Yu opera Cui school is known as a tragic genre, the founder Cui Lantian is the representative of Yuxi tone, its singing voice below the five tones as the body, combined with the upper five tones, while integrating the tone of the Qin cavity, qu opera, Hebei Zizi, Jingkun and other sister dramas, the singing cavity melody is rich and colorful, the pronunciation is longer than the nasal resonance, the range is wide, the connoisseur summed up as "the air is not violent, the sound is not robbed, the word is not forced to collide, the shape is not revealed" The line is simple, and the image of a woman with a dignified and virtuous and a tragic fate is performed.
Master Cui Lantian's voice is broad and clear, pure and round, exquisite in pronunciation, extraordinary skill, simple and solid singing voice, and pure and thick rhyme. "Don't eat salt for three days, but also look at Cui Lantian", which became the audience's praise for her. Good at acting in tragedies, singing deep grievances, lingering euphemisms, touching and heartfelt "Peach Blossom An", "Selling Miao Lang", "Qin Xianglian", "Three Shangshang Car" is her tragic masterpiece. The tragic images of women with different identities, different sorrows and personalities, such as Dou Shi, Liu Yingchun and Qin Xianglian, which she created, left a very deep impression on the audience. "Flower Gun", "Chen Sanliang Climbing Hall", "Erdu Mei", "Li Shuangshuang" and so on are also unique, becoming the treasures of Pear Garden, laying the foundation for the unique status of Cui Pai art in the theater industry
Master Cui Lantian used his vivid words and deeds to leave us with four yu: "Virtue and art double xin", which is well known in the literary and art circles of the province. Cui Pai art has a certain influence in the Central Plains and even the whole country, Yu opera masters Tang Lanxiang, Wei Yuzhi, Ma Lin, etc. are his students, and his four disciples are known as the four xiaomingdan of Cui Pai, namely Zhang Baoying, Guo Huilan, Cui Xiaotian, Zhang Xiaoxia---,
Yu opera performance artist Guo Huilan was deeply loved by the Yu opera master Cui Lantian from an early age and held a ceremony to pay homage to the teacher by his "key cultivation of artistic successors". He is one of the few disciples of Cui Lantian who first studied the art of Cui Pai, inherited and mastered the most cui pai repertoire and artistic essence, and Guo's vocal performance resembles that of a master, known as "Little Cui Lantian". On the one hand, she fully inherited the artistic essence of Cui Pai art, on the other hand, according to the changes in the aesthetic needs of the audience in the new period, she carried out a comprehensive innovation and interpretation of Cui Pai art, enriching and perfecting the artistic expression of Cui Pai art.
Zhang Baoying, a Performing Artist of Yu Opera, is a descendant of Cui Pai art and the most accomplished opera artist. Zhang Baoying was admitted to the Anyang Yu Opera Troupe at the age of 15, took Cui Lantian as a teacher, concentrated on learning the art of Cui Pai, and absorbed the strengths of all and formed his own style. Her singing voice is thick and deep, and her love is serious; her performance is subtle and generous and emotional. Public opinion circles praised her singing voice as "Chang Xiangyu's strength, Ma Jinfeng's character, Cui Lantian's taste" In 2008, Zhang Baoying was named as the representative inheritor of the intangible cultural heritage project of Henan Province and the representative inheritor of the national intangible cultural heritage project Yu opera, and the octogenarians were still performing for Cui Pai art and collecting apprentices.
Yu opera artist Zhang Xiaoxia learned drama at the age of 5, was admitted to an Anyang City Drama School at the age of 8, and after graduating in 1966, she was successively assigned to the Anyang City Literary and Labor Troupe Yu Opera Team and the Anyang City Yu Opera Troupe as the leading actor; in 1993, Zhang Xiaoxia was transferred to the Anyang Yu Opera Troupe no. 3 as the deputy leader and the leader of the group; in 1997, Anyang City carried out the reform of the literary and art system to merge the Anyang Yu Opera Troupe, the former Anyang Yu Opera Troupe, and the Anyang Yu Opera Troupe into the Anyang Yu Opera Troupe, zhang Xiaoxia served as the deputy head of the group to lead the starring role, and in August 1996, it officially worshiped Cui Lantian as the teacher. He was a closed disciple of Cui Lantian. In 2006, she rehearsed the neoclassical Yu opera "Three Niang Godsons" as Wang Chun'e under the famous director Shi Lei, which caused a sensation. Henan People's Radio Zhengzhou Literature and Art Radio recorded the whole drama recording and played it many times in the province.
Cui Xiaotian, a famous Yu opera artist, entered the Yu Opera Troupe of Hebi City at the age of 15 to study opera, and in 1978, he entered the Henan Provincial Opera School for further study, and graduated and was assigned to the Yu Opera Troupe in Anyang City. Learn the art of "Cui Pai" under the direct guidance of Cui Lantian. Cui Xiaotian's performance better reflects the artistic characteristics of Cui Pai. After Dou Shi heard the news that her husband was dead, it developed from sadness and resentment to reprimanding her husband, with clear levels, the nasal and cut teeth in the vocal cavity were used more appropriately, and the style was still subtle and concise, and generally did not require large movements. Even when showing Dou's anger, he does not use shouting or reprimanding, but reveals the complex inner activities of the characters by accentuating the tone on some key sentences.