On June 22, 2016, yesterday, the official website of the Beijing People's Art Theater released an obituary: Comrade Han Shanxu, a member of the Chinese Dramatists Association and a first-class actor of the Beijing People's Art Theater, died of illness at 11:45 a.m. on June 19, 2016 at the age of 79.

Thunderstorm - Lu Gui
Born in Beijing in 1937, Han Shanxu entered the Beijing Renyi Actor Training Class in August 1958, graduated in 1961, and worked as an actor in Beijing Renyi until his retirement. He lived in Beijing Tianqiao since childhood, and was familiar with the customs and customs of old Beijing, which laid a solid foundation for his future performance art. In his lifelong drama stage career, he has created a number of characters with independent personalities and distinct personalities, especially known as "small people".
Among the dozens of stage images he left behind, the big fool Yang in "The Tea House", the shui san'er in "Xiaojing Hutong", the right xian wang in "Cai Wenji", Wang Fusheng in "Sunrise", Shen Shaoshan in "Beijing Uncle", the lark Zhang in "Birdman", Lu Gui in "Thunderstorm" and Luo Datou in "The First Floor of the World" are especially familiar and loved by the audience.
In film and television, Han Shanxu has also played many brilliant roles, such as Luo Datou, the roast duck master in the TV series "The First Floor under the World", and Cao Kun in the movie "Sun Yat-sen". In the movie "Midsummer and Her Fiancé", the assistant restaurant manager played by Han Shanxu is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, once he was walking on the road, an old lady pointed at him and said: "I know you, aren't you the meat seller in the hutongkou!" In the old version of the TV series "Journey to the West", Han Shanxu played multiple roles, starring in supporting roles such as Liu Hong, the one-character ghost king, the old man of the Two Realms Mountain, and the Martial Minister of the Tang Dynasty. With the excellent line skills of the drama actor, he also voiced the characters of Tota Lee Tianwang and Xiong Qiwei in the play. The six-year-old child who had cooperated with Han Shanxu in "Journey to the West" was shocked to hear the bad news and sent a microblog to mourn: "May Mr. Han Shanxu go all the way!" ”
Han Shanxu once laughed at himself and said, "In the past 50 years of art, there are few good people and many bad people; there are not a few big roles, and there are not many small roles." But he treats each role with extreme rigor and seriousness, which fully reflects the artistic spirit of a performance artist who "kung fu is outside the play". In order to portray Luo Datou in "The First Floor of the World", he spent a month in Quanjude to learn roast duck, until finally his roast duck was praised by foreign customers. Wu Jing'an, an actor who played Han Shanxu's son in "Man to Old Age", also mourned after learning of Han Shanxu's death: "Teacher Han, it is too early! He said: "The old man is humorous, delicate, serious, good at letting the other party enter the role, he has a persistence in studying the character, breaking the casserole and asking the end!" ”
Ren Ming, director of Beijing Renyi, recalled that he cooperated with Han Shanxu on "Uncle Beijing" in the 1990s, and once received strong support from Han Shanxu, he said: "At that time, I was still a very young director, and Mr. Han was very supportive of my directing work and helped me a lot, and I was very grateful to him from the bottom of my heart. ”
Source: Beijing Evening News, Beiwan New Vision Network reporter Wang Run