Ma Changli, a famous Peking opera artist and actor of "Diao Deyi", died of illness in Beijing today

Beijing News Express (reporter Chen Ran) According to the Beijing Opera House, Ma Changli, a famous peking opera master and the actor of "Diao Deyi" in "Sha Jiabang", died at the age of 86 at Beijing Friendship Hospital at 16:10 today due to ineffective medical treatment.

Born in 1930 in Beijing, Ma Changli was a disciple of Mr. Tan Fuying, the fourth generation leader of the Tan Sect, and the righteous son of Mr. Ma Lianliang, the founder of the Ma Sect. Ma Changli also loves Yang Baosen's singing voice very much, so he has the strengths of Tan, Ma and Yang in his performance, and he is able to control different genres of repertoire with ease.

Ma Changli's most talked about masterpiece is the modern Peking Opera drama "Sha Jiabang", in which he portrayed a negative character of the Kuomintang officer "Diao Deyi", which shined. In addition, his roles such as "Li Yuhe" in "Red Lantern" and "Chief of Staff" in "Wise Tiger Mountain" also left a deep impression on the audience.

The "Beijing News" connected with Du Zhenjie, an old actor at the Beijing Opera House and Ma Changli's son-in-law, who told reporters that Ma Changli's physical condition has not been good since the winter of this year, and his family has made certain psychological preparations. "His physical condition in recent years has been very good, the rules of life, there are no big ups and downs, when he is older, human organs naturally fail."

In Du Zhenjie's eyes, his father-in-law Ma Changli has a low-key personality, is indifferent to fame and fortune, and has both inheritance and does not stick to tradition in art. "I once asked him what you are after, and he said that what I pursue is a pleasant and beautiful singing, so that the audience feels good, don't let people feel that Peking Opera is so mysterious, which is not conducive to our promotion of Peking Opera art." Therefore, he has his own unique ideas and pursuits in terms of timbre and rhythm, and strives for excellence."

"Diao Deyi" is a role that Ma Changli has valued very much throughout his life, and even when his son-in-law Du Zhenjie proposed to play this role, the old man objected. "I wanted to play 'Diao Deyi' at that time, he disagreed, he said you have not seen the senior intellectuals who returned from studying in Japan in that era, you can't play him as a simple hooligan, he is very crepe, not a thief. He also absorbed a lot of Beijinger yiyi teacher Dong Xingyi's methods. In art, he is not conservative at all, but eclectic," Du Zhenjie said.