The book "Partner" is edited by Mr. Gao Yuchun, a famous music theorist and writer, and Jiang Kun, chairman of the Qu Association, serves as an adviser and personally writes the preface. The book details the artistic experiences and achievements of 23 pairs of famous cross-talk artists. The content is detailed and vivid, with strong information and interest.
Mr. Gao Yuqun was a well-known creator of "Today's Headlines" and published many theories and anecdotes and historical facts in cross-talk and music art. I had the privilege of getting to know Mr. Gao, and I benefited a lot from private messages and WeChat exchanges. Mr. Gao passed away on October 24 last year, and on the anniversary of his death, He has successively reprinted Mr. Gao's last masterpiece, which can also be regarded as a deep remembrance of Mr. Gao.
(Editor-in-Chief Mr. Gao Yuqun)
Articles about cross-talk partners in the book are written by the actors themselves or by industry experts familiar with the actors. This article introducing Chang Guitian and Wang Peiyuan was written by Zhao Peng and Gao Zhan.
Troop Partner Guixin (2)
Hai Zheng's main task is to serve the Navy, and the two are meticulous in each performance mission. Wherever their superiors arranged for them to go to offer condolences, they would go wherever they went, never playing big cards, talking about conditions, and never dealing with confusion. According to Wang Peiyuan's recollection, once when he went to the island to offer condolences, the two of them faced only one warrior guarding the island. After the performance, Zhan Tu presented the two of them with the Yingshan Red they had picked and said, "Two chiefs, there are no other gifts on this island, only this bouquet of flowers I picked, give it to you as a gift." Chang Guitian and Wang Peiyuan held Yingshan Hong in their hands and shed tears of excitement, thanking such a good warrior from the bottom of their hearts.
(Chang Guitian Wang Peiyuan)
During the 1998 flood relief period, Chang Guitian and Wang Peiyuan went to Paizhou Bay to comfort the local flood control officers and soldiers and the affected people, and the helicopter sent the two to the embankment to perform. Chang Guitian's affectionate and sincere opening remarks won the applause of the officers and men fighting floods and boosted the morale of the officers and men. After the performance, Wang Peiyuan was sitting and felt someone wipe something on his hand. He turned his head to see an old mother in her sixties, applying dermatitis to the eczema on his hand. Wang Peiyuan was very touched at that time and said, "Old Mother, thank you."
The old mother said, "You've worked so hard, thank you."
"Big Mom, are you?"
The old mother pointed to a roof tip that was exposed to the water in the distance and said, "That's my house."
"Huh? Your house..."
"With you, with the party and the country, I believe everything will be fine."
The old mother's simple words are still deeply imprinted in Wang Peiyuan's mind, and they also remind him of what Chang Guitian often said: "We are fighters and literary and artistic warriors, and we must speak well of cross-talk, say good cross-talk, and send the warmth of the party and the country to the hearts of the masses.
In Wang Peiyuan's eyes, Chang Guitian was a person who was not arrogant and impatient. Whether it is a large-scale party or a performance abroad, they will be warmly welcomed by the local audience, and Chang Guitian has never been proud and complacent, but has always remained modest and cautious. Chang Guitian is still a person who is far from right and wrong, he never talks about people behind his back, if he wants to say anything, he also puts it up very euphemistically, and it will not hurt anyone. Chang Guitian grew up in a cross-talk family, but there is no old artist habit on his body, not vulgar, not low, not oily, not noisy, no bad habits, very high requirements for himself, and even can be said to have a kind of "cleanliness" in terms of thought and behavior and life style. In his body, Wang Peiyuan felt a scholarly demeanor.
In Chang Guitian's eyes, Wang Peiyuan's filial piety to the old man made him feel very deeply. It can be said that Wang Peiyuan's filial piety is famous in the Beijing-Tianjin music art circle. Not only did he honor his parents, but his father-in-law and mother-in-law also lived in his home. Wang Peiyuan and his wife waited for the four old people not for a day or two days, nor for a month or two months, but for a full twenty years. These four old people have lived together for twenty years, and they have not blushed once, and the key is that Wang Peiyuan and his wife are good at doing the work of the elderly. Wang Peiyuan often said: "Four old people, one from Beijing, one from Tianjin, one from Hebei, and one from Guangdong, from the north and south of the world, came together for a common goal." As long as there is no performance task, Wang Peiyuan personally goes to buy breakfast for the elderly every day. It sounds like this is not a difficult thing, but the four old people get up at different times, the taste is not the same, eat tofu brain, eat pot vegetables, drink soy milk, drink wonton, just to buy breakfast, he has to run several times. Chang Guitian knows Wang Peiyuan's family affairs very well, and he also understands the heavy performance tasks of the two, so whenever these things are mentioned, Chang Guitian has to admire this brother who is seven years younger than himself.
A pair of cross-talk partners can cooperate for a long time, in addition to mutual appreciation in character, it is also important to be excellent in performing skills.
Chang Guitian has been influenced by his family since childhood and has a deep foundation in tradition. Unlike the elders in the family, he has a certain cultural foundation and mainly performs in the army. Therefore, Chang Guitian's performance highlights a "new" word. The "new" does not exclude tradition, but is based on tradition. In his performances, people can hardly see the obvious reference to the content and expression of traditional cross-talk, but they can faintly find traces of tradition. His "new" is a new on the basis of inheriting tradition, and it is a manifestation of vitality. What is valuable is that his "new" does not lose the basic characteristics of cross-talk, and the baggage is laid out with magnetism and trembling, which is the first element of cross-talk art.
Wang Peiyuan has successively followed Zhu Xiangchen, Guo Rongqi, Zhang Qingsen, Ma Sanli, Zhao Peiru, Su Wenmao and other famous cross-talk masters to learn traditional cross-talk, laying a solid foundation in traditional art. After entering the Haizheng Cultural and Labor Troupe to cooperate with Chang Guitian, Wang Peiyuan further broadened his artistic horizons and continuously improved his cross-talk performance skills. Wang Peiyuan has a deep understanding and unique interpretation of the art of cross-talk. He can be funny, speaking, learning, teasing, singing the four skills are excellent, the performance is witty, witty, witty, but also with a little Tianjin people's unique "cunning", typhoon free atmosphere and quite affinity. He is neither too ostentatious nor contrived when he praises, just right, late and urgent, and accurately grasps the priorities, neither plague nor fire, the level is clear, smooth and accessible, and it plays a good role in pressing, laying out, leading and setting off.
Chang Guitian and Wang Peiyuan have adapted some traditional passages into new paragraphs, the most representative of which is "Climbing the Dragon and Attaching the Phoenix" based on "Rent-Paying". This cross-talk was originally borrowed from the peasants, showing the common people's contempt for the Qing Dynasty official system and corrupt officials, but there were also some derogatory remarks against the peasants. The adapted "Climbing the Dragon and the Phoenix" was given a new meaning, and it was a bitter satire on those who climbed the branches for personal gain. After Ma Ji saw this new passage performed by the two, he was full of praise. In addition, the "Joke On The Study of Chinese Culture", adapted from "Telling the Four Books", as well as "Cross-Talk Answers", "Different People in One Matter", "New Card Playing Theory", "People with a High Head", "Such a Friend", etc., also gave full play to the performance characteristics of the two.
As literary and artistic workers in the army, the works of Chang Guitian and Wang Peiyuan have too many remarkable points. I believe that in the future cooperation between the two, they will definitely present more excellent works for the audience.
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