West China Metropolis Daily - Cover News {Reporter Duan Lake) Reporter learned from Shanghai at 5 o'clock: The memorial service of Mr. Yan Shunkai, a famous comedy performance artist of Shanghai Burlesque Troupe and the representative inheritor of the national intangible cultural heritage burlesque, has been held at 3 p.m. on October 20 at Shanghai Longhua Funeral Home.
It is understood that Yan Shunkai mourned the hall of solemn Chuanmu. On both sides of the memorial hall hung a link of "Shunren Yingtian Laughter Legend Shocks the World, Kailai Inherits the Virtue and Art Double Happiness and Survives for Thousands of Autumns".
Before 3 p.m. on October 20, many of Yan Shunkai's colleagues, students, relatives and friends came early to bid farewell to this people's artist with both virtue and art. Weng Hong, Wang Rugang, Qian Cheng and other insiders went to mourn.
According to Wei Minglun, since the 1980s, Yan Shunkai has been committed to comedy performance, and works such as "A Q Zheng biography" starring him have become unforgettable memories. In the eyes of the audience, he is a civilian comedy master with unique Shanghai well fireworks, and Yan Shunkai has also appeared on CCTV Spring Festival Gala many times.
Yan Shunkai is a well-known comedy performance artist known to the audience, who debuted on the screen in 1981 and starred in "A Q Zheng biography", which won the Best Actor Award at the 6th Hundred Flowers Awards for Popular Films. In 1983, on the first CCTV Spring Festival Evening, he performed the pantomime "Playing the Piano" and the sketch "A Q's Monologue" in one go, performed the sketch "Zhang Sanqiren" at the CCTV Spring Festival Gala in 1993, and performed the sketch "Loving Father Like Loving Son" with Kelly at the CCTV Spring Festival Gala in 1999. In addition, he also has sketches such as "Difficult Brothers and Difficult Brothers". These sketches, full of life's satire and lessons, are still entertaining to this day.
Yan Shunkai can act and direct. He also starred in tv series "Red Chamber Lady", "Great Song Ti Criminal Officer", "My Ugly Daddy", the movie "Silver Jewelry", and the comedy movie "Open Seven Times to Change Houses". In 1988, he wrote and directed his own comedy film "The Legend of Atan Nei", and also directed the urban style burlesque play "Long Live the Wife" and the self-directed burlesque play "The Only Daughter". He also wrote and directed his own TV comedy series "Mr. Wang and Xiao Chen". Whether it is performance or creation, Yan Shunkai's works are based on life and have the shadow of real events.
After starring in the family ethics drama "My Ugly Daddy" in 2009, Yan Shunkai suffered a sudden stroke due to a cerebral infarction, paralyzed on his left side, and almost terminated his acting career.
"I still can't believe that Dad left us, he fell asleep, he slept very deeply. He was too tired to rest. Yan Shunkai's son Yan Na said, "Dear dad has devoted his life to the cause of laughter, conscientious and meticulous. After eight years of illness, he did not forget art and always longed to return to the stage. You have left us with an inexhaustible spiritual wealth. I am very proud to have a father like you. ”
Ling Meifang, head of the Shanghai Burlesque Troupe, said, "In June this year, for Teacher Yan's eightieth birthday celebration, Teacher Yan's phrase 'everyone will meet again' still faintly echoes in the ears. Teacher Yan is a landmark figure in the Chinese comedy industry and a treasure in the world of comedy. When Teacher Yan was sick in bed, he still always thought about the bits and pieces of the troupe, and told us to create better burlesque plays to repay the audience. ”
Weng Hong, the "daughter-in-law" who had played against Elder Yan in "My Ugly Daddy", appeared in an interview and confessed that she was "surprised and sudden by the news of Elder Yan's death, but on the other hand, it is also a relief for him, that is, it will be very sad for people now." "When he's sick, I go to see him, and I'll come whenever I'm in Shanghai." And commented that Yan Lao is an old artist with both virtue and art.
Yan Shunkai's departure also made the student Zhou Libo very sad, earlier, Zhou Libo wrote a letter to mourn the mentor Yan Shunkai, in the letter, Zhou Libo wrote about the first encounter between the teacher and himself and the teacher's kindness to himself, it was the teacher who insisted on saving his yesterday and achieving today's self: "You never praise me, but you will always weep for me." You never praise me, but you always cry with joy for me. Now that his mentor has passed away, Zhou Libo is sad, but he believes that with his mentor, heaven will be able to have more happiness, and he and his mentor will eventually be reunited. Finally, Zhou Libo's sentence "Wait for me..." made people move. Zhou Libo did not come to the scene that day, but sent a flower basket to express his condolences. In addition, six young children, He Saifei and others also sent wreaths.