Zhang Xingzhou, formerly known as Zhang Xingzhou, is a native of Shijiazhai, Lantian County. In 1954, he was introduced to the Zhouzhi County Xinxing Theater Troupe, which was later renamed the Zhouzhi County Theater Troupe. In order to revitalize the Zhou to Qin Cavity, he changed his name to Zhang Xingzhou. Under the careful cultivation of the teacher, study hard and practice hard. He rehearsed plays such as "Wulang Renunciation", "Fa Zi Du", "Yellow Crane Tower", "Three Forks", etc., and was known as "Zhou Solstice Heel King".
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In 1968, Zhang Xingzhou and Yu Dongmei and 13 other county troupe actors were sent to the countryside for transformation, and Guangji Village invited Zhang Xingzhou to rehearse "Wise Tiger Mountain". After implementing the policy, he was assigned to work at the Shaliangzi Supply and Marketing Branch. At that time, the construction of the 0702 project began, and the companies purchased daily necessities at the distribution agency. At that time he became a porter, carrying twenty or thirty bags of salt a day weighing only a hundred pounds. One day, The Xianyang People's Theater Troupe Guo Mingxia led a team to comfort the migrant workers, on the way up the mountain, an actor unfortunately sprained his foot, that night performed "Ode to Longjiang", in the "Rescue" play, this actor has more than 20 small translations, for this reason, Guo Mingxia requested to change the play. At that time, director Zhao of the commune said to Guo Mingxia: "Go! There is a person in the distribution agency who came down from the county theater troupe and can turn over. Therefore, Guo Mingxia and Director Zhao came to the distribution agency. Zhang Xing saw him on Monday and asked the two what they wanted? Guo Mingxia said: "I heard that your heels are turned over well, don't do it here, follow us to the Xianyang People's Theater Troupe, we are lacking people like you!" Zhang Xingzhou bowed his head and said nothing. Guo Mingxia also said: "Xingzhou, sister please do you a favor, tonight's performance of "Ode to the Longjiang", you give us a few rows of small flips through the cutscenes. Zhang Xingzhou said: "I have been laying down for a long time, and I have not practiced it, I am afraid that I will not be able to do it." Guo Mingxia said: "Say well, play at night!" That night, Zhang Xingzhou played according to the time rhythm said in the field record, and turned over more than 30 small flips. After the play, Guo Mingxia pulled Zhang Xingzhou to dinner together and said in a firm tone: "Go! Come with me to Xianyang! Zhang Xingzhou said: "This matter should be told to the county leaders." Guo Mingxia said, "Okay! I'll go and give you the county leader. ”
In less than a month, She Zhenqi, director of the county commerce bureau, transferred Zhang Xingzhou to the commercial bureau to set up a literary and art propaganda team, and the newly formed propaganda team went to Zhongnan and other places to publicize and perform, Tian Fazheng, Yu Dongmei, Guo Fengxian, Zhang Mingren, Liu Zili, Yuan Shuling, Li Guizhen and other actors were very strong. At that time, Tian Fazheng said, "A few of us must swear that we must not enter the door of the troupe twice!" Whoever doesn't obey, everyone scolds him. ”
One day, Zhang Xingzhou was rehearsing a play in the courtyard of the Commercial Bureau, and Zhang Junsheng, the head of the county political work group, called him aside and said, "Go, go with me to the troupe to see and go." Zhang Xingzhou said: "I can't enter the door of the troupe twice." He said, "It's about learning!" walk. Forcibly pulling Zhang Xingzhou to the door of the troupe, who knows, the people of the troupe saw Zhang Xingzhou coming, they all clapped and said: "Welcome the old comrades back to the team!" "It caught him off guard. As a result, Zhang Xingzhou returned to the county troupe.
