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Preface
In the 80s and 90s, there was a person with a very high status in the cross talk industry, and he was the first person to break the tradition and accept a "foreigner" as an apprentice, he was Jiang Kun.
Jiang Kun, an old cross talk artist. At that time, when there was only mainstream traditional cross talk in the cross talk industry, this old artist was in the limelight for a while.
And he also has an apprentice who, like him, also earned the limelight in that era.
The apprentice he accepted was not ordinary, not only appeared on the Spring Festival Gala, but also appeared four times. The important thing is that he is still a foreigner. This person is the once well-known "foreigner" cross talk actor, Dashan.
The People's Daily once commented: Dashan is a foreigner, but not an outsider.
said that he was once a household name because he suddenly "disappeared" when he was the most popular, and there was very little news of him on the Internet. So what was it like then, and what is his life like now?
Perseverance, gold and stone can be carved
At that time, Dashan was studying at Peking University as an exchange student, and met Jiang Kun by chance.
After Dashan's unremitting efforts, Jiang Kun was also moved by Dashan's pure heart, and finally broke the tradition and accepted Dashan, a "foreign disciple".
Facts have also proved that Dashan is indeed very fond of our Chinese culture, and followed Jiang Kun to learn cross talk. And with Jiang Kun's status at that time, the resources obtained by Dashan were also unique.
Through the efforts of the mountains and the blessing of these top resources, the mountains have also become popular at a very fast speed.
Climb high and look at the end of the world
Although Dashan has also appeared on the Spring Festival Gala of CCTV on the mainland before. However, due to the speed of transmission at that time, it did not reach the household name that it later on.
I think the real household name is after 2009, and that year is the third time in Dashan's life to appear on the Spring Festival Gala.
The group comedy "New Theory of Five Senses" performed by him and Liu Wei and others also created a classic. This festival, which is most valued by the Chinese, was held at a grand national party, which shows the strength of the mountain at that time.
Two years later, Dashan appeared on the Spring Festival Gala again, and so far he has become a foreigner who has participated in the Spring Festival Gala four times, and he is also the foreigner who has participated in the Spring Festival Gala the most.
This achievement is not easy to achieve even for the Chinese themselves, although I dare not say that there is no one to come, but it must be unprecedented.
While achieving excellent results over the years, it also proves that Dashan is a person who loves Chinese and Chinese languages and culture, and is committed to absorbing Chinese culture and spreading it, otherwise it would be impossible to learn cross talk.
Because even our own people have a hard time learning, let alone a foreigner who is lame in Mandarin, and Dashan is not only rising in his career, but also marrying a Chinese wife. It can be described as a double harvest of family business.
The cliff is full of branches, and the wind and snow are upright
However, with the development of the times and the absence of successors to traditional cross talk, traditional Chinese cross talk has entered a trough and slowly faded out of people's field of vision.
Instead, it was the "non-mainstream traditional cross talk" Deyun Club established by Guo Degang. And with the establishment of Deyun Club, in the following time, Deyun Club is slowly squeezing the living space of traditional mainstream cross talk.
And Dashan, who was at the peak of his career at the time, also had a news, Dashan suddenly announced that he was going back to Canada and quitting the cross talk world. People don't understand this, and it's obviously not a good decision to return home at the most popular time.
Some people think that Dashan is making money under the guise of loving Chinese culture, and some people think that Dashan is a liar.
Maybe it's really as the majority of netizens think? Dashan is a liar full of lies? Is the reason why he came to China because he wants to make money?
In fact, no, because Dashan is Canadian, his children are mixed-race. In today's society, people still frequently look at foreigners on the road, let alone at that time.
Therefore, for the sake of the child to avoid too much criticism and trouble, and for the long-term development of the future. Let his wife return to China with their children, while he himself continues to stay in China to develop.
Then why did Dashan go back to Canada later, it turned out that it was because he fell into a long period of confusion after Dashan sent his family away.
Coupled with the frequent back-and-forth between China and Canada, Dashan is in a deep state of self-doubt. At the critical moment, Feng Gong woke up Dashan, and Feng Gong persuaded Dashan to have the courage to jump out of his comfort zone and find his original intention of coming to China.
Don't forget the original intention, you have to always
Feng Gong's persuasion directly made Dashan wake up, and then resolutely returned to Canada to promote and spread Chinese culture when he was in the midst of his popularity.
Later, in 12 years, Dashan was appointed by the Canadian Prime Minister as the "Canadian Chinese Ambassador" and the "Canada-China Goodwill Ambassador", which is undoubtedly an affirmation of what Dashan has been doing.
With the development of these years, gradually Deyun Club's non-mainstream traditional cross talk has become the top stream, which is also the trend of the times. At the same time, the mountains have gradually disappeared in China.
But he did not forget his original intention, and in 15 years, he launched his own talk show "Dashan Kan Dashan" that combined Chinese and Western cultures, and held the first solo special "Dashan Kan Dashan" in Beijing.
In 17 years, Dashan also appeared on the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, one of the three major comedy festivals in the world, and it is also the largest comedy festival in the southern hemisphere. This also affirms the strength of Dashan and allows more people to understand some of China's culture on this international stage.
In January this year, the Chinese version of the drama "The Shawshank Redemption", which was performed by Dashan and played Rhett, premiered in China and won everyone's love again.
epilogue
Dashan's achievements and efforts over the years have proved how much he loves Chinese culture, and he is also actively promoting and promoting.
At the same time, it has played a great role in the cultural friendly exchanges between China and Canada, and Dashan has once again proved itself with actions.
In fact, there are many foreigners who come to China for development, but there are very few people like Dashan who love Chinese culture and can promote and spread it.
Resources:
People's Daily Overseas Edition: Dashan is not a "foreigner" for outsiders
Observer.com: Dashan's cross talk became popular, and the Chinese in the audience laughed to tears
The Paper: Cao Kefan: The Mountain: See the Mountain Again