seems that Sun Yukui's father always wanted him to engage in music art, and now he always wants him to be a skilled worker. In this way, the time came to 1939, and the "Silla Tian" outside the front door was opened, and Gao Deming, Xu Degui, Dai Shaofu, Yu Junbo and so on all performed here. Sun Yukui listened to them one by one, and when he became interested, he listened to the cross-talks of Gao Yufeng, Jin Xiaoshan, Guo Rongqi, Chang Baolin, Chang Lian'an, Chang Baoting, and Hua Ziyuan. I became addicted to it that day, so I decided to learn crosstalk. So, in 1939, 18-year-old Sun Yukui studied under Yu Junbo. Bai Quanfu visited Yu Junbo in 1937, two years earlier than Sun Yukui, and was naturally a master brother; at this time, there was Guo Quanbao under Yu Junbo's door, so several people studied art at the same window. Of course, during this period, his uncle Bai Baoting and Li Baolin, who was also a Jiaojiamen, also taught him the skill of cross-talk, and also listened to a large number of famous passages.
Although he learned cross-talk, Sun Yukui estimated that he still could not get the old woman, so in 1941, he went to work again, and successively typeset in the Printing Department of China University, Cicheng Printing Bureau, Daye Printing Bureau, Beijing Printing Bureau, and Oriental Printing Bureau.
In May 1945, Yu Junbo called Sun Yukui to the Qiming Tea House, and Sun Yukui and Yu Junbo officially knew. At that time, the cross-talk circle artists who participated in the cross-talk circle included Zhang Shouchen, Chang Lian'an, Zhao Xiaru, Hou Yichen, Tan Boru, Wang Changyou, Bai Quanfu, Luo Rongshou, Huang Helai, Chang Baolin, Chang Baoting, Chang Baohua, Zhao Chuntian, etc. After that, Sun Yukui, like his brother Bai Quanfu, stayed at the Qiming Tea House of his uncle Chang Lian'an, where he stayed for about four years, from 1945 to 1948. It should also be said that Chang Lian'an's Qiming Tea Society is not the name of the class society, his class name is "Changchun Society", and Sun Yukui and Hou Yichen have run a publication together with Hou Yichen, the name is "Changchun Entertainment And Painting Journal", and Sun Yukui is the president and editor-in-chief. It seems that Sun Yukui did not do anything in the newspaper industry before, and he combined his special skills with cross-talk. It is this special experience that has put him on the road of cross-talk creation. In 1947, at the age of 26, Sun Yukui published cross-talk passages such as "Qianlong Under jiangnan", "Four Batian", "Fanjiadian", and "Double New Year".
In 1950, under the initiative of Comrades Lao She and Wang Songsheng, the Crosstalk Improvement Group was established. At first, Sun Baocai was asked to be the leader of the group, but Sun Baocai resigned because he had no culture, so he chose Sun Yukui as the group leader, because Sun Yukui had worked as a typographer, who was both literate and hyphenated and from a working class background, and was the best candidate.
Hou Baolin, Sun Yukui, and Luo Rongshou not only improved cross-talk, but also concentrated cross-talk actors in the city for training, and then conducted large-scale commercial performances in Chang'an Theater and other places. The director of the Chang'an Theater let the sale of 4 cents or 5 cents a ticket, afraid that the price was set high and no audience came, Hou Baolin insisted on a ticket of 8 cents, as a result, thousands of people's seats were snatched up, and even the two days of performance were full. Subsequently, he transferred to the auspicious theater, and then went to Tianjin and Shanghai commercial performances, earning a lot of money. Some people say that the beginning and maturity of large-scale commercial performances of cross-talk were in 1950.
In 1952, Sun Yukui and Hui Wanhua married, this year Sun Yukui was already 31 years old, while Hui Wanhua was only 23 years old.
At 1:30 p.m. on June 30, 2003, Sun Yukui died in Beijing at the age of 82.
Sun Yukui has a calm and thoughtful personality and is good at writing. He is steady and harmonious. Representative works include "Spring Festival", "Article Meeting", "Nest Head Theory", "Wine Order", "Lantern Riddle" and so on.
Sun Yukui was quite a year old but the leader of the Beijing Crosstalk Improvement Group, and Hou Baolin was still only a member of the group. Sun Yukui also has the identity of the deputy head of the Beijing Quyi Work Group. Why is it so cattle? He has created a lot of cross-talk, such as "Double New Year", "Second Landlord", "Consistent Road" and so on.
Mrs. Sun Yukui Hui Wanhua (stage name Xiao Wanhua) is also a cross-talk actor, although the fame is not as big as Yu Youfu, Lai Xiaoru, Liu Yufeng, but it is also famous, known as the "Queen of Cross-Talk". Hui Wanhua's master Chengma Shouyan accepted two more famous disciples, one was Niu Zhenhua and the other was Ma Guirong. Ma Guirong taught a group of children in that year, and later became famous for Wang Yuebo and so on. After Ma Guirong had a teacher, Wang Yuebo changed the court and went back to Ma Guirong's door.
Hui Wanhua's fame is mainly related to three men: Ma Shouyan, Sun Yukui, and Zhang Shouchen. Ma Shouyan is the master, Sun Yukui is the husband, and Zhang Shouchen is the righteous father.
Hui Wanhua and yi father Zhang Shouchen
Sun Yukui returned to Wanhua and his wife
Sun Yukui's son Sun Zhigang, also known as Sun Yi, is also a cross-talk actor, who worships under Lian Zhongmen, and his master is Guo Qiru.