[The content of this article is based on authoritative historical data, and there are citations at the end of the article, please be aware.] 】
After 5,000 years of development, China has developed to the present era of peace and prosperity and the people's customs are liberalized, but in the past of feudal imperialism, people often have to hold various cumbersome ceremonies to do things, and people often have incomparable respect for the venerable and the elderly in the strict social hierarchy.
As an ancient art system that has been handed down from ancient times to the present, the storytellers of the past have gradually evolved into cross talk actors in the torrent of the times, and the apprenticeship rules that accompany it have also quietly changed with the development of the times, and the person who has a greater impact on this is Zhang Shouchen - the real "pattern" can be seen in him.
His life has been deeply integrated into the cross talk industry, and has made extraordinary and outstanding effects for it, in addition to his cross talk being talked about, the master-apprentice relationship in his master is even more moving.
1. Zhang Shouchen's cross talk career
Friends who are interested in cross talk will have heard of Zhang Shouchen's name, he has created countless cross talk works in his life, including stand-up comedy and stand-up comedy, stand-up comedy is the most common form of cross talk performance in us today, stand-up comedy is relatively rare, but there are still many such performance forms in the folk of East Asian countries such as Japan and South Korea.
Zhang Shouchen's works are very civic literary sense, he is deep in the citizen class, but out of the mud and unstained, can see into the world, clearly know the ugliness of philistine philosophy, he uses his works to break the barrier of hypocrisy and selfishness, numbness and stupidity in the world, he soberly criticizes the spiritual shackles of the old society in front of him, and uses ridicule and irony to weave a unique social depth of cross talk works.
Looking back on Zhang Lao's works, it is not difficult to find that he is very good at "pad talk" and "hanging" skills, and when talking about cross talk, he often starts from the small things around him, and naturally leads the topic to the formal stage.
Zhang Shouchen was regarded as a generation of people by the masses because of his extremely high cross talk attainments, and he was well versed in the heat and coldness of the situation in the chaotic era, and he was accustomed to seeing the warmth and coldness of human feelings, and this environment largely laid the overall tone for his works - sharp and deep.
His works always run through everything in the chaotic world, go straight to the Yellow Dragon, touch the essence of life, and make people laugh and at the same time cause people to think unconsciously. Where did Zhang Shouchen's cross talk career start, many people are inevitably curious and can't bear to peek into it a few times.
In 1899, Zhang Shouchen was born in a mediocre alley in Beijing, but the hero does not ask where he comes from, perhaps due to the influence of his family, Zhang Shouchen has a strong interest in cross talk since he was a child, and often goes to the bottom of the overpass to watch the storyteller's performance, and it is worth mentioning that his father is also one of the storytellers on the overpass.
After the age of five, he began to study in a private school, but at the same time began to learn cross talk performance with his father, when he was ten years old, his father died of illness, and he was forced to come out to set up a stall to talk about cross talk to barely make a living.
He officially entered the cross talk industry and focused on Jiao Dehai, who had one of the honorary titles of "Eight Virtues of Cross Talk" in 1911, as his teacher, and began systematic learning.
After leaving the school, he and his partner traveled all over the country to perform, and he also worked alone for a period of time because of some accidents, although the road ahead is long and full of ups and downs, but if you can't beat you, you will only make you stronger, these years of displacement and hardships have made Zhang Shouchen learn a lot of skills that are difficult for ordinary people to understand on the road of cross talk, and apply them to his cross talk works, so that they burst out with extraordinary vitality, and infect every person who comes to listen to his cross talk.
In just the year of the weak crown, he has achieved remarkable achievements in Beijing and Tianjin by himself. After becoming famous, apprentices also came, and Chang Baokun was his big apprentice.
He is not used to smiling on weekdays, giving people a stern and detached look, but in fact his personality is completely different from his appearance, not only is he easy-going and unpretentious, but he also does not care much about the old red tape.
2. Zhang Shouchen's "easy-going"
In 1954, Zhang Shouchen said to Zhao Peiru, the partner of his eldest apprentice: "Chang Guitian is my grandson, why do you need to introduce insurance?" At that time, the inheritance of skills mainly relied on the mode of master with apprentices, and the apprenticeship ceremony was particularly solemn.
As an apprentice, you not only need to invite representatives in the industry, but also need to set up a few tables of banquets to complete the apprenticeship, cross talk as a folk art, his apprenticeship process is different, that is, to invite three cross talk actors as their own apprenticeship ceremony of the teacher, the teacher and the substitute teacher.
