I studied the Yu school, from the old students, the ancestors of Peking Opera Cheng, Tan and Yu are in the same line, and they are the most authentic Peking Opera old students. And it can be said that Mr. Yu Shuyan's artistic level has not yet surpassed him, he died very early, leaving only 18 and a half records, leaving no more video materials and recordings, so everyone is relatively unfamiliar with him.
In addition to Mr. Yu's good singing voice, his body, performance, appearance, martial arts, and comprehensive quality in all aspects are very good, and it is difficult for actors to surpass him now. I was young and had never seen Mr. Yu's performances, so it was difficult to learn, so I could only listen to his singing and get inspiration from it. At that time, I could only go to the theater, visit the friends who had cooperated with him, and saw his performances, even if they were running dragon sets, I also learned from him, from bit by bit, and I also learned from the contemporary gentlemen who could contact and learn from the Yu school, including disciples who were not kowtowing to the master.
For example, Mr. Wang Ruizhi, he is one of my teachers, he was originally Mr. Yu Shuyan's violinist, can be said to be an expert of The Yu Sect, I studied with him for 10 years during the "Cultural Revolution", every day he hanged my throat, I benefited a lot. Mr. Wang is in his 50s, and he pulls "Night Run" for me countless times a day, and the "Cultural Revolution" broke the splint and let me walk how many times he walked how many times he taught me. The old gentleman is really good, and many things have touched me.
As soon as I heard that someone had heard Mr. Yu's play, I grabbed this person and asked him, "What plays have you seen him, how did he act, and what was different?" I saw the books about Mr. Yu and Yu Pai, I excerpted and preserved them, objective reality forced me to learn only this way, but only to learn these 18 records can not act, so Mr. Tan Xinpei, Mr. Ma Lianliang's plays I go to learn, absorb all the good things of each faction, and then try to use my experience to use the style of Yu Pai to express, form the Yu Pai style, absorb the strengths of each family, form their own style, but this work is very difficult, so many years have been doing so.
Geng Qichang, Li Weikang and Zhang Xueliang sang Peking Opera together
I am a person who recognizes death reason is very stubborn, generally speaking, people in their 50s do not learn drama with teachers, I am still learning drama with teachers, that year because I did not learn "Skinny Horse History", I have been learning drama before, as long as I see people acting or find that I have not learned the script, even if I do not act, I have to learn. I don't think that in my 50s, I still have a cold feeling of learning drama with others, as long as this person has studied yu pai and seen Yu pai, I will go to consult.
I want to say a little more about the teachers who taught me, I have been studying drama for more than 40 years, if there were not so many good teachers who taught me tirelessly, loved and trained, there would be nothing I have today, and I am very grateful to my teachers.
My enlightened teacher at the drama school is Chen Yubin, and these old students in the Chinese drama school are basically his enlightenment, and his enlightenment is really horizontal and vertical, and the foundation is particularly good. In the drama school, I studied the old students, but the school also arranged to learn some martial arts, otherwise "the knife and gun do not enter", take a gun like a stick can not do, those gentlemen taught me "Qilin Pavilion", "Lotus Lake", learn martial arts old students, old heroes who play with knives, the teacher laid a very good foundation for me in literature and martial arts.
Principal Shi also invited me from Tianjin, a famous violinist, Mr. Guo, who was very good at studying Tan Pai, so he hung my throat alone for two or three years. After graduation, I only have a small foundation and have to study, otherwise I can't mature.
For example, Mr. Li Shilin, we students do not have much money, these scripts are written by the old man one by one, drawing pictures, and also write me a letter every time there is a play, and every step of the action play must be walked out for me, I think you can understand, I am really grateful to him.
These gentlemen are really good, without them, really without me today. Now that many of these teachers have passed away, I miss them very, very much, and I hope that these living teachers will live a happy life.