Impression series of impressions Du Zhenjie

Du Zhenjie is my fellow shandong countryman, and when he left his hometown to study in Beijing, I was attending university in the province, so there was no intersection in my hometown. In recent years, there have been occasional interactions on his Weibo, but they are not yet acquaintances. Although I do not belong to the Du Du fan group, I have also silently followed and supported him for many years, which can be counted as his fans. Du Zhenjie is a few years older than me, and the relationship is not up to the level of being called a brother, so for the convenience of writing, he directly called him by his name.

A few days ago, one of the newspapers with the greatest influence in China published an interview with Du Zhenjie, the article was comprehensive, professional and profound, especially the reflection of Du Zhenjie's artistic thoughts was very thorough, such as the understanding of whether Peking Opera is a acting industry, a genre or a character, such as the attitude towards new dramas, such as the progress of excavating and sorting out traditional opera projects, and so on. But after all, the layout is limited, and some aspects are not detailed. So, without presumptuousness, let me also tell you a few impressions of mine.

Du Zhenjie is a very comprehensive actor, with a mellow voice, a strong singing charm, a handsome and elegant appearance, and a simple and sophisticated performance, which is a recognized feature of opera fans and friends. However, for the genre attribution of Du Zhenjie's singing voice, many people are not clear, or very entangled, and there is always a discussion. Some people call him "Yue Pai", which is obviously a joke. However, from this ridicule, the relationship between Du Zhenjie and his father-in-law, Mr. Ma Changli, in the inheritance of art is also reflected, and it can be traced.

Mr. Ma Changli is known as Tan Tu Ma Er Private Shu Yang, and has worked the Yu school and the Yang school, especially in the Yang school, and finally gathered Yu, Ma, Tan and Yang in one, forming his own unique sound cavity system and performance system, which belongs to the representative figures of a generation of artists who carry forward the upper and lower levels and carry forward the past and the future. Du Zhenjie's greatest luck on the road of art is to befriend Mr. Ma Changli's daughter, so as to get Mr. Ma Changli's pouring in, since 1983, all the way down, definitely not Du Zhenjie's self-effacing "empty rain and dew, only learn a little fur" only. Another important point is the ability to use family contacts. Du Zhenjie said that he was a peasant boy, and after he arrived at school, he could not compare with the top classmates from the family in many aspects, and he was somewhat inferior, so he had to practice hard and pay ten times more effort than others. Of course, his ability to walk into the Ma family is also related to his hard work and hard work, and he soon emerged among his classmates. At the beginning, when he was studying "Drumming and Scolding Cao" with the female elderly teacher Yang Yunqing in the Experimental Peking Opera Troupe of the Xiqu Academy, he practiced drumming skills and ran rounds, and he was stubborn and strong, and was introduced by Mr. Ma Changli, who often practiced together, Ding Zhenchun, who was also a Fellow of Shandong, who took a fancy to him, went to his home, and let his lover Wang Xiaorong introduce him. Mr. Ma Changli also quietly went to see him perform "Drumming and Scolding Cao", and later the family moved the sons-in-law to watch him perform "Drumming and Scolding Cao", including his mother-in-law Wang Yurong, his mother-in-law Xiao Wang Yurong, and his aunt Wang Xiaorong. In the play, the Shandong compatriot You Heng, whose eyes are higher than the top and is proud of his bones, does not have a good ending, but he has achieved a good relationship with the actor Xiao Laoxiang, which is a bit of credit. ——Here to say a few more words, although it is the result of climbing the dragon and attaching the phoenix, Du Zhenjie is definitely not a person who climbs the dragon and attaches the phoenix, the first time he introduced him, he did not immediately agree, and the second time he went to Ding Zhenchun's teacher's home was to ask for the opinions of his parents and then refuse. It was Mr. Ma Changli's daughter's simple appearance and kind heart that defeated his self-esteem, which stemmed from inferiority. In this way, the first time to officially meet and fall in love, Du Zhenjie also put forward three conditions, including support for the cause, some to send money to the rural parents after marriage, and some who did not want the money of the parents-in-law, especially simple and lovely, and now it is unbearable to say.

Once you enter the Ma family, the massive resources are really given and demanded, and the resources of the family, coupled with the diligence of the poor children, are difficult to succeed. At that time, because the boom of model dramas had just passed, the popularity of "Diao Deyi" was still there, Mr. Ma Changli had a great influence, Mr. Ma Changli quickly resumed his participation in the performance of traditional dramas, while taking Du Zhenjie everywhere to seek advice, absorbing the nutrition of famous artists of various factions, and Du Zhenjie, who was assiduous and studious, swam in it. It can be said that except for Teacher Ye Peng and Teacher Yang Yunqing, who belong to the teachers arranged by the school and the troupe, most of the other teachers have benefited from the introduction of Mr. Ma Changli. Mr. Liu Shengtong, who was a master of the master's generation, has generally taught him dozens of plays of the Yu Yang and Yang factions for more than ten years. He studied Horse Pie opera with Mr. Ma Lianliang's disciple Teacher Chi Jinsheng for more than thirty years, such as "Trial Head Thorn Soup" and "Four Soldiers". Studied "Spring and Autumn Pen" with Mr. Ma Chongren, the eldest son of Mr. Ma Lianliang. Learn "Lianying Village" with Mr. Wang Shixu. He also learned "Search for Orphans and Save Orphans" with Mr. Bai Yuanming, and Mr. Bai claimed that this play was learned from "Second Uncle" Meng Xiaodong, which shows the depth of the origin. In middle age, he also studied with Mr. Ma Changli's brother Li Fuchun.