In 1971, when performing the modern play "Sha Jiabang", Zhang Xingzhou was injured in a stage accident and left the stage to study coaching art at the Shaanxi Provincial Opera Research Institute. In 1972, Zhou's literary and art class was established, and he returned to the junior class as a coach. In the teaching practice, he put the student's physical training in the first place, a large number of students learned the theory of human body mechanics, Newton's law of inertia, etc., so that students master the skills of high-altitude soaring and flying, after theoretical and practical training, the students straight backflip 360 degrees, formerly known as twist flower ti; small flip front flutter and string front flutter and other front flips are also trained; in the training shuttlecock worker, inherit the tradition, requiring "go up an egg, down a line". Through performances such as "Yangmen Female General", "Yandang Mountain", "Chasing Fish" and so on, these churning techniques have obtained the effect of sublimating the climax of the stage.
Wang Tianyuan, the former secretary of the county party committee, often watched him practice exercises for students in the juvenile literature and art class, copy his heels, and teach his body, and then came to Zhang Xingzhou's house to talk for more than an hour. Secretary Wang said, "You are working too hard! It's not easy to do art. You are strict with your students, and your students' heeling skills are really good! What difficulties do you have in your family that I need to help you solve? I can do it. Zhang Xingzhou just talked about what was missing in teaching, and the problem of students staying cold after practicing in winter. Secretary Wang said, "What do you say is missing?" I'll do it! He said: "Practice needs a blanket, practice needs a piano, can you make a cotton coat for the students?" Acting in "Little Eighth Road" does not have costumes, lights, sets, etc. at present..." Secretary Wang wrote down Teacher Zhang's requirements in the book. A month later, Secretary Wang informed Teacher Zhang: "How much does it cost to talk about those things?" You count it, and I'll have you pay for it. As for the piano, I will write a note, and you will send someone to Shaanxi Normal University to play it. "It didn't take long for the money and the piano to be in place. "Little Eight Road" was about to be staged after intense rehearsals, but Secretary Wang was seriously ill and hospitalized, and soon, a secretary who cared about and loved the cause of literature and art left, and did not watch the performance of "Little Eighth Road", which made people feel doubly sad.
In the junior literature and art class, Zhang Xingzhou rehearsed "Little Eighth Road" and "Pulling a Car" for the students, cooperated with rehearsals of plays such as "Rhododendron Mountain", "Maple Bay", "Island Female Militia", "Shajiabang" and so on, and was also invited to Huxian County and other places to rehearse "Little Eighth Road". After strict and solid training, the juvenile literary and art class was already famous in the Xianyang area at that time, especially the performance of "Little Eighth Road", and the Qin Opera Troupe and gaoling troupe in Lanzhou, Gansu Province, came to the literary and art class many times to study. When Liu Qicai, the former director of the Provincial Art School, was teaching at the Xianyang Yu Opera Troupe, he watched "Little Eight Road" and personally led the team to exchange experiences. In the Spring Festival of 1974, the Xianyang area and the Zhouzhi County Party Committee specially invited the youth literary and art class touring troops, Yangling and other places to perform condolences.
The first batch of students are not only professional and solid, but also have a high cultural quality, can play and sing, can write and fight. In that ultra-left era, students in the juvenile literary and art class were employed in various literary and art groups without issuing a graduation certificate. Zhang Xingzhou was transferred to the Zhouzhi Xiaowangjian ForestRy Checkpoint as a station manager. Ren Wei, a trainee, was admitted to the China Academy of Film Arts and assigned to work in the Shanghai Film Studio; Hu Xincheng was appointed as a director in the Qin Opera Troupe in Jinchang City, Gansu Province; Zhang Naijian was admitted to the Xi'an Conservatory of Music and is now a professor in the United States; Jia Lianlian was the dean of the Lu Xun Art Academy in Yan'an; Liu Fuyun worked in the Urumqi Theater Troupe in Xinjiang and became a famous composer; Yang Guoqiang worked in the Xi'an Yi Folk Society, which was the mainstay of the society; Ren Xinping was transferred to Huxian County as the chairman of the glass factory trade union; Fu Ailan worked in the Zhouzhi Troupe and was later transferred to the Zhouzhi County Personnel Bureau.
