The four major whiskers before and after
First of all, Mr. Ma Lianliang's artistic level is high-level, and comprehensive, very popular with the audience, and recognized by the insiders. Forgetting what kind of information I saw an anecdote, Mr. Yu Shuyan heard Mr. Ma Lianliang's singing outside the theater, thinking that what he sang was not far from tradition, nor did he fall into disgrace, but also took into account the aesthetic needs of the audience, and said to the students and disciples who followed him: "None of you will be able to sing him in the future!" ”
Secondly, the term "four major Susheng" was put forward by the Beijing opera circles in the late 1920s and early 1930s after the selection of the "Four Famous Dans" in 1927, and did not involve southern Peking opera actors. Therefore, although the Qilin Tong is very popular south of the Yangtze River, it is not among the four major sustenances.
The four major students: Yu Shuyan, Gao Qingkui, Yan Jupeng, and Ma Lianliang
Then, the age difference.
Yu, Yan and Gao were all born in 1890, and Mr. Ma was born in 1901. At the end of the twenties, when there was a saying that the four major susans were born, the first three were less than forty years old, and Mr. Ma was less than thirty years old, which was a good time. However, at the end of the 1930s, the first three were successively released on the stage, and around 1942 and 1943, they died one after another, and only Mr. Ma was left in the first four major susans. The audience spontaneously made up for this regret and added three rising stars to the "Four Great Su Sheng", of which Tan Fuying was born in 1906, and Yang Baosen and Xi Xiaobo were born in 1910.
The four major students: Ma, Tan, Yang, and Xi
Moreover, it should be said that when Mr. Ma was alive, the influence of Tan, Yang and Xi was not as good as that of Mr. Ma. Especially when it comes to acting out new plays. Mr. Ma has been playing new plays all his life, and he has also tried modern dramas and acted as foreigners! Tan and Xi have far fewer new plays, and Mr. Yang has sung a lifetime of old plays.
Another saying, according to the "Out-of-Print Appreciation · According to the introduction in the "Four Great Su Shengs" before and after the introduction, the so-called "Four Great Su Sheng" was only mentioned after liberation, and it was first said that "Ma Tan Yang Xi" and other "four major Su Sheng" were first used, and only then did there be the mention of "The First Four Great Su Sheng" such as "Yu Yan Gao Ma".