Older cross-talk actors often have multiple names, most of which are generally well known to the audience as their stage names, and their real names are often unknown. In addition to the stage names, many people often have nicknames that don't sound elegant in order to attract the audience. Behind each cross-talk actor's stage name and nickname is an anecdote or allusion.
First, in order to cater to the audience, they or their peers take a more down-to-earth stage name, and some are nicknames given by the audience, and they become stage names when they ring. This kind of stage name is a popular image, with distinctive characteristics, often over-eared, easy to shout, but there are also some more slang, it does not sound very elegant.
Zhu Shaowen's stage name --- poor is not afraid. During the Guangxu period, Zhu Shaowen, who was originally a Peking Opera actor, was forbidden to act during the national funeral, and was forced to change his profession to cross-talk. He gave himself the stage name "Poor Not Afraid". On the bamboo board used to beat the beat during his performance, the words "Full of articles are not afraid of poverty, and the history of the five cars of books is poor". Li Xianggu of the Qing Dynasty has a poem "Gift to Zhu Shaowen" that says: "For decades, I have made a living through art, and I have given few past events to Brother Zhu, and I wrote that Zheng Yuanhe was a great hero who was not afraid of poverty." The stage name of "Poor Not Afraid" also sounded.
Li Dezhuo's stage name --- million people. The name Li Dezhuo was originally a stage name, his original name was Li Peiting, and the more loudly called stage name was "Ten Thousand Charms". Li Deyi's father, Li Guangyi, because he was kind and kind, and the people in the neighborhood were quite popular, so he had the nickname of "Ten Thousand Charms", and after his art, he was nicknamed a stage name, Anderson Li Deyi and Li Guangyi learned to talk to each other in his childhood, and gave the stage name "Little Ten Thousand People Fans", and after Li Guangyi died, he inherited the stage name of "Ten Thousand Charms". A fixed poem that Li Dezhuo often said on the scene was: "Funny old saying that Dongfang Shuo, the inheritance of Jia Kaixi in later generations, from the end of the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, called Wang Wei I a million people fascinated." "It can be seen that he was famous and confident at that time.
Chang Baokun's stage name --- Small Mushroom. Chang Baokun changed his tricks with his father at the age of 3, and then changed to cross-talk, children say that adults are originally interesting, and because of the abundant mushrooms outside the mouth, they got the stage name of "Little Mushroom". Little Mushroom came to Tianjin at the age of 7, because he was a child, he quickly became famous and was very popular. Later, he began to say crosstalk on the radio, and the name of the little mushroom gradually became popular among women and children in the north and south. Later, several of Chang Baokun's younger brothers called "mushrooms" with him, Chang Baolin called "two mushrooms", Chang Baoting called "three mushrooms", and Chang Baohua called "four mushrooms". Beijing cross-talk actor Lian Chunzhong became famous in Shenyang, the stage name is called "Silver Ear", and is very famous outside Guanwai, so it is known as "mushrooms in Guanli, white fungus outside Guanwai". Coupled with Hou Yichen, who was named "Monkey Head" because of his thick appearance, many people refer to Hou Yichen (monkey head) in Beijing, Chang Baokun (mushroom) in Tianjin, and Lian Chunzhong (Baiyin Ear) in Shenyang as the "Three Treasures of Mountain Treasures" in the cross-talk industry.
The stage name styles of actors who became famous as teenagers are also similar, such as Wang Shichen's stage name Xiao Confused, Li Boxiang's stage name Little Prodigy, and Wei Wenliang's stage name Little Monster.
Zhang Baoru's stage name --- dog pee moss. People in the circle are known as "dog masters". In the 1940s, Zhang Baoru spoke cross-talk in the Bird City and Triangle Area of Hebei, Tianjin. Because of his appearance, he did not have such a stage name, but Zhang Baoru did not find baggage from his appearance, but was good at turning over the "baggage" in the communication with the audience, which was quite respected by his peers.
