In 1934, Qian Haoliang was born into a family of Peking Opera artists, the son of Zhou Xinfang's disciple Qian Lintong. Qian Haoliang studied drama with his father at the age of 6, and at the age of 10, he entered the private Shanghai Drama School, ranking "Zheng" and taking the stage name Qian Zhenglun. The drama school has been open for less than ten years, but it has cultivated a large number of good actors, such as Gu Zhengqiu, Huang Zhengqin, Sun Zhengyang, Guan Zhengming and so on. After the suspension of the drama school, Qian Haoliang continued to practice at home.
Qian Haoliang performed "Sunny House"
After liberation, 15-year-old Qian Haoliang decided to apply for the national Chinese opera school, in shanghai examination center, led by Mr. Zhou Xinfang, he showed singing and martial arts, a few days later received the admission notice, entered the drama school graduate class to study. In the Chinese Opera School, The eighty-year-old martial arts master Shang Heyu personally brought Qian Haoliang, and at the same time received personal instruction from many famous teachers, including Li Guichun and Li Shaochun, who were taught by two generations of famous masters of father and son.
Qian Haoliang performs "Harmony"
In 1956, as the first graduate of the Chinese Opera School, Qian Haoliang was heavily respected by the principal Shi Ruoxu, who left him in the experimental Peking Opera Troupe to which the school belonged, and asked famous teachers to continue to teach him. Li Shaochun taught him "Wild Boar Forest", Liu Yanfang taught "Serial Set", Gao Shenglin taught "Picking A Scooter", Li Shengbin taught "Vazidu", Li Hongchun taught "Truncated River And Won the Battle", and Fu Dewei taught "Golden Leopard".
Qian Haoliang rehearses "Wusong Fighting Tiger"
In 1959, Qian Haoliang performed "Fa Zi Du" at the Beijing Zhonghe Theater, which was a very kung fu martial arts drama, and to wear a big lean down from three tables, Qian Haoliang performed a weightless and easy play, which suddenly caused a sensation in Beijing Pear Garden. That year he joined the Communist Party of China. In 1961, the 75-year-old Jiangnan Wusheng famous artist Gai called Tiantian to Beijing, and a group of young Wusheng performed a special performance for him, and Gai called Tianzhong Qian Haoliang and taught him "An Arrow of Vengeance". Qian Haoliang, who was less than thirty years old, became an outstanding Peking Opera martial artist who combined the martial arts of the Shang, Yang, Gai, and Li schools.
Qian Haoliang starred in "Vazidu"
In 1963, Qian Haoliang was transferred to the Beijing Opera House of China, and entered the regiment where Li Shaochun and Yuan Shihai were located, and the leaders of the Peking Opera House deliberately arranged for Li Shaochun to take Qian Haoliang and cultivate new forces. Li Shaochun was very attached to Qian Haoliang and put a lot of effort into cultivating him. The Ministry of Culture decided to hold a national Peking Opera Modern Opera Performance in the summer of 1964, and the China Peking Opera House was preparing to rehearse the modern play "Red Lantern" to participate in the performance.
Qian Haoliang starred in "Sunny House"
The Peking opera "Red Lantern" was written by Weng Yihong, directed by A Jia, Li Shaochun played Li Yuhe, Gao Yuqian played Grandma Li, Liu Changyu played Tie Mei, and Yuan Shihai played Hatoyama. Qian Haoliang was selected as Li Yuhe's B corner, along with Li Shaochun's teacher speaking in the play. From the stage step, the body frame to the singing voice, Li Shaochun repeatedly pondered the elaborate design, and taught Qian Haoliang one move at a time during rehearsals. Qian Haoliang also humbly asked for advice and paid tribute to Li Shaochun.
Liu Changyu, Du Jinfang, Yuan Shihai, Qian Haoliang, Gao Yuqian
In the process of learning from Li Shaochun, Qian Haoliang combined his tall and burly characteristics to portray Li Yuhe and added some extensive and bold personal characteristics, which were different from the deep wisdom and deep wisdom of Li Yuhe's image. Li Shaochun was not in good health, and he fell ill during the rehearsal of "Red Lantern" in 1964, and Qian Haoliang changed from a B corner to an A corner. In 1964, when the national Peking Opera modern opera was observed and performed, Qian Haoliang made frequent appearances, and he was also the still of "Red Lantern" on the cover of the sixth issue of "Drama Newspaper" that year.
"Red Lantern" starred Qian Haoliang, Liu Changyu and Gao Yuqian
At the end of 1964 and the beginning of 1965, Chairman Mao twice watched the Peking opera "The Red Lantern" and offered to show it to the deputies to the Third National People's Congress. In 1965, the second issue of "Red Flag" magazine published the script of "Red Lantern" in full, and this play suddenly caused a sensation in the country. In May 1970, the revised script of "Red Lantern" was again published in Red Flag magazine. In 1971, Bayi Film Studio filmed the stage art film "Red Lantern". In 1972, the Central News Film Record Studio filmed "Piano Accompaniment to Sing "Red Lantern"". In 1975, Bayi Factory also filmed the Uyghur opera "Red Lantern".