One night, Li Jinghan, director of the Propaganda Department of the county party committee, stayed at the checkpoint. Zhang Xingzhou got up in the morning to practice his sword on the side of the highway, and minister Li saw it after getting up and said, "Old Zhang, are you practicing xiqu sword?" He said, "How do you recognize?" Minister Li said: "I love opera very much, why would I not recognize it?" Zhang Xingzhou said: "I used to work in the troupe, and then I was transferred to the junior literary and art class as a coach. Minister Li said excitedly: "Now that we want to re-establish the drama school, I am worried that there is no one to teach!" Anyone can do the checkpoint, you are engaged in art, you are transferred to the drama school. Less than a week later, the forest farm informed Zhang Xingzhou to go to the field department for a meeting, and at the meeting, the transfer order was announced, and a car was sent to send him to the drama school.
The site of the drama school was chosen opposite the Forest Farm of the Furen Weihe River, with dilapidated houses, weeds and roots of acacia trees in the courtyard. Teachers spent a week digging up roots, pulling artemisia grass, and then issuing admission notices. The school was named Zhouzhi Hongqi Drama School, which was later renamed Zhouzhi Drama School. The students studied in school for several years, and after strict training in basic skills, rehearsed dozens of plays such as "Double Brocade", dozens of plays such as "Zhou Ren Huifu" and "Double Luo Shirt", and folding plays such as "Yellow Crane Tower" and "Ma Chao Crying Head".
In 1978, the Xianyang Youth and Middle-Aged Performance, Zhou Zhi Drama School's "Zhou Ren Huifu", "Chai Sang Guan", "Killing the Temple", and "Catching the Slope" participated in the performance, and the judges and the audience clapped their hands and applauded. After the show ended, Zheng Jinlian, the lead actor of "Zhou Ren Huifu", won the first prize, and the main actors of "Chai Sangguan" and "Killing Temple" rehearsed by Zhang Xingzhou won the second prize. Later, when the performance at the Tozan Theater was full, the Huxian audience praised: "The play of this doll class is better than that of the adults!" The first folding play performed one night was "Yellow Crane Tower" starring He Hongxing, He Hongxing's performance style, temperament, and charm were unique, but there was a performance that did not pass, and just after taking off the stage, he was called to the dormitory by Zhang Xingzhou, took a stick in his hand and smoked a few times, and said seriously: "Why do you usually act?" Why is it not good to perform in this elegant hall tonight? When he was still about to whipp, a blind artist surnamed Qi sitting on the side hurriedly said: "Baby, quickly admit the mistake to the teacher, don't make the teacher angry, the teacher is for you to become a talent!" He Hongxing bowed his head and admitted his mistake. Later, He Hongxing was admitted to the provincial art school, and after graduation, he worked in the May Day Theater Troupe and married his classmate Qi Aiyun, the winner of the Plum Blossom Award. Talking about this matter in a meeting, He Hongxing said: "Teacher Zhang, do you remember who was the blind artist who asked me to call you back when you beat me at the Huxian Theater that year?" He is Qi Aiyun's uncle! It was a coincidence that the second father-in-law was still interceding for me at that time! "Zhang Xingzhou's requirements for students are very strict, and they must do a good job in accordance with the norms in rehearsals, and students do not dare to be sloppy in the rehearsal field." However, after the rehearsal, it was relaxed, and it was time to joke and joke, and the occasion was clear, so the students were afraid and loved Teacher Zhang.
