In the first few days, in the great martial arts drama "Longtan Bao Luo" staged by the Beijing Opera House at the Chang'an Theater, Yu Shuai, a young talent and famous martial arts actor, played the protagonist of the play, Bao Zi'an. In the third appearance, according to the rules of the play, Bao Zi'an is to "flip up" (that is, turn over and appear with his head). That day, the Chang'an Grand Theater was almost full, and the protagonist Yu Shuai "walked" three strings of heels in order to thank the enthusiastic audience: [踺子] [Xiao Tuan] hanging [蹑子], from the "back door" of the heel bucket [Xiao Flip] turned sideways [蹑子], the technical requirements are very high, not to mention the requirements to be completed in an instant, so there was a regrettable accident: Yu Shuai's heel (big tendon) was broken, he tried to stand up but could not stand up! The witty actor did not let himself stay on the stage, but used a "rolling hall", and before the audience could understand what was going on, the actor had quickly rolled into the backstage and went off.
This is a small stage accident, in the past and today, the actors who play martial arts on the stage to break the big tendons, from time to time, and the actors who sing literary dramas, sometimes on the stage suddenly lose their voices, or even "not a word", it is also difficult to avoid, but after treatment, generally can be recovered, but there are also very few people, become lifelong regrets. Therefore, protecting the self-preservation of actors and actors is a major event that must be immediately put on the agenda, especially for martial arts actors. Because this profession is a high-risk industry, and it is quite difficult to cultivate a martial arts actor, I am not sensational in saying this, but it is well-founded and listened to.
"Longtan Bao Luo", Yu Shuai as Bao Zi'an
Martial arts elites are rare
The vast and profound Peking Opera is branched. The so-called birth and ugliness, each has its own expertise, just like the current top three hospitals, each department is very finely divided, and the treatment and academics have their own expertise and characteristics. Peking opera trades should be divided into two major categories, namely, literature and martial arts. This article will not introduce the trades included in this category, but only that among the major categories of wu, it mainly includes wusheng, wudan, daomadan, wujing, hongjing, wrestling flower face, martial ugly and martial arts. Although all the trades of Peking Opera pay attention to singing, doing, reading, playing, and turning, they also have their own emphases, and this literary line focuses on singing, reading, and doing; martial arts naturally work hitting and turning. But good Wusheng, Wujing, Wudan, not only first-class martial arts, but also in the aspect of literature, such as singing, workmanship and reading white, they are also good in all aspects, reaching the first-class or even super-first-class level, which is what people often say "both literature and martial arts, Kun chaos is not blocked." However, it is too difficult to cultivate such a Peking Opera artist who is both artistic and martial arts and develops in an all-round way, which is double or even triple the effort of a single or literary or martial artist. Backstage practitioners often say "a thousand lives and a hundred Dan", indicating that there are many actors who sing shengxing and danxing, but how many martial arts elites can achieve the martial arts elites of wusheng, wujing and wuushi who can achieve both culture and martial arts? It's really rare.
As far as I know, Wen can sing and do, wu can flip, sing and do thoughts, and the door is full of spirits; Wen's, singing and doing old dramas, can all be picked up; wu, tied up, put on a thick bottom, eight-sided mighty, general demeanor; change into hugging clothes and pants, climb to the thin bottom, bravely flip down, green forest behavior, long and short hits are all the peak, it can be said that the culture and martial arts are excellent. Such Peking Opera performance artists or famous actors are only Li Shaochun, Li Wanchun, Gao Shenglin, Li Huiliang, Li Xiaochun, Zhang Baohua, Tan Yuanshou, Qian Haoliang, Li Guang and others.
Yang Xiaolou
Instead of singing famous and only known for their martial arts skills, such as the former wusheng taidou Yu Jusheng, Yang Xiaolou, Shang Heyu, Yu Zhenting, Zhou Ruian, Sun Yukun, Wang Jinlu, Yang Shengchun, Shang Changchun, Wang Mingzhong, etc., short-term martial arts students such as Zhang Yunxi, Huang Yuanqing, Li Yuanchun and so on are not many heroes. After the founding of New China. Although the two opera schools in China and Beijing have also trained many outstanding martial arts actors, such as Yang Shaochun, Gao Mukun, Ma Yuzhang, Ye Jinyuan, etc., compared with the "Thousand Lives and Hundred Dans", it is still a small witch, and from the perspective of the number of people, it is much less. The reason is that it is too difficult to fully master this skill.
Actor self-preservation is the most important
But as far as I know, these artists are basically not injured too much on stage, mainly to adapt to the environment and protect themselves. When I was working in the Li Wanchun Peking Opera Troupe, Mr. Li Wanchun and I talked about his feelings on this issue. He said: The number of live audiences does affect the mood of the actors. But something must be overcome. I once performed "Forced to Liangshan Fire and Wang Lun", and I played Lin Chong. There was a Lin Chong night run, there was a detail, Lin Chong sang "look up at the eyes..." When Lin Chong sang, his hand pointed upwards, and his eyes lifted upwards, and I saw that there were few spectators upstairs. My heart was half cold, but I thought again, no! Immediately controlled, how to act and how to act. In the past, actors sometimes did not catch up with the attendance rate. In backstage words: "There are more empty benches under the stage than there are people on stage!" "So what to do? The same must be performed to the audience by order. Tan Xinpei, the king of the Lingjie World, acted, and if he encountered rain and snow, it would also affect the upper seat. But the old man's mood was not affected at all, but said that such a bad day to see my play, this is my confidant, ah, I have to work harder, you look at people's hearts, this vision... On the contrary, if the seat sold on this day is very good, and it is difficult to find a ticket, it cannot be too "nu" and should be handled according to your own physical condition and technical situation. Especially in the past, actors had to support their families, so they paid special attention to not having accidents on stage, which was sorry for the audience and sorry for their own families. Teacher Wan Chun also smiled and said: Before the actors go on stage, they must not have selfish distractions, do not think about anything, the brain is tonight's "drama", tonight's characters, concentrate on being able to endure ah!
