Old Shen Liaoju: Qu Xie's proposal and Zhao Yanxia were criticized

Recently, the Xiangsheng Art Committee of the China Ququ Association issued a "proposal" intended to oppose vulgarity. I would like to talk about a history of anti-vulgarity decades ago.

Opposing vulgarity can be said to be an eternal topic in the literary and art circles for decades, and as early as the 1950s, the famous Peking Opera actress Zhao Yanxia was criticized for her so-called vulgar performance. According to the book "Zhao Yanxia of his own faction", that year, Zhao Yanxia led the Private Beijing Yanming Peking Opera Troupe to Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, to do a tour, the first four days of the performance were excellent, and on the fifth night she was putting on makeup backstage, and a notice board was suddenly erected at the entrance of the theater, which read: "According to the instructions of the superiors, zhao Yanxia is forbidden to perform in Nanchang from today onwards." The audience who bought the ticket did not agree, and the troupe also asked the truth, and someone in the theater conveyed the words of the competent department that Zhao Yanxia's performance was vulgar and unhealthy. Zhao Yanxia had nowhere to reason, and the next day, he left Nanchang with the whole regiment. At this time, the major media across the country set off a wave of criticism of Zhao Yanxia, accusing Zhao Yanxia's yellow performance of corrupting the audience. An article in China Youth Daily said that Zhao Yanxia was "using pornographic performances on stage to achieve the purpose of personal pursuit of profit." The one-sided public opinion trial in the media called Zhao Yanxia difficult to argue, and what is even more tragic is that he cannot defend himself, otherwise he will be guilty of more crime.

"Yellow", "vulgar", "pornographic", this big hat is overwhelming, and for a young actress in her 20s, the pressure is unimaginable. Zhao Yanxia said privately, in the old society, I was also scolded by the newspaper, but you scolded you, I played mine, but today I can't stand it, some people want to beat me to death and cut off my way of life!

This big criticism on the line was stopped not long after, because there was really nothing new to approve, it was nothing more than a virtual performance for actors to throw water at the audience with an empty basin. In the end, the newspaper had to find its own steps and published an article saying that "Zhao Yanxia has made progress." This great criticism ended in this way, no one gave a conclusion, black did not mention white, Zhao Yanxia was criticized in vain.

More than 60 years have passed since this incident, and Zhao Yanxia is still alive today, but the relevant departments have always lacked an apology for her old man.com.

At that time, the rough approach to an actor who made a so-called vulgar mistake will not happen again today, which is the progress of the times. However, vulgarity is still opposed, and the "proposal" of the Qu Association will not be an empty cannon.

The "Proposal" was issued by the Qu Association, what is the Qu Association? It is a social group, an industry association, and in layman's terms, the "mother's house" of all music performers. Actors have a system, that is, mainstream actors, there are also individual or private troupes, that is, non-mainstream actors, but whether mainstream or non-mainstream, are music actors, the Music Association is their "mother's family", both responsible for criticizing them, but also responsible for safeguarding their rights and interests. In the Qu Association, we must treat all people equally, and we should not distinguish between the mainstream and the non-mainstream, let alone get close to the system and alienate from the outside of the system. The "proposal" of the Qu Association is clearly aimed at private theater troupes, which gives people the illusion that vulgarity only exists in private theater troupes, and non-mainstream has become the target of this crackdown. If you think of the mainstream and non-mainstream disputes in today's cross-talk industry, then the Qu Association is not a bowl of water.