Although it had entered New China at that time, this cumbersome and complicated ritual was still partially handed down, but there was no such rule in the apprenticeship after 1954, all thanks to one person - that is, Zhang Shouchen.
Time back to 1931, Zhang Shouchen, who was already quite famous, met Chang Baokun, who was also born in the family of cross talk, because of the similarity of the two life experiences, he accepted Chang Baokun as an apprentice, and also regarded his father Chang Lianan as a junior brother.
Soon became a famous local cross talk actor, his talent is far more than that, Zhang Shouchen's arrival seems to have added a blind catalyst to his life, and his talent even surpassed that of his master in the next few years.
Later, by chance, Zhao Peiru became a partner and partnered together, and the two joined forces to bring the performance effect of cross talk to the extreme, but fate seems to always love to joke with others, and at the age of 29, he threw himself into the Korean battlefield of defending the motherland with enthusiasm, but he failed to survive the rain of bullets, leaving his young son at home.
Speaking of his son Chang Guitian, earlier he hoped that his son could change the fate of the family's generations of performing cross talk through reading, but it backfired, Chang Guitian's reading performance was not good, and he showed excellent talent in cross talk, Chang Baokun sacrificed his wife also lost the backbone, everything will be discussed with Zhao Peiru, and she rethought her son's future and decided that she could not live up to his talent.
In addition, after the founding of New China, the status of cross talk actors also rose, and finally she brought Chang Guitian to Zhao Peiru, and since then Chang Guitian has studied with this "veritable" master, and at the formal apprenticeship ceremony, Zhang Shouchen was also on the field, and a number of cross talk masters in Tianjin came to sit down.
According to the traditional rules, it is very complicated, Zhang Shouchen, as the master of Chang Guitian's father, suddenly waved his hand and decided to change this process, he cleared his throat: "New China has been founded, everything has moved towards a new atmosphere, we also want yo Yang, this apprenticeship ceremony we will be concise, do not introduce any insurance generation." ”
As a well-known cross talk master in the industry, it is very appropriate for him to take the lead, and everyone present responded, so the Pepsi customs that have been passed down for centuries began to change. Looking back on history, there are many backward ideas and concepts that lie in our lives, and we must look at them scientifically, treat them rationally, and take the essence of them and get rid of the dross!
3. Break the rules and have the courage to change
Zhang Shouchen's easy-going made him more famous in the cross talk world, as a leader in the industry, it is difficult for ordinary people to empathize with the people at the bottom, most of them are dragon-slaying teenagers who eventually become evil dragons, and they can't see others comfortable under the umbrella even if they are drenched in the rain.
But Master Zhang Shouchen did not choose to do this, although he has reached the pinnacle of the industry through hard work, but he is not arrogant at all, rigorous and kind, for the ceremony of apprenticeship he is willing to give up what is beneficial to himself for the benefit of future generations, the cancellation of "introduction of insurance generation" is undoubtedly a great progress in the history of cross talk, and the simplification of the apprenticeship process is conducive to the continuous transmission of this skill to a certain extent.
Throughout the present and ancient times, countless precious traditional cultural treasures have gradually disappeared in the long river of history due to a variety of redundant "rituals", which is a regrettable thing, cross talk as a non-mainstream art form, its inheritance still needs to be passed on by word of mouth between master and apprentice to understand the mystery.
In today's era, the younger generation has unlimited choices for the future, and few people will specifically take the road of cross talk, and the apprenticeship ceremony is even more prohibitive to everyone, so Zhang Shouchen's change has directly broadened the development of cross talk to a certain extent.
But no matter what era we are in, we have our own difficulties and opportunities, no matter what we do, there will always be some rules and regulations that limit our hands and feet, these rules and regulations are invisible social shackles, invisible and intangible, but many people suffer from them. Although there are no rules, excessive rules will only bind the free and uninhibited soul.
As the younger generation of the new youth, we should take Mr. Zhang Shouchen as an example, not only learn from his attitude of fighting for life, but also learn from his kindness and humility in dealing with others, and learn from his heroism and courage in not being afraid of worldly concepts and daring to break the rules.
It is true that we are inevitably constrained by various rules in our daily life, they may not be reasonable, but most people only choose to forbear, we have to do it to be that brave person, some rules are not necessary, as long as we dare to put forward, over time the spark can start a prairie fire!
As the saying goes, "change is the way", after taking the first step, we will only be greeted by a broad road and a more stretched life!
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In 1954, why did Zhang Shouchen say to Zhao Peiru: Chang Guitian is my grandson, what else do you need to introduce insurance.(Netease News).2023.03.08.