Modern Express News (Reporter Song Jingwei / Wen Niu Huaxin / Photo) "Li Niang leaves the soul, the master star meteorite, empty whimpering. The moon is reborn, the Kuntan is raised, and the lights are red again. At 12:56 noon on January 6, Zhang Jiqing, a famous Kunqu performance artist, a national first-class actor and a representative inheritor of Kunqu opera of the national intangible cultural heritage project, died in Nanjing at the age of 83. As soon as the news came out, the entire opera industry fell into grief. At 9:30 a.m. on January 8, the farewell ceremony of Kunqu master Zhang Jiqing was held in the Zhiyuan Hall of Nanjing Funeral Home, and flower baskets and wreaths from theaters, art troupes, research centers and individuals from all over the country filled the two sides of the hall with deep mourning. When the hall resounded again when the "Leaving the Soul" in "Peony Pavilion" was folded, the hearts of the people were broken, and in a trance, Du Liniang smiled, walked in style, and gently left, and the soul returned to the dream...
△ Farewell hall
She is a national treasure-level master of virtue and art
The farewell hall was solemn and solemn, and the mourning was low. Xu Ning, deputy director of the Propaganda Department of the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee, Zhang Jianhua, chairman of the Jiangsu Provincial Federation of Literary and Art Circles, Shui Jiayue, secretary of the party leading group, executive vice chairman and first secretary of the secretariat of the Jiangsu Provincial Federation of Literary and Art Circles, Chang Shengmei, deputy director of the Department of Culture and Tourism of Jiangsu Province and member of the party group, and Zheng Zeyun, secretary of the party committee and chairman of the board of directors of Jiangsu Performing Arts Group Co., Ltd., attended the farewell ceremony.
△ Zhang Jiqing
Just as Bang Lian "Li Niang left the soul, the master star fell, and the air whimpered." The moon is reborn, the Kuntan is up, and the lights are red again" summarized, Zhang Jiqing's life is a legend. On January 3, 1939, Zhang Jiqing was born in Wuqing Town (now Wuzhen) in Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province, and his original name was Zhang Yiqing. Zhang Jiqing began to learn opera performance from the age of 13, teaching Yu Zhenfei, Shen Chuanzhi, Yao Chuanqian, Yu Xihou and other famous artists, the opera road is broad, Zhengdan, Wudan, Liudan are all good, the performance is implicit, the singing voice is strong and soft, is an outstanding representative among the first batch of Kunqu heirs cultivated and grown up after the founding of New China, is the first Chinese drama plum blossom award list, known as the Queen of Chinese Kunqu Opera, Danjiao Festival.
The two plays "Peony Pavilion" and "Zhu Maichen Divorce" are Zhang Jiqing's representative works. Among them, especially with the "Dream" in "Zhu Maichen's Divorce", "Dream" in "Peony Pavilion" in the "Frightening Dream" and "Dream Hunting" three folds of outstanding performances at home and abroad, so there is a reputation of "Zhang Sanmeng". She has also performed in Italy, Germany, France and other countries many times, and has received warm welcome and high praise.
Xu Ning, deputy director of the Propaganda Department of the Provincial CPC Committee, said at the farewell ceremony that Mr. Zhang Jiqing has worked quietly on the stage all his life, devoted himself to the inheritance and development of Kunqu opera, and left many fine works with bones, morality and temperature. The unfortunate death of Mr. Zhang Jiqing has caused us to lose a national treasure-level master of virtue and art, which is a major loss to Jiangsu's literary and artistic undertakings. Today, although Mr. Zhang Jiqing has left us, her dedication and tenacity to art as her life and dedication to art are worthy of our eternal learning and remembrance! "
Dedicate your life to Kunqu opera and infect the next generation with seriousness
Zhang Jiqing once said that in her lifetime, she had a dream about Kunqu opera. Along the way, she has contributed almost all her mental efforts to Kunqu Opera, every singing voice, every posture, every eye wave flow, which has both a deep historical tradition and a rich sense of personal constant thinking.