This group of students have solid basic skills, culture classes, music classes are very strong, through several years of tempering in school, most of them have been accepted into the Zhou Zhi Troupe after graduation. They have quality, culture, responsibility, organizational and management capabilities, after entering the troupe, they have brought a good style, good technology, and good system, and all the students who graduated from Zhouzhi Drama School are transferred to the troupe are the backbone, and the transfer to other units is the main leader of the unit, and the reason why the Zhouzhi Troupe can win the Ministry of Culture award is mainly the fresh blood and new strength brought by these students. Chen Xiaojian served as the director of CCTV; He Hongxing served as the artistic director of the Qinxiang Art Theater in Xi'an City; Li Xuyang served as the school director of the Shaanxi Provincial Academy of Arts; Li Xuanli served as the secretary of the Zhouzhi Film Company; Zhang Ying served as the secretary of the library; Zhu Fangshe served as the secretary of the county cultural center; Zhang Xinyu served as the principal of the Zhouzhi County Art Vocational School; Qiang Meifeng served as the vice principal and director of the Zhouzhi County Art Vocational School; Zhang Taiyun was transferred to the county finance bureau; Zhou Naimin worked in the county tobacco company; Hu Xinbing served as the director of the Baoji People's Theater Troupe; and Zhang Lixia served as an actor in the Xiqu Research Institute Chao Hongbo served as an actor in the Xi'an Yi Folk Society; Guo Jinfang, Sun Weihua, Tao Fanfan, Zheng Jinlian, and Guo Kanglao were the main backbones of the Lanzhou Qin Opera Troupe and the Jinchang City Art Troupe, respectively; Sun Duoxiang served as the head of the Zhou Zhi Opera Troupe and Chen Youjun served as the deputy head of the troupe; Chen Xiaoxia and Chen Lian served as the leaders of the Xianyang Opera Troupe. It can be seen that the Zhouzhi Drama School is full of talents, and after the first batch of students have performed in internships, the Zhouzhi Drama School is known as the cradle of the Qin Cavity in the five northwestern provinces.
In 1984, when the second enrollment was held, more than 800 students took the admissions examination, due to the great influence of the school, the number of students who applied for the examination was very large, and the school specially invited Song Shanghua and Yang Lingguo teachers from the Yi Folk Society to select materials for the school's enrollment. The second batch of students underwent professional skills, cultural classes and other training, and invited the music academy, opera research institute, Yi Folk Society teachers to rehearse for the students "Yangmen Female General", "Spring River Moon", "Loyalty to the Country", "Hibiscus Flower Fairy", "The Legend of the Green Snake", "Yandang Mountain" and other plays. Students Hou Hongqin, Chen Chaowu, Zhang Ya'e, Yang Xiaoyan, Shang Aijun, Yang Mingli and Zhang Xiaobing were admitted to provincial and municipal art schools. After graduation, they served as the main leaders and main backbones of the Xiqu Research Institute, the Sanyi Society, and the Yi Folk Society. Shang Aijun, Liang Junhai, Zhou Changqi and Liu Shuitao are the main backbone of the Xiqu Research Institute. Deng Xiaogang worked in the Qin cavity genre center; Zhao Qiaomiao opened the "Qiaomiao Theater Troupe" after leaving the Zhouzhi Troupe, which was very influential in the surrounding areas of Zhouzhi; After Winning the title of "Shenzhen Dance King" in Shenzhen, Lu Ou returned to Xi'an to establish the Xi'an Aoge Culture Company; He Fanli and Ma Qiming served as directors and coaches at the Zhouzhi Art Vocational School; Liang Bianjiang served as the leader of the Xunyi County Theater Troupe; Zhang Weizhen served as the main leader of the Pingliang Qin Opera Troupe; and Wang Qunhou served as the head of the business group in the Zhouzhi Troupe. Wang Qiaohui, Pang Ganghu and Zhang Jianrong served as the main backbone actors in the Zhouzhi, Huxian and Changwu Troupes respectively.
In 1990, the school was renamed Zhouzhi County Art Vocational School, and the art major was added to the enrollment. This time, the school changed the troupe type to an educational type, and Zhang Xingzhou drafted and wrote the "Teaching Syllabus" for each major. Students' physical training, instrumental music training, and art majors are all taught according to the class time, changing the troupe-type mode, changing the traditional training method of masters and apprentices, increasing the goal plan, and writing a written rehearsal plan, script analysis, student analysis, character analysis, artistic conception, stage orientation map, etc. every time a play is rehearsed, which is more rigorous and rigorous than in the past. After graduation, students are employed in literary and art groups such as Shaanxi and Gansu, and they also start their own businesses. Student Hou Honglin founded Century Kevin Culture Company and Silk Road Art Theater, which had a great influence. The 93rd and 95th grades were also outstanding, with Qu Shuhong, Gong Xiaohong and other students entering the Sanyi Society; Li Minqiang, Deng Xumin, etc. entering the Xiqu Research Institute; Chen Pengtao serving as the head of the business troupe in Zhouzhi Troupe; Gao Wuping serving as the head of the Huxian Troupe; and most of the students became the main actors of the surrounding troupes. Guo Shaojie, Ju Min, Hou Xiaoming, Wang Xiaodong, Zhang Haiyang, Zhang Wei and other students have gone to the road of acting.
