Cross-talk Examination 102: Li Shaojie of the "High Gate" of the Cross-Talk Family (Li Xuegui)
Li Shaojie, born in Tianjin in 1961, is the second son of Li Runjie, the founder of Allegro Book.
According to the allegro book, it belongs to the "learning" generation, so the stage name is "Li Xuejie". The Allegro book "learning" character is equivalent to the "treasure" character of cross-talk. However, in the cross-talk family tree compiled by Ma Sanli, Gao Fengshan's apprentices all belong to the "Wen" generation. In fact, these people have been demoted in the cross-talk circle, and Shi Fukuan and Hou Yaowen have been demoted to the same generation, so Yu Qian and Guo Degang have been in the same generation.
Father Li Shaojie is the founder of Allegro Book, a very bullish character, and an absolute grandmaster-level artist. With such a powerful father, Li Shaojie's family learning is naturally deep. He began to learn art from his father at the age of 6, and he worked very hard; he seemed to know from a young age that he wanted to inherit his father's mantle, so he had to work hard. Of course, the history of father Li Runjie's struggle has also given him unlimited motivation, and the power of example has always been infinite.
Li Shaojie's grandfather was a blind artist, Li Runjie was an apprentice "shoe" when he was a child, just out of school, was arrested by the Japanese, did hard work; after all the hardships to escape, when begging along the street, he followed Hanako to learn to count the treasure skills. Moreover, on the basis of the number of treasures, the Allegro Book was created, and the Li Pai Allegro Book was created. In the Allegro book, it forms a three-legged momentum with Wang Fengshan and Gao Fengshan, each with its own characteristics.
How hard did Li Shaojie practice? It is said that in order to practice pronunciation, he used chopsticks to twist in his mouth, and the result was that his mouth was full of blood, and then he continued to practice with a mouthful of cold water. It is this kind of effort that has brought him to the best of his craft. It is said that in the cold winter, Li Shaojie was "thrown" in the snow by his father, straightened his left arm and held the knot board, and began to "beat a little" all the time, until his arm froze, and the hand that beat the dot could not stop at all. It is said that whenever he was bald, Li Runjie would hit him in the mouth.
In 1979, at the age of 18, Li Shaojie was admitted to the Tianjin Qu Art Troupe. Here are Wang Fengshan, Chang Baoting, Bai Quanfu and others. Li Shaojie asked Wang Fengshan for advice on allegro and Chang Baoting and Bai Quanfu for advice. Well, Li Shaojie is the only Allegro performance artist in the country who has learned the skills of the high-school Li Pai Wang Pai and combined a number of specialties. Since childhood, he followed his father Li Runjie to learn the Li School, later followed Wang Fengshan to learn the Wang Sect, and then followed Gao Fengshan to learn the Gao Sect. The high-pitched and powerful, the Wang Pai Allegro is light and bright, and the difference between the two is not obvious.
When Grand Duke Li Runjie got married, allegro celebrities from all over the country came to congratulate him. In the middle of the banquet, Gao Fengshan saw Li Shaojie and asked Li Shaojie to sing a paragraph. The effect is not good, in the words of Gao Fengshan, it is "grape mixed with tofu", in the words of Li Runjie, it is "a piece of toot". In front of hundreds of people, two close relatives said this, which hurts self-esteem. Maybe it is precisely because he can't get the affirmation of the elders and thus lose confidence, it may be that engaging in an open spring equinox is too intoxicating to make him dare to pursue the beauty of the outside world, Li Shaojie went to the sea in 1987, and allegro book goodbye. He left for a full decade and did not return until 1997.
In 1997, the first national Allegro Book Contest was held in Beijing, and the organizing committee invited Li Shaojie to participate. With the support of his mother, Li Shaojie took the board left by his father and sang the traditional work "Wusong Dadian" adapted by Li Runjie. The result was very good, he won the first prize, and there was a prize of 1500 yuan. He finished the game, he celebrated, and his mother was gone. It seemed that his mother was waiting to see him inherit the mantle of his father, Li Runjie.
In 2000, the "Zhuyun Zhai Allegro Book Training Base" founded by Li Shaojie began to enroll students and began to intentionally cultivate new talents.
In 2003, Li Shaojie participated in the "First National Cross-Talk Sketch Invitational Competition" and won the Best Praise Award.
Li Shaojie also won the "Peony Award", the highest award of the Quyi Festival.
Today, Li Shaojie has become the inheritor of Li Pai's Allegro Book, the intangible cultural heritage of Tianjin (provincial level).
On December 9, 2020, Li Shaojie's acceptance ceremony was held in Beijing. The three divisions of the Introduction Teacher are "Chai Jingyun", the Baoshi Duan Ruzeng, and the Substitute Teacher Zhang Jinming.
From left to right, he introduced Chai Jingyun, Baoshi Duan Ruzeng, and Zhang Jinming