In the treasure house of traditional Chinese cross-talk, "The Name of the Dish" is probably the most frequently performed segment, and many famous cross-talk artists have interpreted the passages of this basic skill into their own different charms. In addition to "Menu Zi", there is also a traditional cross-talk that is also favored by generations of cross-talk artists, which is "Selling Cloth Heads".
"Selling Cloth Heads" is a typical passage that has both imitation goods shouting and selling, and learning to sing willow live. There is an old saying in the cross-talk industry that "one willow and three fires", but all artists with good voice conditions are willing to make Liu live. Among the cross-talk artists of the past generations, there are several who have used the work of "Selling Cloth Heads" to their personal characteristics and reached a certain artistic standard: Liu Huamin, Guo Rongqi, Hou Baolin, Yan Xiaoru, Sun Shaolin, Wang Shichen, Luo Rongshou, Yu Baolin, Chang Baoting and others. When Ma Sanye was alive, he once gave such an evaluation: "Selling Cloth Heads" made the best Liu Huamin, the second yan Xiaoru, and the third Hou Baolin. In fact, from the perspective of cross-talk performance, there is no obvious gap between the above-mentioned cross-talk masters, whether it is the voice conditions, or the rhythm, strength and size of the living. It's just that when learning to do small business, each has its own emphasis and strengths.
Today, let's talk about this traditional work that is often performed and often new. The scoop handle of "Selling Cloth Head" is an important symbol to distinguish between the famous versions. Its characteristics can be summarized into four words" "to open the point to life". That is, where the actor plays, so that the imitation of the scoop handle should focus on the local characteristics. For example, Mr. Guo Rongqi has been performing in Tianjin for many years, and the audience he faces is overwhelmingly local. Therefore, when learning to buy and drink, he integrated the shouting sound of selling river crabs and orchids in Tianjin, and the sound of goods close to the audience and close to life can naturally resonate with the audience. These two imitations are unique to Mr. Guo, and other cross-talk actors are generally used to sell persimmons, buns, vegetables and so on. Later, when Hou Baolin performed this period, he absorbed and borrowed this part of Mr. Guo's flower sales.
Sun Shaolin and Guo Baoshan's "Selling Cloth Heads" also added a large-scale shouting with regional colors to the school and sale. During the performance, he used the Jinan accent to imitate small businesses such as selling buns and buying sugar gourds, and his grounded method was also highly recognized by the local audience. Judging from the above two examples, no matter what kind of shouting is learned, first of all, it must be like, and then there must be baggage, and the audience must "eat" this baggage.
In addition, Luo Rongshou's "Selling Cloth Head" is also remarkable. The learning and singing of the Jingpai Xiangsheng Zhigong Zhiling is vividly reflected in this paragraph. Luo Rongshou himself is the foundation of the baby's legs, and he is also speaking of the orthodox Jingpai cross-talk. And there are just a number of places in this work that learn to sell the Beijing dialect, which is natural for Luo Rongshou. Many old audience members know that he was also an important member of the "Crosstalk Improvement Group" at that time, and at that time he made a word change to "Selling Cloth Heads", but it was of great significance to this traditional work.
You may wish to recall that the traditional cloth head is white cloth and black cloth to learn to sing twice. Among them, when drinking the white cloth, there is such a sentence: "This piece of white, how is it so white, the first snow of the angry field, and the second frost, the number one foreign white face of Yasai." Luo Rongshou proposed to change the "foreign white noodles" in this sentence to "high white noodles". Although it has no essential impact on the singing rhyme and performance effect, the difference in words reflects the ideological consciousness of cross-talk artists. He believes that after the founding of New China, we Chinese have the ability to process high-quality flour, and it is no longer the era when the old society blindly worshiped imported "foreign white noodles". The high white noodle quality we produce is not worse than that of foreign countries. Unfortunately, Mr. Luo Rongshou's clever improvement of traditional cross-talk has not been retained by more young cross-talk actors.
The reason why "Selling Cloth Heads" can be performed for a long time is mainly because this is an opportunity for cross-talk artists to "dismantle and wash", and the same is true for "Learning Radio". Leave room for the actor to give full play, as long as he can use his own characteristics, the audience can recognize that it is a success.