Director Ah Jia gave Qian Haoliang and Gao Yuqian a play
"Red Lantern" became the number one "model play" at that time. Qian Haoliang began to become popular throughout the country, and he obeyed the instructions of his superiors and gradually received weight. Rising in status, he became the deputy director of the Revolutionary Committee of the Peking Opera House of China and changed his name to "Haoliang". In 1967, Li Shaochun and others were imprisoned as "cow ghosts and snake gods", and Qian Haoliang was also posted as a "black seedling" and posted a big poster. At the behest of others, he spearheaded the establishment of a "Red Lantern Battle Corps", and with the support of the above, he became the de facto head of the Peking Opera House in China.
Qian Haoliang's troops experience life
In April 1969, Qian Haoliang was elected as a deputy to the Ninth National Congress of the Communist Party of China. In 1970, he participated in the leadership of the Cultural Group of the State Council. After entering politics, Qian Haoliang still did not want to abandon his profession, and still insisted on practicing every day, even if he held meetings at night until two or three o'clock in the morning, he also had to get up early to practice his throat. During this period, in addition to grasping the revision before the filming of "Red Lantern", he also presided over the adaptation and rehearsal of the second batch of Peking Opera model plays "Plains Operation" and "Red Detachment of Women".
Qian Haoliang played Li Yuhe in "Red Lantern"
In order to rehearse the play, Qian Haoliang "liberated" Li Shaochun, Zhang Junqiu and other "reactionary authorities" from the "cowshed", let them participate in the design and directing of the singing voice, and let them "wear crimes and make meritorious contributions" in the "control and use". In 1975, Qian Haoliang was appointed vice minister of culture. He summoned the old friends of the "Red Lantern" crew to his dormitory, and said to everyone with sentimentality: "I am afraid that I will not be able to act again in the future." Alas, everyone is an actor, and what it's like to leave the stage, you all know, it's like a fish leaving the water..."
Qian Haoliang waited for grassroots performances
Soon, Qian Haoliang moved out of the cramped theater dormitory and moved into the residence of Mei Lanfang, the former master of Peking Opera. In the Ministry of Culture, Qian Haoliang's status ranked after Hui Yong and Liu Qingtang. He rarely relied on his power to do bad things, and the popular anger was minimal. In 1976, after the Gang of Four was overthrown, Qian Haoliang was convicted of "committing a serious political mistake and being exempt from prosecution." He was quarantined for five years. It was not until 1981 that the conclusion was reached: it was handled according to the contradictions among the people, expelled from the party, and demoted to one level of wages. He returned to his original unit, the China Peking Opera House.
Qian Haoliang holds a kind of atonement mentality, and only hopes to return to the stage and continue acting. After the review, he wanted to resume practicing, but he went to the practice hall of the Peking Opera House of China to practice, but he was blocked from entering the door, and Dawusheng was not allowed to move when practicing with a big back, a thick bottom, a handle, and so on. The practice hall could not enter, he practiced on the basketball court, no thick-soled boots, he wore liberation shoes to practice. Without a handle or a hand, he practiced alone, practicing waist and legs, practicing body shape, playing domineering, tumbling and falling, and playing alone. In just over a year, he got all the kung fu back.
Qian Haoliang practiced on the cement floor of the basketball court in 1988
But the basketball court is a concrete floor, no elasticity, and no thick-soled boots and exercise blanket to slow down the impact, he often injured when practicing, one day his right knee was swollen so that he could not bend, go to the hospital to check: the right knee meniscus shattered. The doctor said that he needed to operate immediately, but there was no bed, at which time he received another order to send him to the Hebei Provincial Art School. Dragging his injured leg on crutches, he moved to Shijiazhuang step by step.
Stills of Qian Haoliang, Liu Changyu and Gao Yuqian's "Red Lantern"
After asking the superiors, the Hebei Provincial Art School asked Qian Haoliang to return to Beijing to treat his injuries, and finally waited for the bed in Beijing to undergo surgery, and the meniscus of the right knee was completely removed. His wife was diagnosed with breast cancer again and had surgery, and Qian Haoliang had to take care of his wife on crutches. The Hebei Provincial Art School sent people to visit and sent two hundred yuan as a hardship subsidy, which made him very moved. After his injuries were slightly better, he hurried to Shijiazhuang to report. The school gave him a house and asked him to teach students to learn drama.