Ma Sanli's stage name is the most learned. Ma Sanli was originally named Ma Guifu, and Ma Sanli was the stage name he gave himself. Although he joked in cross-talk that his name was "the horse has three legs left, and it can stand when dealing with it", in fact, his name Sanli has a deep cultural connotation. The so-called "gentleman has three stands, morality, merit, and speech." The words come from the "Twenty-four Years of Zuo Chuan Xianggong": "There is merit in the great, followed by meritorious service, and secondly there is a statement, although it has not faded for a long time, this is called immortality." Ma Sanli once studied at Tianjin Huiwen Middle School, and was called Xiucai among the older generation of cross-talk actors, taking such a stage name, which is easy to remember and easy to scream, but also does not lose its cultural connotation.
Bai Quanfu's stage name --- can't fly and follows. The second generation of "Eight Monsters" of the "Tianqiao" in old Beijing is most famous for "Flying in the Clouds" is Bai Quanfu's grandfather Bai Qinglin. The third generation of "Eight Monsters", the first is the little "Yunli Fei", which is Bai Quanfu's father Bai Baoshan. Because Bai Quanfu learned "Funny Er Huang" in his father's field at the age of seven, and at the same time learned to talk about crosstalk, he gave a stage name of "can't fly" and "follow fly".
Sun Baocai's stage name --- "Big Dog Bear", because he grew tall and weighty, had a large waist, and was cute, so he got this stage name.
Zhang Yongxi's stage name --- Xiao Zhang Mazi. Zhang Yongxi had smallpox at an early age, so when he was a child, his face had shallow hemp seeds, and Zhang Mazi was very famous in Beijing Tianqiao when he was learning art, and his master gave him the stage name "Xiao Zhang Mazi".
There are many such stage names, such as Chun Changlong calling a pinch of Mao, Zhang Jieyao calling Zhang Duzi, Zhu Kuoquan calling Big Bread, Tang Jincheng calling Tang Blind, Fu Shouyan calling Yam Bean, and Yan Xiaoru calling Yan Mazi.
Second, the reputation gained by the influence of the audience
"Crosstalk Company" Maderu. Ma Delu, formerly known as Ma Enlu, was the father of Ma Sanli. One of the "Eight Virtues" of crosstalk. Because Ma Delu has a solid foundation, a solid living road, and a wide living road, he will know a lot of cross-talk passages, so it is called "cross-talk company".
"Joke King" and "Humor Master" Zhang Shouchen. Zhang Shouchen's art is quite impressed by people inside and outside the industry, his cross-talk elegance with humor, wisdom and agility, whether it is stand-up comedy, cross-talk, group cross-talk and Taiping lyrics, etc., he is very good at it, he set a precedent for young actors to stand up to cross-talk as a teenager. Coupled with his book-reading skills, he is stable and stable. He also created a large number of new stand-up comedy works. Therefore, he is called "the king of jokes" and "the master of humor" by the audience.
"Guo Sanyuan" Guo Rongqi. Guo Rongqi's masterpiece "The Theory of Playing Cards" has not faded since the firestorm in Tianjin in the 1940s. At that time, this paragraph was performed in the same theater for more than ten consecutive days, the venue was full, and even Mr. Guo proposed to perform "Pulling Foreign Cars" or "Yellow Crane Tower", the audience did not agree, had to listen to "Theory of Playing Cards". It is said that in order to perform accurately, he has repeatedly gone deep into the casino to observe and experience, and portrayed the various looks of gamblers who were depressed when they lost money, danced when they won, and nervous and nervous when they were suspended. As a result, he was deeply loved by the audience and gave him the nickname "Guo Sanyuan" in mahjong terms.
"Stand-up king" Liu Baorui. Liu Baorui has handed down a large number of stand-up comedy works, including both his own creations and processing on the basis of his predecessors, because his stand-up comedy is no different for a while, so he is called "stand-up king" by the audience.
"Cross-talk warehouse" Wang Changyou. Mr. Wang Changyou's memory is amazing, and it is said that in his later years he would speak more than 300 cross-talks, so he was known as a "cross-talk warehouse".
