Jiang Kun, chairman of the Qu Association, wrote an article mourning chang Guitian, the "uncle of cross-talk."

Beijing News (reporter Liu Zhen) The famous cross-talk performance artist Chang Guitian died in Beijing at 00:38 on November 30, 2018 at the age of 76 due to ineffective medical treatment. The Beijing News reporter first contacted Jiang Kun, chairman of the China Qu Artists Association, because he was inconvenient to accept an interview at the airport, and sent a eulogy through text messages to mourn Mr. Chang Guitian.

Chang Guitian. Photo/Visual China

The full text is as follows:

Mr. Chang Guitian is the inheritor of the Chang family's cross-talk art and the guardian of Chinese cross-talk art. He used his life's energy to adhere to cultural consciousness and cultural self-confidence, and strived to make outstanding contributions to the emergence of cross-talk, especially in the creation of military theme cross-talk. Four generations of his family speak cross-talk, from inheriting the tradition of cross-talk to reform and innovation, he clearly advocates new winds and opposes vulgarity. His works "The Sound of Trumpets" and "Defending xisha" are unique in the most difficult years of cross-talk art, insisting on sending laughter to the lives of Chinese people. His "Hat Factory" is a monument to the art of cross-talk, with epoch-making significance. Mr. Chang Guitian is a humble and sensitive and studious character, and the art world knows it well.

He has been in touch for months, and in his hospital bed he is still thinking about our third Beijing performance for the Chang family. When I was on my way to Japan, I opened my mobile phone at the airport, and the bad news came, tearing my heart and lungs, and it was difficult for me to help myself. We all call him "Uncle Xiangsheng", uncle has gone all the way, Mr. Chang Guitian has been through the ages.

Jiang Kun mourned, and Uncle Xiangsheng went all the way!

Beijing News reporter Liu Zhen Editor Xu Meilin Proofreader Fan Jinchun