On March 20, Deyun Society cross-talk actor Gao Feng posted an article revealing the unfortunate news of the death of Mr. Shi Wenhui, an old predecessor of the cross-talk industry.
Gao Feng wrote: "Mr. Shi Wenhui, a beijing cross-talker, has been around for thousands of years", and then he added: "More than ten years ago, I had the privilege of attending Mr. Shi Wenhui's seventieth birthday banquet, Mr. Shi taught Mr. Wang Shutian, and said that he had good teachings and singing, but unfortunately there was not much information in the early years."
Many netizens expressed their condolences in the comment area: "Mr. Eternity", and attached an expression of lighting a candle.
Shi Wenhui is the seventh generation of Chinese cross-talk actors, who studied under Wang Shutian, a famous cross-talk performance artist in Tianjin. He has performed cross-talk works such as "Passing the Pass", "Raising the Bar", "Family Dialect", "Southern Dialect", "Broken Strings", "Heroic Revelation" and so on, and has cooperated with many cross-talk actors such as Liu Hongyi and Chen Yongquan.
Although there is little public information on the Internet about Mr. Shi Wenhui in recent years, he is highly respected in the cross-talk community. Last year, when Meng Hetang and Burnt Cake were talking on the stage, they were praised by Yu Qian and Guo Degang on the stage, saying that their performances had the shadow of their predecessors, a bit like Liu Hongyi Shi Wenhui at that time. It can be seen that Shi Wenhui still has a certain prestige and influence in the cross-talk industry.
There is a video on the Internet as early as September 28, 2008, when family and friends celebrated Shi Wenhui's 70th birthday, which shows that Mr. Lao was born in 1938 and died at the age of 83.
More than ten old friends from the cross-talk industry, such as cross-talk actors Li Guosheng and Ma Qi, as well as old partners Liu Hongyi and Chen Yongquan, came to celebrate his birthday, and Li Jindou served as the host.
Although Guo Degang did not come to the scene, he still entrusted someone to send calligraphy and paintings and birthday stars, which shows that the two have a lot of friendship.
In that year, Gao Feng, a cross-talk actor of the Deyun Society, also came to celebrate the birthday of Uncle Shi.
In the past three years, more than ten old cross-talk artists have passed away, which is doubly regrettable.
On November 24, 2020, cross-talk actor Zheng Wenkun died in Tianjin at the age of 76.
On August 15, 2020, cross-talk performance artist Chen Lianzhong died of illness at the age of 73.
On May 20, 2020, cross-talk performance artist Liu Wenliang died of illness in Shijiazhuang at the age of 81.
On January 29, 2020, cross-talk actor Jia Zhenliang passed away at the age of 87.
On June 24, 2019, cross-talk actor Zheng Xiaoshan died in Shenzhen at the age of 82.
On March 16, 2019, Xing Wenzhao, a national-level cross-talk actor and one of the "Four Elders of Deyun", died of illness at the age of 82.
On December 8, 2018, cross-talk actor Yin Xiaoxiao died in Tianjin at the age of 80.
On October 14, 2018, Hou Baolin's disciple and cross-talk performance master Wu Zhaonan died in Los Angeles at the age of 93.
On October 5, 2018, Deyun Society cross-talk actor Xie Tianshun died of a sudden heart attack at the age of 73.
On September 28, 2018, cross-talk actor Shi Shengjie died in Harbin at the age of 66 due to ineffective medical treatment.
Also on September 28, 2018, zhang Wenxia, a famous female cross-talk artist, died at the age of 84 in Tianjin Huanhu Hospital.
On September 21, 2018, liu Wenbu, a famous cross-talk artist, died of illness in Tianjin at the age of 83.
On September 7, 2018, cross-talk actor Chang Baohua died of illness at the age of 88.
On January 18, 2018, Mr. Hou Baolin's disciple, the famous cross-talk artist Ding Guangquan, died of lung cancer at Peking Union Medical College Hospital at the age of 73.