△ Zhang Jiqing (right) performs
Nearly 70 years have passed since he began studying Kunqu opera in 1954, but Zhang Jiqing's attitude toward Kunqu opera has never changed, that is, "seriousness.". I'm a stupid person who only does one thing in my life, which is acting. My husband kept saying to me: You're just too serious. Zhang Jiqing said in an interview with the Modern Express reporter before her death that if she performed at 7:30 p.m., she must have arrived backstage at 4:30 p.m. and put on makeup and wrapped her head early. Whether it's a big show or a small show, she doesn't sit down," because the clothes that are hard to iron will wrinkle when she sits. "
Her "serious" energy has also been passed on to the next generation of Kunqu people. When training the heroine of the youth version of "Peony Pavilion", Zhang Jiqing put away his usual kindness, and a water sleeve action required the actor to practice more than thirty times, to what height to throw what length, to what position the flute sound, one board and one glance. In 2012, Zhang Jiqing accepted Shan Wen, an actor from the Kun Theater of Jiangsu Performing Arts Group, as an apprentice, "I still have no drama to teach her, but her performances are too much and she is very busy." I often told her that no matter how many performances she performed, she must complete it carefully and must not be sloppy. "
Years later, Shan Wen learned the 5 folding plays of Zhang Jiqing's version of "Peony Pavilion" and brought it to the stage of competing for the 29th Plum Blossom Award, and won the top of the plum blossom award, which is a touching legacy.
△ Zhang Jiqing as Du Liniang
At the farewell ceremony, as Zhang Jiqing's disciple, Shan Wen was saddened, she said: "In 1984, the teacher won the Plum Blossom Award's "Peony Pavilion" reappeared on my body, and our master and apprentice achieved a legend in the opera industry through the same play, the same role, and the top honor of the same award, I know that this is an honor, but also a responsibility. The teacher not only gave me art, but also gave me a different spirit of being a person. Shan Wen said that she will inherit the artistic spirit of the teacher with her sisters and continue to extend the glory on the stage with "Peony Pavilion" and Du Liniang.
All sectors of society spontaneously mourned, unforgettable peace and closeness to Grandma Zhang
Due to the prevention and control of the epidemic, many fans have chosen to send flowers to the master in the online condolence hall, "There is no longer Zhang Sanmeng in the world, and there is Du Liniang in heaven now." "Farewell to Grandma Zhang, thank you for the beauty you have created, we will always love Kunqu to protect Kunqu." ...... Message after message, send mourning.
△ Before the farewell ceremony, many relatives, friends and colleagues gathered outside the door
Many industry insiders and opera lovers have also published memorial articles. Composer Xu Xiaoming burst into tears after learning of Zhang Jiqing's death. Forty-two years ago today, on the first day I went to chaotian palace to report, I saw you as a kind neighbor sister. The fate of my Kunqu opera is inseparable from you from now on. Music critic Zhang Keju lamented how fortunate he was to have seen the most wonderful "Peony Pavilion" in his later years by Teacher Zhang Jiqing in his life. Singing skills, stage steps, still impeccable, a song "Ji Xian Bin" after listening, I don't know what night it is. Writer Chen Jun wrote in "Remembrance | The Voice of China - The Impression of Mr. Zhang Jiqing wrote: "Thirty years ago, Zhang Geng looked at Zhang Jiqing and saw the 'good voice of China'. "
The day before the farewell ceremony, many fans spontaneously came to The Drum Tower Taikang Hospital to bid farewell to Zhang Jiqing. Among them were white-haired old men and young people with flourishing spirits. They bowed deeply and sent a bouquet of flowers as a sign of mourning.
Kunqu opera lover Gao Fang is an old opera fan, as a representative of Shan Wen's fan group, he went to mourn Mr. Zhang Jiqing with a heavy heart, "We are all kunqu opera fans, in our hearts, she is unique, because Zhang Jiqing is not a person, a name, but represents a level of Kunqu art. "
Fading the light on the stage, Zhang Jiqing is peaceful and close, always smiling and squinting, and fans always call her Grandma Zhang in private. Zhou Weiye, a student at Nanjing Normal University, loves opera and not only listens to it, but also learns it. "I hate that I didn't have ten years early and didn't have the opportunity to see Teacher Zhang's performance with my own eyes." In the eyes of Zhou Weiye, the image of Zhang Jiqing is like the grandmother next door, although it may not be up to The achievements of Teacher Zhang Jiqing in opera, but in terms of doing things, he must learn from Teacher Zhang Jiqing and take every step of the way.
(Edited by Zhang Yu)