Li Weijian recalls Chang Guitian: He left good works for young people to perform

Beijing News (Reporter Liu Zhen) The famous cross-talk actor Chang Guitian died in Beijing at 00:38 on November 30, 2018 at the age of 76 due to ineffective medical treatment. The Beijing News reporter contacted the cross-talk actor Li Weijian for the first time, and while remembering Mr. Chang Guitian, he also recalled the past of the two.

Li Weijian said that his enlightenment teachers were Chang Baohua, Chang Guitian, Jiang Kun and Hou Yaowen, and he met Mr. Chang Guitian when he was 7 years old. He recalled: "Mr. Chang Guitian had a great influence on me personally, since I was a child, I listened to his cross-talk, including "Hat Factory", "Bell Score", "High People First Class" and other works, he was a cross-talk actor with strong original ability, breaking the past performance mode, the works are more avant-garde, and always walk in the forefront of cross-talk art. ”

Chang Guitian profile picture. Photo/Visual China

The last time Li Weijian met Mr. Chang Guitian was at the beginning of this year. According to his recollection, he was surprised that he did not see Mr. Chang Guitian at the eulogy of Mr. Chang Baohua. Later, I learned that Mr. Chang Guitian had been hospitalized at that time. "At that time, I learned that he was not in good health, so I wanted to visit him, but his family told me that Mr. Chang's health was not recovering very well, and it was not too late to come back when his condition improved." I didn't expect to receive the news of his death in the early hours of this morning, and I regret not being able to see him. ”

Recalling the past, Li Weijian said that he learned cross-talk with Chang Guitian since he was a child, and every time they met, they would talk about original cross-talk works and the current development status. Li Weijian said: "Mr. Chang is very caring for young people, has no shelf, and is approachable. Mr. Chang especially liked one of my works before he died, called "Interesting Slogans", which he later got but did not perform, but left the work to young people."

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