"Modern Liu" Liu Kuizhen. The cross-talk artists in the old society shaved their heads, and only Liu Kuizhen had a shiny head and was brightly dressed. And because of the manners and conversations that often reveal the movements and tones of old dramas, the audience gave the nickname "Modern Liu".
"Picking dates and showing talent" Zhao Zhenduo. Zhao Zhenduo's favorite passage for the audience is "Eight Fan Screens". Among them, the fragments of "wet" and "picking up dates" are still popular among the population, because Zhao Zhenduo's typhoon is elegant, coupled with the fragments of "picking dates" are well known to women and children, so they are called "picking dates" by the audience.
"Li DaBai Dan", "Li Kuaizui" Li Boxiang. Li Boxiang, the basic skills are very solid, and the cross-talk is violent and brittle. The characteristics of art are "fast, explosive, crisp, accurate", he is best at performing fast-paced "through the mouth" type of program, also known as "Li Kuaizui", his "report dish name", "big drama demon", "exaggerated exquisite" are very famous, so it got the nickname of "Li DaBai Dan" and "Li Kuaizui".
"Joke basket" Liu Junjie. Around 2000, Liu Junjie hosted a program on Tianjin Radio for several consecutive years, and the name of the program was "Joke Basket". At the Spring Festival Gala of CCTV in 2001, he and Tang Jiezhong's "Drama Fans" made many viewers refreshed, and the nickname "Joke Basket" was also sounded throughout the country.
Third, use the "character generation" or the stage name given by the old predecessor
Regarding the origin of the cross-talk "de", "shou", "bao" and "wen" characters, it has been mentioned in the special article "The Origin of Deshoubao Civilization" before, and it will not be repeated here.
Zhang Shouchen's disciples all have the word "stand". Zhang Shouchen was in the order of his family, and his disciples were all arranged according to the word "standing". Because Mr. Zhang Was more superstitious in his early years, a fortune teller gave him a fortune teller who said that he lacked wood in the five elements, so Mr. Zhang added all the wooden characters to the names of his sons and apprentices: sons Zhang Lilin and Zhang Lichun, apprentices: Chang Litong (Chang Baokun), Liu Litang (Liu Baorui), Kang Liben, Feng Lizhang, Yuan Lidong (Yuan Peilou), Tian Lihe (Tian Zhongmin), Mu Lishu (Mu Xianglin), Yu Lixiang (Yu Shide).
Zhang Jieyao's disciples all have the word "song". Zhang Jieyao took twelve disciples and called them "Twelve Green Pines". There are Shan Songting, Guan Songming, Yuan Songqi, Ban Songlin, Tian Songshan, Liu Songjiang, Xin Songbin, Zheng Songtao, Chen Songbo, Yang Songlin, Wang Songsheng, and Wang Songkui.
Ma Sanli's disciples, ranked in the line of "laughter", included Yan Xiaoru, Yin Xiaoxiao and others.
Chang Lian'an's original name was Chang'an, and Chang Lian'an was his stage name. He originally studied Peking Opera, and at the age of fourteen he entered the Fulian cheng class in Beijing, and studied the same subjects as Ma Lianliang and Yu Lianquan. Xiao Changhua added a lian'an to his real name Chang'an and took the stage name Changlian'an. Later, due to the inability to sing opera due to the "inverted warehouse" of the voice (the voice becomes low and hoarse during puberty), it was changed to cross-talk.