Qian Haoliang and others took a group photo
In the winter, there was no heating in the rehearsal hall, and Qian Haoliang and more than 30 students ran first, and then took off their cotton jackets to practice when they were hot. When the troupe went to the countryside to perform, he also followed and used the interval between performances to continue teaching. According to his stage experience and the characteristics of students, he groped to compile the teaching material of "Fifty Movements of the Basic Shape of Opera", and standardized the content of the body training class into fifty movements, and the teaching effect was very good. In addition to teaching, Qian Haoliang still can't give up his own kung fu for more than forty years, as long as the rehearsal field is free, he can practice at any time, although there is a practice blanket, but the school conditions are limited, and there is still no reliance, thick bottom, and handle for practicing.
Qian Haoliang sang "Red Lantern" again
He put a chair on the table, added a small bench to the chair, tied a cotton pad to the bench, and the legs were spent on the bench, which was an hour or two. A friend in Hong Kong heard about his situation and asked him to give him a pair of thick bottoms, but he politely refused. In 1988, Hebei literary and art circles evaluated technical titles, and the art school gave Qian Haoliang an associate professor, but after reporting it, there was no approval and it was hung up. In July 1988, "Chinese Drama" published "Recent Situation of Haoliang" written by Wu Gang, the son of Wu Zuguang, and Qian Haoliang was paid attention again, and after someone reflected his situation to the central leadership, after the leadership gave instructions, his title was finally confirmed.
Qian Haoliang attended the event
Qian Haoliang looked forward to returning to the stage, and often people came to the school to find him and wanted to pull him out to "go to the cave", the price was very high, but he refused, and he hoped to officially give him the green light. In December 1988, alumni of the China Academy of Performing Arts raised education funds for their alma mater and held a three-day charity performance at the Zhongshan Park Music Hall. I hope to invite Qian Haoliang to participate, but Hebei Province does not dare to approve it, and it must wait for the Ministry of Culture to notify. After careful study, the Ministry of Culture approved Qian Haoliang to participate in the alumni charity performance of the China Academy of Performing Arts. At this time, there were only ten days before the performance, and it had been almost thirty years since Qian Haoliang's last performance of traditional plays.
Qian Haoliang put on makeup backstage in his first performance after his comeback
On December 6, Qian Haoliang, who has left the stage for nearly 20 years, will appear on the stage to perform "Sunny House". The news spread, causing quite a stir, ten yuan a ticket, the black market transaction price has been as high as 30 yuan. Before the show, the slides play subtitles. When the words "Gordon - played by Qian Haoliang" were displayed, the audience erupted into warm applause. After the performance, Qian Haoliang closed the curtain seven or eight times in a row, and the audience refused to leave. Qian Haoliang, who returned to the stage, kept receiving invitations to perform in various places, and out of prudence, he always asked for official letters from a higher level of government inviting him to perform.
Qian Haoliang played Gao Deng in "Sunny House"
He never participated in the "cave walking" performance, and every time he went to a foreign country to perform, he would greet the art school and strictly abide by the contract, giving the art school a hundred yuan per show. Before each performance, he would say: Thank you for remembering me, and now I will do a debriefing performance for everyone. In January 1992, 58-year-old Qian Haoliang was invited to Jinan to perform "Dragon and Phoenix Chengxiang". During the performance, he suddenly fell on the stage. He was taken to the hospital and diagnosed with cerebral hemorrhage. Half paralyzed, he lost his language ability, and at the end of the year he was approved to return to Beijing due to illness, ending his career as a teacher at the Hebei Provincial Art School.
Qian Haoliang participated in the performance
After several years of treatment, his condition gradually improved. In his later years, in addition to recuperating, Qian Haoliang sometimes read newspapers and watched television. He loves to watch sports programs, while Peking Opera programs basically do not watch. The couple lived a semi-reclusive life, basically closed doors except for a few old friends who knew the roots. He was most happy to meet the audience on stage.
Qian Haoliang and Qu Suying and his wife participated in the event together
In 1997, Qian Haoliang and his wife were invited to perform in Shenzhen, he entrusted the performer to pay personal income tax, but the performer did not pay, after returning to Beijing, Qian Haoliang took the initiative to go to the tax bureau to make up the payment, but the tax personnel told him that the performance income should be paid at the place where the remuneration was obtained. Qian Haoliang specially called a friend in Shenzhen and asked him to go to the tax authorities in Shenzhen and pay four thousand yuan of personal income tax on his behalf.
Qian Haoliang and Qu Suying performed together
When going out, as soon as someone recognizes him as "Li Yuhe" of that year, his wife will quickly cover up and say, "He just looks a bit like that." "They never take the initiative to talk to outsiders, and if someone comes forward to talk, they avoid it, lest people be implicated, and their thinking seems to be stuck in decades ago." On September 3, 2020, Qian Haoliang died in Beijing at the age of 87.
Qian Haoliang participated in performances in his later years
Qian Haoliang's model play "Red Lantern" Li Yu and Hongji have a tragic and happy life from the peak to the trough