The earliest Pihuang dialect of Peking Opera was accompanied by a flute, and it was changed to Huqin accompaniment when there was a person named Wang Xiaozhao in the Sixi class. But at that time it was a soft bow, and it was quite difficult to pull. Later, there was a man named Li Si, who created a hard bow and perfected the accompaniment huqin. Li Si's junior brother is called Jia Donglin, also known as Jia San, who plays the hard skill Huqin well. Jia San has two apprentices, one named Mei Yutian and the other named Sun Zuochen, both of whom are Huqin holy hands, regardless of Bo Zhong. Sun Zuochen accompanied Cheng Changgeng, the originator of Peking Opera, at the age of 17, and later Tan Xinpei, Wang Guifen, Sun Juxian, Chen Delin, Yu Shuyan and so on. Sun Zuochen is also known as Sun Laoyuan, Sun Laoyuan's huqin kung fu, some people summarize that the hand sound is bright, fingering, whether it is shan, beating, kneading, slipping, wrist strength is all kinds of superior. Sun Zuochen followed Yu Shuyan to perform in Shanghai and Hankou, which was very popular and known as the first piano in the country.
Early Peking Opera luthiers from left: Sun Zuochen, Mei Yutian, Chen Yanheng
Later, Meng Xiaodong went to Beijing to perform, worshipped Yu Shuyan as a teacher, and asked Sun Laoyuan to hang his throat for himself. Since Sun Laoyuan has accompanied Tan Xinpei and Yu Shuyan, and has a belly of male Tan Yu cavity, Meng Xiaodong did not learn the stuff of Tan Pai and Yu Pai from Sun Laoyuan.
Let's talk about Mr. Yang Baozhong next. Mr. Yang Baozhong originally sang the old students and learned the Yu faction, but later his voice failed, so he changed to playing the piano. He usually practices the piano often, and his piano skills are very high, and when he changes to playing the huqin, he is one level higher than the average luthier. But from singing to accompaniment, this is called a change of career, and no matter how well you play, you have to worship the teacher again. It's like saying crosstalk now, no matter how well you say it, without worshipping the teacher, you are Hai Qing. It's Hai Qing, it's not very delicious if you eat this bowl of rice. So Mr. Yang Baozhong finally paid tribute to a famous teacher named Xi Zigang, invited three tables, and sent him money. Later, Mr. Yang Baozhong joined the Fufeng Club to accompany Ma Lianliang, and later to his cousin Yang Baosen. Yang Baozhong's disciples include Li Muliang, Wang Hewen, Wan Ruixing, Sun Zhonglian, and Yan Shouping, which can be described as full of peach and plum.
Peking opera luthier Yang Baozhong
During the Cultural Revolution, Mr. Yang Baozhong was portrayed as a reactionary authority and sent to the cowshed. Later, Mr. Yang Baozhong fell seriously ill and was abducted by the Red Guards of the Tianjin Opera School and returned to Tianjin, where he was locked up in a small black room, unsupervised and ignored, and finally died of starvation at the age of 68.
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