Mr. Zhao Huiqiu, a well-known Peking Opera performance artist, a disciple of Mr. Rong Diexian, Li Lingfeng and Mr. Xun Huisheng, died of illness in Tianjin on April 7, 2022 at the age of 94.
Zhao Huiqiu learned drama from an early age, from Mr. Rong Diexian, and later Mr. Rong went to Shanghai to develop, and then recommended him to Mr. Li Lingfeng to learn art, and accepted him as a disciple. The strict requirements and careful teaching of the teachers enabled Zhao Huiqiu to lay a solid foundation, coupled with her intelligence and studiousness, her progress was very fast, and she was appreciated by Mr. Xun Huisheng, who worshiped Mr. Xun and comprehensively inherited the xun school of performing arts. Representative works include "Red Lady" and so on.
Since the mid-1980s, Zhao Huiqiu began to fade out of the stage and worked on the Tianjin Art Advisory Committee, but she has always been close to the stage, immersed in the study of art, carefully cultivated new talents, and made great contributions to the inheritance and development of the Xun school and even the art of Peking Opera.
As one of the first actors at the founding of the Tianjin Peking Opera House, Zhao Huiqiu said emotionally before her death: "At that time, the Chinese Grand Theater was equivalent to the Vienna Golden Hall in my mind. Knowing that the Tianjin Peking Opera Troupe was to be established, rehearsing and performing at the China Grand Theater, although the income was much less than that of his own class, he was still willing to join. At that time, I said, go, I will go without making money! ”
Zhao Huiqiu is kind and modest, and she patiently teaches young actors and theater fans who come to seek advice, and at the same time humbly learns and learns from her, so no matter what artistic field she is involved in, she can be recognized by everyone.
Zhao Huiqiu's enthusiastic confession of Peking Opera is still in my ears: "I hope to inherit and develop Peking Opera, including the Xun school art, from the people to the people, and I will teach as much as I know." Peking Opera is my destiny! "I wish the old man a good journey!"
New Daily reporter Wei Xiaoming
Aunt Zhao loves to sing the big drum "Ugly End Yin Chu"
"She lives in Building 3, I live in Building 4. We are neighbors. Wei Xiaoming, a retired daily news photojournalist, said that he and Aunt Zhao had at least 30 years of friendship. When Wei Xiaoming sorted out the photos he had taken for the old man, the tears kept falling.
In addition to the performance photos, Wei Xiaoming took a large number of precious life photos for the elderly, "In the photos, she smiled as if she were just yesterday." Wei Xiaoming said that before, when the old man filled in the non-genetic heir information, it was all the photos provided by him, "Fill in the content of the form, she dictates, I fill in." ”
"We used to have a party every Monday, a few good friends played the piano and sang together, and when the party was over, they would cook their own food, and they would definitely send a copy to Aunt Zhao." Aunt Zhao also once sang a big drum at home with Ma Zhiming and others such as "Young Horse Master", "She especially likes to sing "Ugly End YinChu", and also said to me, don't look at it is a small paragraph, the words and cavity are particularly beautiful. ”
Wei Xiaoming once very bluntly advised the old man Zhao Huiqiu: "You can't smoke without leaving your hand, you must smoke less." As a result, the old lady silently "protested" a little, but instead sent a message to Wei Xiaoming, "She likes her friends and young people to visit her, from opera to life, talking non-stop... After that, I never heard it again. ”
Tang Wenquan, a scholar of tianjin local history
The old lady's artistic characteristics are professional and knowledgeable
"Teacher Zhao is too easy-going, cheerful and witty..." Tang Wenquan, a tianjin local history researcher living overseas, recalled that the first contact with teacher Zhao Huiqiu was a commemorative performance of the 60th anniversary of the 60th anniversary of the art of Mr. Li Xingeng, a famous artist and famous teacher of Tianjin Peking Opera many years ago. At that time, Teacher Zhao Huiqiu was a special guest, and Tang Wenquan was one of the organizers of the performance. At the thank-you banquet after the performance, Tang Wenquan shared the table with Zhao Huiqiu and many other famous artists, "During the banquet, she told the story of the palm and past of the pear garden industry, especially when she and Yang Sanye (Yang Baosen) performed "Dragon Play Phoenix" on the same stage, Mr. Yang performed this play with two people, one is Zhang Shuyun, and the other is her..."
Tang Wenquan said that during the banquet, the old lady had greatly praised the young actors and encouraged them to "sing well" and learned that Tang Wenquan liked opera and opera, and also sang a few beijing rhyme drums softly.
In the past two years, Tang Wenquan has created a large number of cartoons based on the old artists of Tianjin opera, opera and drama, including a painting by Zhao Huiqiu, "The artistic characteristics of the old lady are 'specialized' and 'Bo', and I chose the stage image of "WildFlowers on the Side of the Road" that she sang in a Peking Opera voice. The work is also inscribed with a sentence that the old lady improvised: "Remember my love, remember my love, remember my eighty-year-old lady..."
