Peking Opera art inheritance has been 200 years old, out of many famous characters, but the way of inheritance is also the inheritance of master and apprentice, today Xiaobian to talk about the two masters of the apprenticeship ceremony.
Cheng Yanqiu is a famous master of Peking Opera and the founder of the Danjiao Cheng School, ranking among the "Four Famous Dans".
There are not many disciples of Master Cheng Yanqiu, the most famous of which are Zhao Rongchen, Wang Yinqiu, and Jiang Xinrong, while people like Xin Yanqiu, Li Qihua, Li Shiji, Hou Yulan, Li Yuru, and Tao Hanxiang are all private disciples.
Master Cheng Yanqiu has his own rules for accepting disciples, that is, he does not accept female disciples, and the reason why he does not accept female disciples is that he is afraid of some rumors.
However, as everyone knows, it was the private disciple Li Shiji who vigorously reformed the art of the Cheng School in his later years, and it was this private disciple who once became the head of the Cheng School.
Yu Shuyan, a famous master of Peking Opera and the founder of the Old Shengyu School, was once taught by Tan Xinpei, the "King of the Lingjie".
Master Yu Shuyan was also very cautious in accepting apprentices, not only valuing talent, but also many people who failed to worship under the master because they did not have money.
For example, the famous Peking Opera master Yang Baosen was not able to worship under Master Yu Shuyan, and later his cousin Yang Baozhong taught him the art of Yu Pai.
In addition, Master Yu Shuyan was still reluctant to accept Meng Xiaodong at the beginning, and the reason was that like Master Cheng Yanqiu, he was also afraid of the wind and rumors.
But it was this female disciple Meng Xiaodong who finally served around Yu Shuyan in his later years.
There is also a proud disciple of Master Yu Shuyan, that is, Li Shaochun, who is known to have both literature and martial arts, and is especially good at monkey play.
However, after visiting Yu Shuyan, Master Yu did not want him to continue to study martial arts, especially monkey opera, but hoped that he would concentrate on studying literary drama, but Li Shaochun eventually refused.