An outstanding opera Danjiao artist, if there is no outstanding good student to assist, then his acting path will not be so perfect, nor will it reach a certain height.
Mei Lanfang was very lucky, he had a small famous jiang Miaoxiang by his side, who assisted him all his life. Then Cheng Yanqiu was slightly sorry, why? Because he looked up to Yu Zhenfei, a good student, he did not cooperate with him for a lifetime. But there are many reasons for this, there are reasons for both of them, sometimes objective things, it is true that people's will is not transferred, the world is unpredictable.
Young Cheng Yanqiu
In 1922, Cheng Yanqiu went to Shanghai to perform, of course, his performance was very successful, people even said that his new style and new songs had become a school. In order to make his art more refined, Cheng Yanqiu decided to perform several more Kunqu operas. It is still easier to find supporting roles in Peking Opera, but it is more difficult to perform Kunqu opera, because Kunqu opera has strict requirements for the artist's body and body method, and cannot be done arbitrarily.
So he searched around and finally found Yu Zhenfei, who was 21 years old at the time. Later, when he inquired, it turned out that this was actually the son of Yu Sulu, a famous Kunqu opera artist in Jiangnan, who played Kunqu opera only as a ticket play and did not want to go to the sea. Of course, there was also a reason for his father. My father knew that the food in this line was not delicious, so he was not allowed to go to the sea to sing.
Then Cheng Yanqiu invited many people to try to say peace, and finally his father just agreed to let his son and Cheng Yanqiu make a cameo, so in the autumn of the following year, Cheng Yanqiu and Yu Zhenfei performed the famous Kunqu opera "Peony Pavilion - Garden Dreams" on the Shanghai Dangui Stage, which was a great success.
Cheng Yanqiu Yu Zhenfei performed "Peony Pavilion - Dream of Visiting the Garden"
Speaking of which, Cheng Yanqiu's Kunqu opera has a foundation, and he once studied Kunqu with the famous Northern Kunqu artists Qiao Huilan, Xie Kunquan, and Zhang Yunqing. So he and Yu Zhenfei's "Peony Pavilion - Garden Fright Dream" was very successful, Luo Luogong wrote in the newspaper at that time that their cooperation was "sun and moon combination" and "daishu twin", that year Yu Zhenfei was 22 years old, Cheng Yanqiu was 19 years old.
After that, they cooperated several times in 1925 and 1928, and they worked very well together. Both enjoyed appreciating each other's art and decided to have the opportunity to cooperate further in the future.
In the autumn of 1930, Mr. Su Lu, Yu's father, died of illness. Then Cheng Yanqiu led the banshe to Shanghai to perform, and this time he invited Yu Zhenfei to cooperate and encouraged him to go to the sea. At that time, a ticket holder who wanted to go to the sea had to worship a real internal practitioner, otherwise he could not take a class to sing a business drama. Therefore, under the recommendation of Cheng Yanqiu, Yu Zhenfei worshiped the famous Xiaosheng master Cheng Jixian as a teacher and learned the xiaosheng art of the Beijing Dynasty school.
Xiaosheng's predecessor artist Cheng Jixian
In fact, Cheng Jixian was able to receive Yu Zhenfei, but also inherited Cheng Yanqiu's human feelings, because Cheng Jixian was in Cheng Yanqiu's class society, once fell to his waist, he was during his recuperation, Cheng Yanqiu wrapped silver photos is very atmospheric, then Cheng Yanqiu introduced Yu Zhenfei and he learned to play, and the old man was not embarrassed to resign.
In this way, Yu Zhenfei and Cheng Jixian studied drama for more than half a year, and basically learned some things of the Jing Dynasty School, because he had a kunqu foundation, so his body and singing were not bad. However, Cheng Jixian, out of selfishness, still had certain requirements for him, and Teacher Cheng said to Yu students: Don't act in the old drama first. The implication is that I still sing the old drama, what do you play me eating? It's interesting.
Therefore, in the past, it was really not easy to sing on stage, although Cheng Yanqiu spent a lot of money to invite Yu Zhenfei from the south, but some people in the class, do not know what kind of psychology, feel that Yu Zhenfei hindered their interests, or often made bad behind their backs. Therefore, Yu Zhenfei did not have a good life in the Cheng Ban Society, and he was always squeezed out of the nest, but under normal circumstances, he also endured.
Cheng Yanqiu Yu Zhenfei "Mirror Rim"
What made Yu Zhenfei erupt was a stage accident that seemed to be a small thing, but actually had a long-standing grudge. One day, Yu Zhenfei performed "Yuanmen Shooting". The drum bully him, several times to give him a trip, but Yu Zhenfei has a defense, there are no dangers to dodge, the result of the drum suddenly gave a shuttlecock, this idea and his performance is not at all set, this time yu Zhenfei on the stage made a big eye, he was overwhelmed, on the stage for a few seconds and did nothing, this is equivalent to smashing the field, the bottom of the stage will not do it, pour a good sound, the false sound is also one after another, this will make Yu Zhenfei angry to death, because these people in the class before this, Seeing that he was a fan who went to the sea, bullying him was not born in the line, and was still a Yankee, so he was always unfriendly to him, and he endured for a long time!
When he looked, what else was this singing? I couldn't continue singing, so I got off the stage, washed my face and turned around and left the theater, got on the train and went back to the south, and did not greet Cheng Yanqiu. This guy's Yu Ye's temper is also big enough, don't look at the usual grinding and chirping, Wen Wen Ya ya seems to have no temper, that is you did not provoke him, that clay man and three points of anger, this is to annoy an honest person.
Cheng Yanqiu Yu Zhenfei co-starred in "Spring Dream"
This is the second time he has cooperated with Cheng Yanqiu, ending with such a result.
Then, in 1934, after Cheng Yanqiu returned from Europe, he felt that it was too difficult to find a good student, so he invited Yu Zhenfei to join his "Qiusheng Society" again for the third time. After Yu Zhenfei left Cheng Yanqiu's class, he has been working as a lecturer in a university in the south, the work is much more leisurely, but the money earned is too small, his drama addiction is very big and likes this line, so he said and made peace many times in Cheng Yanqiu, and then went to the sea again.
This time, Cheng Yanqiu gave him a lot of silver, and the team also gave him a good point, so the second time of cooperation between the two of them was the longest, about six years. Some of the famous dramas of the Cheng School, such as "Spring Dream", "Golden Lock", "Jade Lion Pendant", "Flower Boat Edge", "Mandarin Duck Tomb", "Liu Yingchun", "Red Breeze", "Green Frost Sword", "Wind Flow Stick", "Wen Ji Gui Han", "Shen Yunying", "Earn Wen Juan", "Jade Hairpin", "Fei Gong Ren" are all cooperated with Yu Zhenfei, and the cooperation is very wonderful and pleasant.
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