Yang Xiaolou, known as the "Master of Wusheng", is a famous Martial Arts actor in Peking Opera, who created the Yang School of Art.
Yang Xiaolou began to study martial arts from an early age, graduated from the university at the age of seventeen, entered the Baosheng and classes at the age of twenty-four, and was also appreciated by Empress Dowager Cixi. At that time, Yang Xiaolou, together with Mei Lanfang and Yu Shuyan, was called the "Three Sages" and became a representative figure in the Peking Opera circle.
How big is Yang Xiaolou's ability? Yu Shuyan commented that he could only appreciate and could not learn. Even if you learn, you can only learn his handles, playing style, body, and frame. Singing and doing and experiencing the plot cannot be learned.
There are many representative repertoire of Yang Xiaolou, such as: "Lin Chong Night Run", "Ningwuguan", "Famen Temple", "Tielong Mountain", "Serial Set" and so on.
Master Yang was born in 1878 and died in 1938 at the age of 61, so how did Yang Xiaolou die? According to Yang Xiaolou's information, he died of illness, but the specific illness cannot be verified.
Before his death, Yang Xiaolou left a will, saying that he had been ordained as a Dao at the Baiyun Temple, and that his name had been on the Jade Emperor's "Dengzhen Zhen", and his life and soul were no longer under the jurisdiction of the Ten Heavenly Palaces Yan Jun, but belonged to the "Three Officials", so after "feathering", he must wear a Daoist costume.
His descendants did so, and his dress (burial garment) was a complete set of costumes: a set of white pants with a large collar, a small cotton jacket and cotton pants with a large neckline, and a large collar blue cotton robe. It is always tied with a streamer in the shape of a sword head. The outermost part is draped with a dark purple collar and embroidered with bagua tai chi patterns. Because there is no long hair on the top of the head, it is naturally impossible to tie the Taoist crown, so there is no yuan-shaped mixed yuan scarf, so it has to wear a gate tower-style Zhuangzi, and a piece of beautiful jade is inlaid in the middle, as a "hat Zheng'er". A pair of white socks was worn under his feet, and the hem of his pants was placed in the sock tube, and he was paired with a pair of purple cloud-encrusted "cloud shoes". Holding a jade ruyi in both hands. It is completely a Taoist incineration gong yuanguo full of "chaozhen" attire.
The coffin of Sheng Funeral Yang Xiaolou is even more exquisite, but it is a selection of the "four single plates" of JinSinan (that is, two gangs, bottoms, and covers, all of which are four whole plates), which is the highest quality burial utensils. It was purchased from the Crane Longevity Timber Shop on Luomashi Street, worth 2400 yuan.
As for the burial material inside the coffin, it is said to be different. Judging from the communication reports disclosed by various newspapers that year that Yang Tomb was stolen, its martyrdom products were both exquisite and numerous, in addition to Taoist legal objects such as swords, wats (chaojian), and dust, ancient ceramics, smoke pots, gold and silver jewelry, and everything. However, it caused trouble, and the common cloud "the family thief is difficult to prevent", and Dong Si, who did not expect to let Songbai anyi look at the grave, and his collusion bandits dug it up.
As soon as Yang Shi breathed, a majestic ridged greenhouse was erected in the courtyard, and the roof of the shed was made of five ridges and six beasts according to the classical architectural form, and it was also a "flower ridge" in the shape of ancient money, which looked like a tall hall from a distance. On three sides of the shed, "prayer holders" (prayer platforms were erected on the room). In this way, it can not occupy the effective area of the hospital.
Yang Xiaolou as Zhao Yun
Its entire layout is: the front is the spiritual hall, the opposite is the Baogai-style Fan (Lama) prayer platform, and the opposite side of the platform, that is, above the spiritual hall, hangs a yellow satin embroidered banner door and banner. In the middle of the roof hung four yellow satin embroidered prayer flags matching the hat gate and the banner strip. At the top of the shed is a pavilion-style prayer platform, with blue satin embroidered gates and banners, and four blue satin embroidered prayer flags hanging on the roof of the shed. The lower head of the shed is a Buddhist shrine-style Zen (monk) prayer table, with red satin embroidered gates and banners hanging from the roof, and four red satin embroidered prayer flags hanging from the roof of the shed. At a glance, it looks like a god and a buddha.
In front of Yang's spiritual hall, a large platform with a circumference of one and two feet was built. Each of the four corners of the platform has a pillar with a green lacquer and gold pattern to support the top, and a ceiling with a painted crane pattern is installed on the top, symbolizing the dead sound "driving the crane fairy". In line with Yang's lifelong beliefs, the upper part of the platform is covered with inscriptions from celebrities, chambers of commerce, the Ci Association, and the Pear Garden Association.
To send the way, the blue cloth street shed was built in advance, and a sucai archway was built on both sides of the shed and in front of the funeral home. A pair of large drums and gongs with a double flower basket pattern of gold patterns on a red background were erected in the shed to deliver news to the guests.
