Li Maigang is not only an accomplished performance artist in the Qin Cavity Circle, but also an excellent party member with excellent thinking and style, who not only has a strong sense of dedication and responsibility, but also has a good professional ethics. Before his retirement, he was the main actor of the troupe and the head of the business troupe, but he never took credit for himself, and always worked hard with his comrades as an ordinary soldier to complete the task. In the performance, he was serious and meticulous, and insisted on "five same": one in urban and rural areas, one in day and night, how many the audience was the same, the conditions were good or bad, and the starring and supporting roles were the same. Sometimes three performances a day, the field is selling hard, often with illness to work, hanging needles at night, and performing during the day. In terms of inheritance, he has never been conservative, willing to be a ladder, has made the stage and let the play for young actors many times, and took the initiative to teach skills, which is well known in the Qin cavity circle.
After retiring in June 2001, Li Maigang could live comfortably at home and enjoy the blessings, but he did not stop, and when the troupe needed to perform, he did not shirk. Under the impact of the turbulent waves of the market economy, the big waves are sandy, and some people in the literary and art circles are dizzy by the impact of the "tide of Qiantang", and everything looks to "money", opening their mouths to "Kong Fang Brother" and closing their mouths to "Kong Fang Brother". But Li Maigang did not change his original intention, loyal to the people, loyal to the cause of Qin Xiang art. As the saying goes, it is not easy to act on stage, and it is more difficult for people offstage to act, and he has achieved the best of both worlds. Ill-gotten gains are not taken, and some of the money he deserves is something he does not want. Whenever he encountered the Hope Project, charity, and disaster relief charity performances, he actively participated in them and silently wrote his Spring and Autumn with painstaking efforts. In order to pass on the art to the next generation, he disregarded his old age and physical decline, and taught drama to young people one by one, what a valuable artistic style. Li Maigang, as a Qin Cavity performance artist with both virtue and art, is well-deserved!
Li MaiGang Liang Yu "Bao Gong Compensation"
Excerpt from Hu Wenlong's "The Artistic Life of Li Maigang"
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