As the only ancient civilization that has not been interrupted, China has bred brilliant and brilliant traditional arts. Fresh and elegant ink paintings, Peking opera with round characters, ingenious paper-cutting, exquisite ceramics, a wide variety of traditional arts are not only the treasures of the Chinese nation, but also the pride of the descendants of Yanhuang.
Today, we're talking about the vaudeville art that is waning. Climbing through the top, flying cars and dancing knives and guns, acrobatics are an art form with a long history. Witty and humorous performances and amazing skills reflect the optimistic background of the Chinese nation. For thousands of years, the Chinese people have experienced vicissitudes, and it can be said that acrobatics have added a little color to the ordinary life.
Old Beijing, under the overpass, the life of five tastes. It is an open-air stage for acrobats, and it is also an arena for worldly strangers. One minute on stage, ten years offstage. They are all equipped with special skills, but behind them are hard practices that do not distinguish between cold and heat. Three cotton balls, two porcelain bowls, Wang Baohe, known as the "ghost hand", does not show the slightest flaw under the three cameras, is he a man or a ghost?
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At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the People's Republic, the tianqiao area of old Beijing was full of teahouses and restaurants, which was like an entertainment center. Strange people with extraordinary skills from all walks of life perform here to earn some bounty to support their families. As the saying goes, just saying that without practicing the fake style, acrobats are not like ordinary actors, they can move their mouths, then they must have real kung fu. Otherwise, the equally poor people would not be willing to take out the copper plate in their pockets.
Wang Baohe was born into an acrobatic family, and his grandfather was the famous "unlocking king" under the Beijing flyover. However, for the Wang family, the birth of Wang Baohe was not a happy event, after all, in that era of chaos and war, it was not an easy task to raise a child.
The flyover is an arena, you have a unique job, and people have a unique job. At this time, it is more unique than whose unique work is more unique. Only in this way can we attract enough audiences to gain a firm foothold here. Wang Baohe has tasted all the sufferings of the world since he was a child, and his father Wang Fushou, in order to pass on the stunt skills, but also in order to let his son have a little subsistence ability, his son began to exercise him at the age of 6.
As the saying goes, if you want to learn amazing art, you have to work hard. Wang Baohe had no other choice, and began to practice acrobatics at a young age. The son inherits the father's business and inherits the unique work seems to be a bright road, but in the acrobatics, even if he is talented, he must study and practice diligently the day after tomorrow to achieve true kung fu.
6-year-old Wang Baohe inherited the genes of his grandfather and father, and his body bones were different from ordinary people. In order to cultivate the ancestral skills of the Wang family, Wang Baohe had to soak in the herb bucket for several hours every day, and the same was true in the cold winter. At the same time, Wang Fushou also "folded" his son's bones, hoping that his son would practice bone reduction skills as soon as possible.
All in all, no matter the wind and the sun, the wind and rain, Wang Baohe insisted on practicing in the open air, and he even fell into rheumatism in his later years. After years of diligent study and hard work, Wang Baohe finally practiced the ancestral unlocking technique, which is also known as the bone reduction gong. Not only that, Wang Baohe also has two major skills - the Three Immortals Return Cave and the Deep Throat Sewing Needle, which are also jaw-dropping.
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After practicing his unique skills, Wang Baohe followed his father to perform under the overpass, which was 49 years. Such a stunning feat, the young Wang Baohe can always attract many people to stop and watch. Practice one day, practice one day, and do not practice ten days a day. Even after practicing his unique skills, Wang Baohe never slackened off, and the first thing he did every morning when he got up was to practice the basic skills.
In 1999, Wang Baohe followed the troupe to Hong Kong to perform. At the Kowloon Arts Centre, Wang Baohe's performance caused a sensation in the audience. After watching the performance, Mr. Tung Chee-hwa, then the head of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, praised Wang Baohe one after another, calling Wang Baohe the "Ghost Hand King", and major news media also rushed to report on Wang Baohe's unique skills.