Hou Baolin once used the stage name Hou Baolin, his brother's name together is "Qilin Tong" three words, the reason why it was later changed to Hou Baolin, there is an interesting legend: in the early summer of 1933, Peking Opera master Zhou Xinfang entered Beijing to perform in Guangde Lou, performing the masterpiece "Xiao He Yuexia Chasing Han Xin", "Xu Ce Running City" and other plays, which caused a sensation in Beijing for a while, and the three-day ticket pre-sale was sold out. Hou Baolin's master Zhu Kuoquan went to GuangdeLou to visit Zhou Xinfang, one befriended the master, and the other watched the master's performance. Unexpectedly, because he did not buy a ticket, he was blocked by the concierge. Zhu Kuoquan said, "I am Zhu Kuoquan, a friend of Boss Qi." The concierge said, "Well, please Mr. Zhu wait a while and wait for me to go to The Qi Qi Boss." After saying that, he hurried to the backstage and reported to Zhou Xinfang, who pondered for a while and said, "In Beiping, I don't have a friend named Zhu Kuoquan?" The concierge returned to the door and said to Zhu Kuoquan, "Boss Qi doesn't know you, I don't have you as a friend, please come back." "Only ashamed of Zhu Kuoquan's landless self-esteem, angry at the door, a stomp of the foot, good!" This friend is gone! The more Zhu Kuoquan thought about it, the more he nested, good you unicorn boy! I take in apprentices called "Kirin Boy"! Later, Zhu Kuoquan accepted three apprentices, the eldest disciple was surnamed Li, and named "Li Baoqi"; then "Hou Baolin" and "Wang Baotong", so the "Qilin Tong" was all in line. After liberation, in order to eliminate this misunderstanding, Hou Baolin changed "Lin" to "Lin", which is the origin of "Hou Baolin".
Gao Yingpei's original name was Gao Jingchang, and his original stage name was Gao Botang. Because Master Zhao Peiru liked him very much, she decided to give him another stage name, so she gave one of the words "Ying" in her daughter's name to her apprentice Gao Yingpei, and while they were talking, Tan Xiaopei, a peking opera master, came in, saying that I also liked Bo Tang and gave him my last word. So he had a fairly deserved name - Gao Yingpei!
Su Wenmao's stage names are two --- Su Boguang and Su Zhongren. Mr. Su said many times before I was born: "When I was a teacher, Mr. Xie Ruizhi, who sang a single string, gave me a stage name - Su Boguang. When I arrived at the Beijing Qiming Tea House to perform, my master's master, Mr. Zhang Shouchen, was not happy, because the seniors said that there was a cross-talk person named Lu Bosan, so they changed my name to Su Zhongren, because I had a brother named Li Boren in front of me, and later he did not say cross-talk. Later, when I returned to Tianjin to perform, the name on the poster was sometimes Su Boguang, sometimes Su Zhongren, sometimes Su Wenmao, and later my master said: "The old is not okay, what do you really call it?" "I said: Do our line of going south and north, I have a relative of my mother, I am afraid of changing my name, she can't find me!" Since then, I have been using my original name - Su Wenmao. Since then, this generation of cross-talk actors have taken stage names with the word "Wen", such as Liu Wenheng, Wei Wenliang and so on.
Fourth, the stage name taken for convenience
Ma Ji's original name was Ma Shu Huai, in 1957, one day during the tour, Mr. Hou Baolin suddenly said to him: "You ma shu huai, around the mouth, as a cross-talk actor, not only on the stage to perform to ring, the name must also be loud, so that people can easily remember you, you change your name, change a stage name." "At that time, china was screening a Hungarian feature film "Shepherd Goose Boy Ma Ji", this film had a great influence at that time, Ma Ji also liked the protagonist of the film, the film in ma ji is a very humorous and funny character, so Ma Ji took this name after obtaining the consent of Hou Baolin.
The stage name of "Laughing Forest" is Li Gu together. Xiao Lin, formerly known as Zhao Xuelin, used to use the names Zhao Xiaolin and Zhao Beilin, because it had the same name as a cross-talk writer, and later changed to the stage name "Xiaolin" at the suggestion of Li Guyi.
Zhao Yan's original name was "Zhao Dian Xie". The original name has been used for more than 30 years. Ma Ji suggested that he change his name: "This name is not easy to pronounce, it looks strange, and those who don't know you think your name is 'Zhao Dianchang'." Zhao Yan first changed his name to Zhao Yan, but Ma Ji still thought that this word was cumbersome, so he went to another "fire", called Zhao Yan.