Although the time has flown by, the past many years, but the words spoken by Teacher Wan Chun are still in the ears, although the words are simple, but useful to the actors, it is a golden jade good word, talking about the actor's self-protection.
Li Wanchun
It is difficult for Wu Jing wu to produce talents
The martial arts in martial arts is a more difficult profession to produce talents. Because of the martial ugly, not only must the head be turned beautifully, the "short man" must walk quickly, wear the room and cross the ridge, and the skill is exquisite, that is really going to jump up and down, the speed is abnormal, and if you don't pay attention to it, something will happen. At the same time, the martial ugly must also have a crisp and bright voice. Whether you are Zhu Guangzu of "Thief Double Hook" or Yang Xiangwu of "Three Thieves nine dragon cup", there are large sections of white mouth, and if you want to speak like the wind and the pearls fall on the jade plate, you can't get it without kung fu on your throat. Therefore, martial arts is also known as "open mouth jump". At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the People's Republic, there were only a few good martial arts and ugly people, such as Dezijie, Wang Changlin, Fu Xiaoshan, and Zhang Hei. In recent decades, outstanding martial arts artists have also appeared Ye Shengzhang, Zhang Chunhua's apprentices, and at present, only Cao Yangyang and a few other high-ranking disciples of Zhang Chunhua are supporting the martial arts industry.
Finally, let's talk about the profession of Wu Jing. This line is even more biased, there are not many plays that can be starred, and there are fewer talents. This line is a line between Wusheng and Shelf Flower Face. Most of the characters played are the villains of the superb martial arts and fierce and obedient personalities. The negative characters of Zhan Shan as the king in the "Eight Great Na", commonly known as "anti-seaters", such as Cai Tianhua, Huang Longji, the blue-faced tiger in "White Water Beach", the Putian eagle in "Evil Tiger Village", the Jin Wushu in "Picking Hua Che", the Dianwei in "Zhan Puyang" and "Zhan Wancheng", and Bao Zi'an in "Jiaxing Province".
The most famous Wujing at the end of the Qing Dynasty was Xu Baocheng, who not only had excellent martial arts, but also hooked his face quickly and vividly. Next, the private Shu Xu Baocheng is also known as the Qingchun Garden of Qingsi. At that time, there were still many scenes in which Wu Jing was the protagonist, such as "Iron Cage Mountain", "Sunny House", and even the high pet in "Picking Hua Che" was played by Wu Jing. Qingchun Pu set up a Spring Stage class to sing opera, the class leader Yu Jusheng is the originator of Wusheng, once leaned on Qingchun Pu to sing "Yanyang Lou" of the erlu Wusheng Flowers Fengchun. Qingchunpu's Wujing drama was particularly good, so he kept looking for the class owner to ask for a increase in the drama, and finally Yu Jusheng was anxious, and took these wujing plays he played over and dressed up himself, so like "Picking Hua Car", "Iron Cage Mountain", especially "Picking Hua Car", became a Wusheng drama.
High-risk industries should be fully protected
There are fewer martial arts dramas, which also affects the people who study martial arts and are currently stagnant in this trip. This brings us to Yu Shuai, the martial artist. He came from the northeast, graduated from the Beijing Opera Vocational Art College, studied under Zhang Dehua, Ding Zhenchun, Yang Zhengang, Li Guichen and other famous teachers, when studying opera in school, he can bear hardships, be willing to study, be proficient in diligence, and finally succeed in his studies, and after being assigned to the Beijing Opera House, he has become a rare good seedling who can not only beat but also have a voice and sing. Under the cultivation of the leaders of the academy, "Yanyang Lou", "Jiaxing House", all "Longtan Bao Luo" and some important Wujing plays were sung by Yu Shuai, and they all won the praise of the audience, which is not an easy good result, and it is also the pride of one of the few Wujing. It was this outstanding wu jing who had a big accident, causing anxiety and sighs among the vast audience who loved Peking Opera. However, the author feels that this is not an incurable injury, in today's great strides in medical medical technology, in the near future, a photo of Yu Shuai will surely appear in front of the audience again.
In "Sunny House", Yu Shuai plays Gordon
That being said, through this accident, it once again shows that martial arts actors are a high-risk industry, and in addition to special self-protection, I appeal to the unit to buy insurance for martial arts actors. This initiative has been called for many times by Sun Yumin, the former principal of Beiju Opera. Secondly, it is necessary to check the body of the martial arts actors, at least twice a year, especially to check the bone density of the martial arts actors, osteoporosis will often lead to waist and leg injuries. In addition, I know that in the past, the troupe specializing in martial arts and the class had orthopedic massage doctors who were often invited, often examined for everyone, and had an orthopedic problem, which could be treated at any time and prevented from occurring. Finally, it is necessary to actively introduce the knowledge of scientific protection, which the Peking Opera Troupe should learn from the Chinese acrobatic troupe, and they have a set of scientific methods to protect those acrobats who climb the ladder and climb high, which is a great reference.