Du Zhenjie has many teachers, and these teachers also have deep feelings, like Mr. Liu Shengtong's near death, du Zhenjie served around, until he closed his eyes in Du Zhenjie's arms. However, Du Zhenjie did not formally worship the master. His official teacher was Mr. Ouyang Zhongshi, a famous ticket from Xi Pai, but he studied calligraphy and culture with the teacher. I was able to have this opportunity because the relationship between Mr. Ma Changli and Mr. Ouyang Zhongshi was extraordinary. Moreover, Mr. Ouyang Zhongshi said at the beginning that because of Mr. Ma's relationship, he only teaches calligraphy and culture, not drama. Therefore, along the way, Du Zhenjie's genre inheritance is also very clear, it can be said that there are many similarities with Mr. Ma Changli, and "Little Horse Changli" can also be regarded as deserved.

Speaking of Du Zhenjie's experience as a child, there are also many errors on the website and some articles. For example, some people say that Du Zhen is outstanding and poor, and he has been doing farm work in the field until he was 18 years old, and the vast Jiaodong land has cultivated his thick and loud voice. This is inaccurate. Du Zhenjie is a native of Xidujia Village, Shahe Town, Laizhou City, and indeed began to work in the fields at the age of seven or eight, but he only followed the adults to be responsible for the morning glory, and could not do other heavy agricultural work. Born poor and good, when he was a child, his family also had a semiconductor radio assembled by his father to listen to, and he could often hear some Peking Opera singing segments and learn to sing a few paragraphs. At the age of 15, he was admitted to the first Chinese art class in YeXian County, which is now Laizhou No. 1 Middle School, but the literary and art class has long ceased to be held. It was Du Zhenjie's mother who rode a bicycle to accompany him to the county seat more than 25 kilometers away to report, and Du Zhenjie still remembers the specific day, which was April 10, 1976, and since then he has been sent to a difficult road to seek art. Although this literary and art class at that time was not very professional, half a day to learn art and practice, half a day to study cultural lessons, but the teachers were invited from the county Peking Opera Troupe, some were still delegated by the Provincial Peking Opera Troupe, like the Yu Pai descendant Gao Peiqiu Teacher's teaching level is very high, and later in the Shandong Provincial Opera School is also a famous teacher, the current Shandong Provincial Peking Opera House veteran Liu Jianjie, Sun Wei'an have been taught by him. Although the early childhood exercise training is not very standardized, the teacher's requirements are very severe, and the waist and legs are in pain all day long, and if they do not practice well, they will be beaten by the teacher to a piece of purple. Three years, it can also be regarded as a certain basic skill. In 1979, he returned to his hometown in accordance with the provisions of "shelai and society", and did not do farm work for a few days, and was immediately admitted to the China Academy of Opera, receiving more professional training, and the road from art was not interrupted. For Du Zhenjie, there is no need to render how bitter he was when he was a child, how low the starting point was, and what can be reflected. It can be said that the vast land of Jiaodong has trained him to achieve a good voice of 6 characters, and more importantly, it has laid a good quality of loyalty and simplicity, heavy affection and righteousness, and diligence and hard work.

Du Zhenjie also has a praiseworthy point, that is, his spirit of diligent pursuit of art and insatiable. He became a horn very early, in the Beijing Opera House, when he was in his 20s, he was called a "troika" with Li Hongtu and Wang Rongrong, and he was still the leader. When he was in his 30s, the "troika" plus Tan Xiaozeng, Zhao Baoxiu, Chi Xiaoqiu, Zhu Qiang, Dong Yuanyuan, Chen Junjie and others, and called them the "Nine Top Cards" (later Dong Yuanyuan was transferred to the National Peking Theatre, and Zhang Huifang supplemented it). Participating in various competitions can achieve good rankings, and won the Plum Blossom Award in his 40s. Since the establishment of the CCTV Sky Theater in 2003, 47 plays have been recorded for Du Zhenjie, and nearly 100 programs have been repeated. However, after these brilliant achievements, Du Zhenjie did not relax his pursuit of art, did not relax his requirements for himself, and sometimes he could not avoid envying some of his brothers who had already held the mentality of becoming famous and began to live a relaxed life, but he was more steadfast in the belief that "the sword blade came out of the grinding, and the plum blossom fragrance came from the bitter cold", and constantly sought on the road of art. In 2013, the Beijing Opera House established the "Dream Seeking Chengze" Du Zhenjie Zhang Huifang Studio, excavating and sorting out traditional bone old plays, creating artistic masterpieces that meet the characteristics of the times, and organizing a series of performances, which had a great impact. In 2019, several actors, organists, drummers, etc., gathered together, relying on the Jiangsu Provincial Peking Opera House to set up Du Zhenjie Studio, carry forward the spirit of "one dish", and carry out all-round excavation, exploration and innovation of Peking Opera art. These efforts, for the inheritance and development of Peking Opera art, are all good deeds with immeasurable merit.

I have always been proud to have a fellow like Du Zhenjie, and I also wish him to go further, on the basis of combining the various schools, to study each genre more deeply, grasp it more accurately, integrate it more precisely, and strive to surpass his predecessors and form a more distinct and mature personal art style. With Du Zhenjie's age and accumulation, it is also timely to fully implement this shaping project.