There are three major families in the cross-talk industry: the Chang family, the Hou family, and the Ma family, and the representative figures of the Chang family are Chang Lian'an and the nine mushrooms, and the most contributory to the development of the Chang family is not the small mushroom Chang Baokun.
In 1922, Chang Baokun was born in Zhangjiakou, which is the eldest son of Chang Lian'an, from the age of four, he followed his father to "pick up the land" to sell art, because Zhangjiakou is rich in mushrooms, so people affectionately gave him a nickname, called small mushrooms, and later his brothers also lined up the characters according to mushrooms.
When Chang Baokun's eldest son, Chang Guitian, was born, he was affectionately called "Mushroom Ding'er" by Ma Sanli, which shows the profound influence of the title mushroom on the Chang family.
Among the brothers of the Chang family, Chang Baokun is undoubtedly the one with the highest artistic achievements, and he has special expectations for cross-talk, coming to Tianjin to sell art at the age of seven, and worshiping Zhang Shouchen, who is known as the "King of Cross-Talk", as a teacher at the age of nine.
After that, he entered the tea house to perform, and also performed in theaters and other places, and his father Chang Lian'an would often praise him; after 1937, he began to cooperate with Zhao Peiru to create a myth in the cross-talk industry, and in 1939, there was a praise for "cross-talk taidou" in Tianjin, when his fame and prestige were roughly on the same level as Zhang Shouchen.
At a young age, there is such an achievement and popularity, there is no second person in the cross-talk industry, dare not say that there is no one after, but at least there is no ancient person.
Artists have a low status in the old society, they are the last of the lower nine streams, and they are the objects that anyone can bully. When Chang Baokun was on the ground, he once used his head as an ashtray, and his head was covered with scars from being scalded by cigarette butts.
When the new government was formed, it gave the artists an unprecedented status and stirred their deep patriotism. In the face of the call, Chang Baokun embarked on the journey of condolence performance, but never returned, Ma Ge wrapped the body in the cross-talk actor to perform, the meaning of which is deeper.
Chang Baokun's funeral alarmed half of tianjin, and more than 800,000 people spontaneously sent off. That is to say that the actors who were arrested and imprisoned in the tooth powder bag were actors who gave their lives to the country, and actors who dared to speak out.
The 29-year-old Chang Baokun, forever 29 years old, left behind the title of People's Artist, the first person in the cross-talk industry; a son, Chang Guitian, who worshiped under his partner; and an apprentice, Su Wenmao, who later became a "Master of Wenbei".
Chang Baokun was a good master, and when he accepted the apprentice, he abolished many policies of oppression of the apprentice, and his love for the apprentice was also well known, and there was an opportunity to describe it in detail.
Chang Baokun often performs more than 100 pieces of music, recorded more than 20 records, and retains works such as "Da Shang Shou", "Noisy Gongtang", "Noodle Jar" and so on. At the same time, he also played backstory Peking Opera, playing flower faces and clowns, which also caused quite a stir.
Why can Chang Baokun's art be pure? In addition to his own strong artistic talent, it also has a lot to do with his regard for art as life and great efforts to study.
At that time, the actor's life was very hard, and he had to perform frequently between radio and theater every day to make a living, and he had to perform at least two or three times a day, so naturally there was no time for creation and rehearsal.
But Chang Baokun did not relax, using all his spare time with his partner to study creation and familiar with rehearsals, he and Chang Baokun took the tram to catch the yard, in the car to say words, often sat at the station, looked at each other and smiled and got off the train.
Chang Baokun was also like this when he was at home, sometimes eating and eating, and his chopsticks fell to the ground, but he himself did not know it. The mother also knew that he was reciting the words, and also gently shouted: "Baokun eat, don't memorize the words", and Chang Baokun is also like waking up from a big dream, mechanically pulling the rice.
Hurriedly eating two mouthfuls of rice, Chang Baokun put down his chopsticks and plunged into the toilet, there was no room for himself, Chang Baokun was in the toilet to create and rehearse.
At that time, several families in a compound shared a toilet, and the neighbors were most afraid of Chang Baokun going to the toilet, because he did not come out as soon as he entered, and he did not know how many people danced outside the toilet with their stomachs held their stomachs.
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