The actors who work with the cross-talk master Hou Baolin are called "Erguo", one is Guo Qiru and the other is Guo Quanbao.
Regarding Hou Baolin's story, I believe that many viewers are more familiar with it, and even many things including his descendants are well known, but for his important collaborators, people do not know much.
In fact, Guo Quanbao is also a very great cross-talk actor, in addition to partnering with Hou Baolin in his life, he has also cooperated with Liu Baorui, Ma Ji, Hao Aimin, etc., especially paying attention to promoting younger generations, and is praised in the industry.
This time we will talk about Guo Quanbao, who is known as "Young Guo Lao" in the industry.
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Guo Quanbao, a native of Beijing, was born in 1921, and like hou Baolin as a child, he first studied not cross-talk, but Peking Opera. Moreover, Guo Quanbao is still studying clown performances. In fact, many years later, some cross-talk can still be revealed, and Guo Quanbao does have some Peking Opera skills.
At the age of 11, Guo Quanbao performed funny erhuang in Beijing Tianqiao and Bai Quanfu and others. At the age of 13, Guo Quanbao began to formally learn cross-talk, and the master he worshipped was yu Junbo, a famous cross-talk artist. Yu Junbo is a Shouzi generation actor, so Guo Quanbao belongs to the Baozi generation.
Later, Guo Quanbao performed in many places in the north and also performed at the famous Qiming Tea House in Beijing. Before liberation, Guo Quanbao performed together with Chang Baokun, Ma Sanli and others.
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In 1951, Guo Quanbao participated in the Chinese people's condolence group to the DPRK, and two years later he was transferred to the Central Radio Rap Troupe, where he became colleagues with Hou Baolin, Liu Baorui and others.
First, let's talk about the cooperation between Guo Quanbao and Hou Baolin. Hou Baolin cooperated more with Guo Qiru before liberation, and after liberation, both Guo teachers cooperated. Guo Quanbao is one of Hou Baolin's important collaborators, and they have performed together "Guan Gong Zhan Qin Qiong", "Speaking of the Emperor", "Changing Careers", "Drunkenness", "Learning the Drum", "Drama and Dialect", "WuSong Fighting Tiger", "Yin and Yang Five Elements", "Selling Buns", etc., many of which have also become the classics of Hou Pai Xiangsheng.
In addition to Hou Baolin, Guo Quanbao and Liu Baorui have also collaborated on many works. Many viewers think that Liu Baorui is just a stand-up king, in fact, he has also said a lot of cross-talk, and has cooperated the most with Guo Quanbao. The two of them have said together "The Man with the Head of the Tall Man", "Good, Good", "Find an Object", "Make a Coat", "String", etc., and in these works, Guo Quanbao generally appears as a comic actor.
That is to say, Guo Quanbao is actually a good actor, but the kung fu of teasing is not well known to the audience. Guo Quanbao is not only Hou Baolin's green leaf actor.
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In addition to the two masters Hou Baolin and Liu Baorui, Guo Quanbao and Hao Aimin have also said a lot of cross-talk, especially paying attention to promoting newcomers, and have also praised Ma Ji, such as "Selling Cloth Heads". Ma Ji once said in his later years that Teacher Guo Quanbao belongs to the performers who are willing to work hard in front of the audience, and the more the audience likes it, the less tired he is, and the more energetic the performance.
In addition to tacit cooperation with the actors, Guo Quanbao is also good at performing stand-up comedy, such as "Confused County Official", "Borrowing Fire" and "Three Myopias" that he has performed, which are also the best in stand-up comedy.
Not only for ma Ji's cross-talk descendants, Guo Quanbao did not hesitate to teach some amateur cross-talk actors before his death, on the one hand, he was not conservative and was willing to pass on the essence of cross-talk art to future generations, on the other hand, he was very easy-going with people and things, and never put up a big artist's shelf.
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In July 2004, Guo Quanbao, who had been talking to each other all his life, died in Beijing, and the hospital where he was last treated was not a high-level hospital, but a weeping Willow Hospital near his home. It can be seen that Guo Quanbao did not engage in specialization in his later years, and he regarded himself as an ordinary person and did not cause trouble to others.
Not only for himself, but also for Guo Quanbao's education of his children. Because of his father's fame, several of his children had a sense of superiority when they were young, but Guo Quanbao often taught them that we are all ordinary people, we are all suffering people, and you should not feel that you are any different from other children.
In the blink of an eye, Mr. Guo Quanbao has been away from us for more than ten years. Can you still think of mr. Guo, who stood on the stage and was always happy, with white hair?