"Playing Firewood and Persuading Brothers", rehearsed by Zhang Xingzhou for class 99 student Tao Fei, participated in the 8th China Little Plum Blossom Competition and won the "Children's Art Little Plum Blossom Gold Award", and Teacher Zhang also won the gold medal and honorary certificate; "Red Lantern" rehearsed by him for Guan Yaling won the silver medal, and Teacher Zhang also won the silver medal and honorary certificate. At the 9th China Little Plum Blossom Competition, "Pan Gut Battle" rehearsed by Zhang Xingzhou for Gao Shuaidong won the gold medal, and Teacher Zhang also won the gold medal and honorary certificate. During this period, Zhang Xingzhou also wrote the small drama "Bao Gong Receiving Gifts", which was awarded the "Third Prize of "100 Counties And Thousands of Literary and Art Performance Scripts" by the Provincial Drama Association, the Provincial Department of Culture, the Provincial Department of Agriculture, and the Provincial Spiritual Civilization Office. In 1999, under the responsibility of Zhang Juntian (then the principal), Zhang Xingzhou rehearsed the Zhou Zhi folk art "Bamboo Horse" with a huge group exercise, and participated in the China Ancient Culture and Art Festival at the Xi'an Stadium, where Teacher Zhang received the honorary certificate of advanced worker.
When rehearsing "Qianyuan Mountain", Chen Yao played Nezha, and Zhang Xingzhou worked hard from his personality characteristics, first developing Nezha's innocent and lively, playful and cute personality, which was praised after the show. Ji Fuji, president of the former Yi Folk Society, commented: "The characteristic of this play is to dig out the character of a naïve and cute child, which is very good. In the children's competition program, Zhang Xingzhou rehearsed the "Pan Intestinal Battle" for Gao Shuaidong, boldly on the basis of tradition, creatively wrote with colored silk as an intestine, when the gun stabbed into Luo Tong's stomach, to the stage exit, Luo Tong immediately endured the pain, pulled out the red silk to continue fighting, showing the heroic temperament of Luo Tong. The applause at the Xi'an Xi'an Opera Research Institute Theater was thunderous. Yang Yunfeng, a researcher at the Shaanxi Provincial Art Research Institute, said backstage: "I have seen Kang Shaoyi's cross-gut battles, and today I watched your rehearsal play, which is very distinctive, and this idea is good." The play was awarded the Little Plum Blossom Gold Award. Zhang Xingzhou's rehearsals for students such as "Flame Foal", "Yangmen Female General", "Yutang Spring" and so on participated in the show, which were recognized by experts. In the play "Safe Production" created for Ma'anqiao Gold Mine, using the students' churning skills and using imagery techniques, dozens of small actors who played the ore rolled in the air in the explosion of the Luohan shape, lifting tendons, forward swooping, flipping, hanging six hairs and other actions, which suddenly raised the stage to a climax, which was praised by the judges. The medium-sized small play in praise of the hero Liu Chang, who was also rehearsed for the highway section, performed at the Xi'an Yi Folk Grand Theater and also won the Performance Excellence Award.
On June 23, 2018, the 40th anniversary of Zhouzhi County Art Vocational School, in order to repay The outstanding contribution made by Teacher Zhang Xingzhou to revitalize the art of Zhouzhi Qin, the school specially hired Zhang Xingzhou as a "lifelong instructor".
(Mr. Zhang Xingzhou is my father, who has dedicated his life to the cause of Zhou Zhi's Qin Cavity, and would like to wish my father good health and happy old age with this article!) ）