This work was given to Teacher Zhao Huiqiu by Tang Wenquan's friend last year, "I also received a 'thank you' relayed by my friend, and the same cartoon signed by Teacher Zhao as a souvenir, and promised to visit Teacher Zhao personally after the end of the epidemic, but I didn't expect to be separated from the old lady forever, which has become a permanent regret ..."
Opera blogger "Drama Fan Confidant"
I remember she said, "It's okay to heat up the field for everyone."
Whether it is a fan of opera or a fan of opera, we all know that Tianjin opera masters and qu artists have cooperated in a play "Daxi Huangzhuang" Zhao Huiqiu and Ma Sanli have also "partnered".
The finisher of this precious video is the famous opera blogger "Drama Fan Zhiyin". He said that in early 1989, the Tianjin Performing Arts Advisory Committee and the Tianjin Peking Opera Troupe jointly hosted the "Zhao Songqiao Stage Life 82nd Anniversary Celebration Performance", which is also a very important performance in the history of Tianjin opera performances, "of which April 18 was the last performance, and the last big axis of "Daxi Huangzhuang", the special guests were Ma Sanli and Zhao Huiqiu. ”
"Drama fan Zhiyin" provided relevant video materials to the new newspaper, "which is Zhao Huiqiu's single string, and her and Ma Sanli's performance." ”
In 2004, "Zhiyin, a fan of opera" and a group of enthusiastic opera friends, held a national gathering of opera fans at the Tianjin Theater Museum, "When we contacted Teacher Zhao, she immediately agreed." "Drama fans Zhiyin" remembered that Teacher Zhao Huiqiu still went to the Tianjin Theater Museum by herself, "We feel that our hearts are particularly unwilling to go." But what I didn't expect was that it was Teacher Zhao Huiqiu who said "I'm really embarrassed", her voice was hoarse, "I have recently had a strong voice, and I have a little difficulty in speaking, and I can't sing it to everyone, but you can rest assured, I give everyone a hot field, no problem." Teacher Zhao Huiqiu learned that this was a party held by the fans themselves, and the old lady chanted: "After the performance, I will be taken care of, you promote Peking Opera, it is good." ”
Later, "drama fan Zhiyin" once visited the old man, "I recorded a lot of the history of opera she told." "Drama fan Zhiyin" said that the old man knew everything about the late generations, "Her artistic experience is rich, and she is erudite and touchy." "From Peking Opera to commentary, big drums, single strings." She demonstrated the difference between the old white jade cream and the small white jade cream in "Xiaoxiang Night Rain", and also sang Xie Pai's single string. Teacher Zhao Huiqiu also told that she and Luo Yusheng, a Jingyun drum artist, gave each other advice and improved each other in the vocal cavity...
"When we learned of the death of Teacher Zhao, we were all very sad and lost an artist."
Apprentice Zhang Yue
I went to visit her the other day and told me about the drama
Zhang Yue, a Huadan actor in the Tianjin Youth Peking Opera Troupe, joined zhao Huiqiu's disciple in 2001. The interview was interrupted several times because he could not cry, and Zhang Yue said that Master was usually in good health and recorded a video at the sixth day of the Chinese New Year. "After being hospitalized, I went to visit her with a disciple." Zhang Yue asked the master what he wanted to eat, but the old man happily told the apprentice about the play, "Said some of the various body essentials and details of the head scene of "Red Lady", and also told me to pay attention to what to pay attention to in the headdress... She was older, and whenever she talked about the play, she was particularly happy, and she remembered it very clearly. ”
"Because of the epidemic, only a simple spiritual hall set up in Master's home to send mourning." Zhang Yue said that in fact, he still didn't dare to believe that Master had left...
Peking Opera young veteran actor Wei Yigang
Teacher said the drama "hit the nail on the head"
"The old man has always told us what young actors want to learn, just say it." Wei Yigang, a young veteran actor of Tianjin Peking Opera, said, "I really like to listen to the old lady talk about drama. Teacher Zhao Huiqiu analyzed the character "to the point", she analyzed that the old student in "Dragon Play Phoenix" must not play the emperor as a rogue, "He is a literati emperor who plays, is a joke or not a flirt." Zhao Huiqiu instructed Wei Yigang to tell the actor who played Li Fengjie, "Don't act out of character, she should be a little girl who has just opened her heart and does not understand her feelings." ”
"She has a deep affection and unique insight into the art of Peking Opera, and her portrayal of characters is also quite profound." Wei Yigang felt that the old man's death was "a huge loss to the Chinese Peking opera community." ”
Written by Xinbao reporter Shan Weiwei
People picture shoot Xinbao reporter Wei Xiaoming
Profile photo courtesy of Tang Wenquan
Video material provided by "Drama Fan Confidant"
New Media Editor Xu Dan
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