Extended to the afternoon, west to Yanshousi Street, Liulichang, east to the South Huofan Hutong, Coal Market Street area, traffic is busy, mainly in the pear garden industry, people from all walks of life, have gone to Yang House to mourn. Only the theater insiders and outsiders, counting more than 300 people, famous Shang Xiaoyun, Gao Qingkui, Shen Manhua, Li Hongchun, Liu Yanting, Wang Fushan, etc., all came to Hangxiao in person.
Such as Yu Shuyan, Yu Yaoqing, Wang Fengqing, Yu Zhenting, Cai Ronggui, Tan Xiaopei, Tan Fuying, Cheng Yanqiu, Ma Fulu, Ye Longzhang, Ye Shengzhang, Xiao Changhua, Guo Chunshan, Yan Lanting, Li Yongli, Xun Huisheng, Wang Songling, Ding Shuili, Yu Lianquan, Yu Yongli, Chi Yueting, Yang Chunlong, Wang Youquan, Jin Zhongren, Zhao Yankui, Chen Chunling, Hao Shouchen, Yang Baozhong, Hou Hailin, Xu Linfu, Chi Shaofeng, Wan Zihe, Liang Huating, Yang Zhongsheng, Wang Jingwu, Jin Tingsun, Jin Shaoshan, etc., as well as theater critics Wang Xiagong, Dai Lansheng, Qi Rushan, Wu Xiansun, Jing Lonely Blood, etc., all came to the sacrifice in person, or had a joint axis, or sent incense to the temple. Sincerely for the plain car white horse, will hang the year of the turtle, in the spirit shed, the drum music of the spirit, the sound of the Buddha trumpet and the cry mixed together.
At 6 o'clock in the afternoon, when the road was delivered, the official drum was walked in the forefront, the official blowing officer played 24 loudspeakers and the fine music of the clear tone "Jiufu Class", followed by a large car with a fine table of colored paper, with a turning horse, and a top horse in front; Back with mule heel. Outside the left window of the carriage, a yellow note was posted, which read, "Yang Ronggui, the young lady of the old lady of Yang Province, the filial daughter of the hearse of The Old Lady of Yang Province, the heir sun Xuqian, the son-in-law Liu Yanfang, the grandson Zong Yang, zong hua and other filial piety of the whole house." There is also a four-wheeled carriage with large glass shutters on all four sides; 8 people carry the green official car for one ride; Bar box 4 lifts; 4 pier boxes; A great white crane (the second warehouse on the first floor has been sent to the incineration site to wait in advance).
The paper is lined with 8 large white gas death wind lamps and 12 pairs of hexagonal hand masks. Behind the papier-mâché is the Lama of the Lama Temple, played with heavy Mongolian and Tibetan ritual instruments such as large drums and trombones. The Taoist priests of the Baiyun Temple are dressed in cloud satin embroidery, playing bells, hafnium, and drums, and Bai Quanyi is a high merit, holding the Ruyi Temple.
All the guests (most of them celebrities) who participated in the delivery of the road carried the lanterns separately and arranged in double rows to send them off, becoming a big fire dragon. Later, the monks of Tieshan Temple played the Buddhist song Fan Music with a pipe flute, and the sound was miserable, making people whimper. Rong Gui, daughter of the Yang clan, picked up money paper, and son-in-law Liu Yanfang held a lighthouse made of bala noodles by the lama with a copper tea tray; The heirs and grandsons, who were holding the Daojing Dashu and the Zen Sutra Dashu respectively, cried bitterly and lost their voices, and were carried out one by one by their close relatives. Finally, there are 13 great monks of Longquan Temple. Ezekiel hit the "Seven Stars" behind the temple. The whole send-off three-way procession meandered about a mile or more. The spectators are like clouds, and the followers are more than hundreds of people.
Because Yang's worship of Buddhism during his lifetime, he became the great meritorious master of various monasteries in Beijing, and had close friendships with abbots and supervisors of various monasteries, so the abbots of 23 Buddhist monasteries jointly went to the sutra to confess.
Gathering large and small monasteries "yellow robes" high monks to send sutras to the saints is the highest respect for the deceased and their families in the Buddhist circles, and it is a supreme merit for the deceased themselves. This is an unprecedented situation in Beijing since the 8th year of the Republic of China.
In addition to the 23 "yellow robes", there are also 13 lamas from Lama Temple, Longfu Temple, and Huguo Temple; There are 13 Taoist monks each from the Baiyun Temple, the Fire Temple outside the Di'an Gate, and the Lü Zu Pavilion inside the Peace Gate; There are 13 monks each from Changchun Temple, Iron Mountain Temple, and Longquan Temple. The pomp and circumstance of the practice of taking turns to chant is self-evident.
In the evening, the grand Zidu dojo is held, where the three flame mouths of Fan, Dao, and Zen are given food: the iron can of the old way is given food, and the flame mouth of the three Qing (three high-level masters wearing the five old crowns) are eaten; The three great monks (three Vajrayogini masters wearing the crown of the five Buddhas) flame mouth: plus the "Jizo Ten King Treasure Lamp" transmission of the lamp ceremony.
The Golden Bell Law Drum, all night long, the number of people watching the ceremony is as many as 100 people.