Teacher Ma Jinfeng
Yu opera master Ma Jinfeng was born in November 1922, died on May 29 this year, according to our folk algorithm, the old lady is already one hundred and one years old this year.
According to the old woman's family, Teacher Ma left very peacefully.
In the words that we ordinary people often say, there is no sin. The blessings that the old man himself cultivated.
Of the five famous people in the Yu opera industry, Teacher Ma Jinfeng is not the youngest, but he is the last to die. Since then, the five famous Dans of Yu opera have also become the same as the four famous dans and the four small famous dans of Peking Opera, which have become the style of the past.
In fact, Mei Lanfang, the first of the four famous Dan, also has a lot of roots with Teacher Ma Jinfeng, and Mr. Mei's last masterpiece "Mu Guiying Hangs Commander" was deeply impressed after watching Teacher Ma Jinfeng perform the "Mu" drama, and then transplanted and adapted into Peking Opera.
Ma Jinfeng and Mei Baojiu took a group photo after performing Mu Guiying on the same stage
However, the four famous Dans and four small famous Dans of Peking Opera did not have the blessing of Teacher Ma and enjoyed a high life.
Some people may say that the level of medical care and living standards of that era cannot be compared with the present, so modern people generally live longer than people in that era.
In fact, the four little names of Peking Opera, although the names seem to be like ancient gods, in fact, they are about the same age as Ma Jinfeng. Song Dezhu, the oldest of the four little names, was born in 1918, only four years older than Teacher Ma, while Chen Yongling, the youngest of the second generation of four small names, was born in 1929, seven years younger than Teacher Ma.
But when it comes to the four small names represented by Zhang Junqiu. I always feel that their era is far away from us, but when I think of Teacher Ma Jinfeng, I think that Ma Lao is an artist of our time. But when you think about them as contemporaries, they often give people a sense of time and space confusion.
Zhang Junqiu (left) was born in 1920, and is only two years older than Ma Jinfeng
This feeling, Lao Wu has had several times before. The most recent was in 2009, when CCTV's Chongyang Festival veteran artist concert was held, and the last artist to appear on stage was Dai Qixia. When I heard the curtain call, I was a little confused. I thought that Dai Qixia was not the teacher of the famous Peking Opera master Guan Sushuang? Guan Sushuang died in the early nineties, but she did not expect that her teacher was still alive.
At that time, Dai Lao was already ninety-two years old, and she had been living in Baodao for a long time, and she sang a new play that Mr. Mei had written in the late 1950s, "Mu Guiying Hangs Up". He was the most awe-inspiring old artist of that show.
I remember that Elder Dai said in a later interview: "Next year's Chongyang Festival, I still have to come." "It's a pity that in the subsequent Chongyang Festival concerts, I didn't see the old lady again." It is estimated that the organizers are also considering the body of Dai Lao, after all, such a large age, it is really impossible to afford a long journey.
Dai Lao is probably the longest-lived Peking Opera artist, and the data records that she was born in 1917 and is 105 years old this year. Moreover, Dai Lao baishi also appeared on the stage in imitation, singing "Guanyin Dedao", and it is said that he also set a world record for the oldest performer on the theatrical stage.
When Dai Lao was a hundred years old and then ascended to the throne, he also received a letter, the person who wrote the letter was not polite at all, and the first sentence of the opening sentence called the hundred-year-old Dai Qixia "Qixia Sister".
This letter was also rumored to be a 'pear garden story' for a while.
The writer was Song Baoluo, who was 102 years old at the time.
Born in 1916 and died in 2017, Song Baoluo was also a veteran artist who lived for a hundred years.
Song Baoluo and Dai Qixia performed together in Wuhan for a while in the 1940s, during which time Song Lao and his sister got along very happily with Dai Qixia and left a deep impression on each other. It was not until more than seventy years later that the two got in touch again through Dai's disciples, and Elder Song had earlier brought a letter to Dai Qixia, and later wrote a letter in his own handwriting to the hundred-year-old 'Qixia sister'.
Elder Song's singing, simple and vigorous, art and Tan Liu, and absorbed the singing methods of Sun Juxian, Wang Xiaonong and other schools. It is quite different from the genres such as Ma Tan Yang Xi that are often heard today. However, Sun Juxian's faction has become a masterpiece, and Wang Xiaonong's faction has been passed down because of another hundred-year-old artist, He Yurong.
He Yurong was born in 1913 and died in 2012, at the age of 100.
When He Lao was in his seventies, he could also stage famous Dramas of the Wang Sect such as "Weeping Ancestral Temple", "Splashing Water in Front of the Horse", "Three Passes of Knife Splitting", and "Zhang Songxian Map", all of which were recorded on video. At that time, although Elder He was over seventy years old, he was flexible, full of strength, and his voice was high-pitched, so the audio-visual materials left behind had certain artistic value.
Song Baoluo is both a famous Peking Opera performance artist and a famous painter
He Yurong's performance photo in his seventies
He Yurong is a female old student, and the most famous female old student is Meng Xiaodong. Elder He was only five years younger than Meng.
Meng Xiaodong was born in 1908, while her student Qian Peirong was born in 1903.
However, Meng Xiaodong died of illness on Taiwan Island at the age of seventy, while Qian Peirong, who was five years older, lived for 106 years and did not die until 2009.
I remember that a few years ago, I saw a report that Li Jun, known as 'Uncle-to-be', visited Qian Peirong, and that was the first time I felt that time and space seemed to be confused, because at that time I thought that Elder Qian was long gone, and later after many inquiries, I learned that Elder Qian was not only alive at that time, but also often traveled to and from both sides of the Strait when he was a hundred years old, running for the inheritance of Peking Opera. It can be seen that the old man is absolutely true love for Peking Opera.
Not only does Meng Xiaodong have an apprentice who is over 100 years old, But Ma Lianliang also has an apprentice, who is 101 years old this year.
Mr. Chi Jinsheng, who was born in 1922, celebrated his 100th birthday last winter. Many fans and friends know him, all through the subtitles of chinese Peking Opera audio and video. Mr. Chi is a stage director of audio and video. Participated in the recording process of almost all audio and video repertoire. He is a hero of the inheritance of Peking Opera. Chi Lao was also interviewed on his 100th birthday, and his mental head looked very good in all aspects. Here, I also sincerely wish Chi Lao good health and a long life.
Last year, I saw on the Internet that the Shanxi Peking Theater commemorated the 100th birthday and the 87th anniversary of the famous martial artist Mr. Chen Yunchao, and it was reported that Mr. Chen Yunchao was born in 1921, which is one year older than Mr. Chi.
Peking Opera artists also lived for a hundred years in Nanyang Pan Yuehong (1912-2016), but the old lady has lived in Nanyang for a long time and knows little about her news.
In addition, there is a famous female elderly student Zhang Wenjuan, who settled overseas, she was born in 1923 and is almost 100 years old.
There should be more than a few old artists over 100 years old in the Peking Opera industry, but There are only so many old Artists that Old Wu can think of. There are also many old artists engaged in local drama, and Lao Wu does not know much, so he does not dare to talk about it. If friends know about other veteran artists in the opera industry over the age of 100, please tell me. At the same time, I also hope that these old artists who are still alive will have a long life and a good life.
Qian Peirong and Meng Xiaodong Meng is 5 years younger than Qian