Three cotton balls, two porcelain bowls, and a chopstick were played under Wang Baohe's hands. The audience was dazzled and could not guess where the cotton ball was going. "Immortal Qi" blows, a porcelain bowl stall, three immortals return to the hole, and the cotton ball just swims under the eyes of the audience. The "ghost hand" was indeed not a vain name, and such a fast hand speed came from Wang Baohe's extraordinary diligence.
Wang Baohe's most breathtaking thing is the "bone reduction gong", a three-year-old child wearing a dress, Wang Baohe tightened the belt, "fairy bones shrunk", internal organs moved down, joint misalignment, he can not only easily wear, but also stuffed several beer bottles. Deep work is a skillful craftsman, and hard work is practiced. Behind the comfortable performance is Wang Baohe's years of hard work.
In 2007, in the State Banquet Hall of the Great Hall of the People, the thin Wang Baohe performed one paragraph after another to the VIPs, and the applause never stopped from the beginning. In the same year, Wang Baohe was selected as the "Inheritor of The World's Intangible Culture", although the honor was high, Wang Baohe knew that he shouldered the burden of inheriting the unique life of his ancestors.
Since 2008, Wang Bao has cooperated as the inheritor of Wuqiao acrobatics in Hebei Province, and often participates in investment promotion activities. It can be said that Wang Baohe has made an indispensable contribution to attracting investment and investment, not only spreading traditional arts, but also contributing to the economic development of his hometown. However, in real life, Wang Baohe lived a very diligent and simple life, always wearing clothes made by his wife for 15 yuan when performing.
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Wang Baohe is a native of Wuqiao County, Cangzhou City, Hebei Province, which is known as the "Hometown of Acrobatics". In that era of hunger and cold, people here can be said to have been "forced to liangshan" and practiced a unique job, just to have a mouthful of food to eat in the chaotic world.
In 2004, Wang Baohe was invited by CCTV to perform his unique skills to the people of the whole country through television. The program team set a challenge for the elderly Wang Baohe, that is, to use three high-speed cameras to shoot Wang Baohe's performance process in real time from different angles to uncover the secret of "Three Immortals Returning to the Cave".
Unfortunately, even under the high-speed camera, Wang Baohe's performance is still flawless. This also shows that Wang Bao's hand is so fast that the name of "ghost hand" is well deserved. At present, the "Three Immortals Returning to the Cave" has been followed, but the bone reduction gong and the deep-throat sewing needle are facing the dilemma of being lost. Every time he mentioned the matter of passing on the people, Wang Baohe could shake his head helplessly and express deep regret.
The elderly Wang Baohe told us that juggling and selling art, three points rely on technology, and seven points rely on eloquence. His performances are exquisite and exquisite, and they have been practiced in countless performances of all sizes over the decades. Although the son has received his true transmission and his skills have reached the point of pure fire, he is still a little bit short of communicating with the audience.
Years have not spared people, and now Wang Baohe is old, and his body is not as good as before. In a recent performance, Wang Baohe lost to a young man. The young man is the winner of the National Rope Escape Challenge and hopes to compete with the only heir to the Bone Reduction Gong. Although the elderly Wang Baohe is slightly inferior, Wang Baohe, who is already a rare year, has still been praised by the audience.
Acrobatics rely on highly dangerous techniques to win applause from the audience. But it is precisely for this reason that the inheritance of acrobatic art is much more difficult than other traditional arts. In fact, Wang Baohe's wish is also very simple, that is, to carry forward the unique work of the old ancestors, go out of the country, and go to the world.
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Today, Wang Baohe is already a rare age, but he still does not have an apprentice, only because the threshold of these unique skills is too high. The major media also often asked this question, and even some people think that the tuition fee is too high, in the face of these doubts, the elderly Wang Baohe had to sigh helplessly: "The times are different."
Yes, the times are different, under the impact of emerging cultural trends, traditional art is gradually declining, and it has lost its former glory. Like Wang Baohe, many traditional artists also face the dilemma of no successor.
Chinese folk skills are not only an important part of Chinese folk culture, but also a link for the emotional exchange of yanhuang descendants and a glue for maintaining national unity. Folk skills have been passed down from generation to generation and permeate the blood of every Chinese. Taking its essence and removing its dross, it can be said that we have an unshirkable responsibility to inherit folk skills.
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