It may be good for the Qu Association to oppose vulgarity, but the phenomena listed in the "Proposal" are specious. Such as "three years of apprenticeship, two years of effectiveness", the old style of class master system, master apprenticeship system and so on. At that time, three major reforms were carried out for opera, one of which was the restructuring of the system, and the main crime of Ye Shenglan and Ye Shengchang, who were classified as rightists in the Beijing Opera House of China, was to restore the class system for Fu Liancheng. The pear garden industry has also completely denied and abandoned the master-apprentice system of inheriting art. However, practice has proved that the master-apprentice relationship has an irreplaceable role in the special line of opera, so in the 1960s, it "resurged" to set off a style of worship. Ma Lianliang and Zhang Xuejin, Qiu Shengrong and Fang Rongxiang... It was really a master and apprentice like father and son, which was why there were outstanding school inheritors such as Zhang Xuejin and Fang Rongxiang. At that time, Fu Liancheng's class system of "seven years of sitting in science and three years of effectiveness" was completely rejected, and it was the seven students of "Xi Lian Fu Sheng Shi Yuanyun" cultivated by Fu Liancheng who became the main force on the Peking Opera stage after liberation, which can be described as "which opera class cannot sing without Fu Liancheng's students." The Chinese Drama School Beijing Drama School has cultivated so many talents, and its contribution is indispensable, but none of them are beyond ma lianliang, Tan Fuying, and Qiu Shengrong. It can be seen that the class system and the master-apprentice system are not useless, and in the 1980s, the Ministry of Culture held a formal commemorative activity for Fu Liancheng to affirm and commend it. It can be seen that whether it is the class system or the teacher-apprentice system, do not easily add the labels of "feudalism" and "decay" to criticize the needs of a certain person or group and completely deny it. Criticism should be accurate and realistic, and it is difficult to convince people if it is quick and fast on the line, and it will produce rebellion and resistance. The "Proposal" is very intimidating to list so many crimes, but what makes people wonder is whether there really is such a "bad" troupe in the new era of socialism under the leadership of the party. Is the audience after those low-level funs? The shortcomings of private cross-talk groups can be criticized, but deliberately piling up so many crimes is one-sided in the expression of the "proposal".

As a national-level industry association, it is more necessary to organize experts to conduct academic discussions on vulgar issues while opposing vulgarity in order to guide the grass-roots cross-talk community. Cross-talk is a grassroots art from the stalls, popular grounding is its basic feature, and how to distinguish between popular and vulgar, how to appreciate the common customs, this is not only a theoretical issue, but also a practical problem, qu cooperation for the industry leadership can not only be satisfied with the call and initiative, but also for the opposition to vulgarity to do something constructive.

Should the Qu Association still open up its horizons and see that it has more tasks on its shoulders when it opposes vulgarity? Nowadays, the cross-talk industry under Qu Xie and its rule is so chaotic, which has seriously affected the stability and unity of the industry. The Qu Association should open its mind, listen to different voices, adhere to the party's mass line, mobilize all positive factors, unite all forces that can be united, and make progress together.

At present, the development momentum of non-mainstream cross-talk is very strong, look at the opening of Tianjin Deyun Society for several consecutive days of young audiences gathered at the entrance of the theater, and then look at the strong atmosphere of the Deyun Society performance site, which shows that the audience needs cross-talk art, young people are fascinated, this is a rare opportunity for the development of the cross-talk industry. Private theater troupes, especially the Deyun Society, should have an objective and fair evaluation, and should not be arrogant. Not only to see the shortcomings of the Deyun Society, but also to see the general trend of development represented by the Deyun Society, why does the Qu Association not play the role of the industry association, help summarize the experience and lessons of the Deyun Society, and summarize the achievements and experiences of the Deyun Society and promote it to the entire cross-talk community.

The times are developing and progressing, and the way to oppose the wrong things must keep pace with the times. Unfortunately, this "proposal" is still the tone and path of decades ago, and there is a sense of déjà vu. Even if the motive is good, it is difficult to get the resonance and support of the masses, and the effect of the great criticism in that year is not obvious, and it is even more difficult to convince the public today. To oppose vulgarity, first of all, to raise awareness of the problem, it is even more necessary to be gentle and drizzly, and to be good at guidance. The practice of the "proposal" is counterproductive, and it is easy to lead the mood of the masses to antagonism, which directly endangers social harmony and is very dangerous.

I hope that the Qu Association will learn a lesson, lead this team of the national cross-talk circle well, and unite as one to bring out a new world for the development of the cross-talk cause.