Because of the relatively long times, if Zhang Shouchen is mentioned, it will not make any waves in the hearts of young audiences. However, it cannot be ignored that Zhang Shouchen is a big person in the Chinese cross-talk industry and has an indelible historical contribution to the development of cross-talk.
Zhang Shouchen and Hou Baolin once had a conflict over the singing in crosstalk. Zhang Shoulao is not accustomed to Hou Baolin adding too many era songs to his performances. That's crosstalk, not crosstalk. Later, Hou Baolin's performance effect was good and was recognized by the public, and Zhang Shouchen changed his view.
To the person who came to inquire, he said, "If you want to sing, sing it like Pauline." "It is considered to be an approval of Hou Baolin's reform of cross-talk, and what is recognized is the reform, whether it is unknown or becoming the leader of cross-talk, Hou Baolin's admiration for Zhang Shouchen has always been the same.
At the age of seven, Zhang Shouchen spent his first time in Tianqiao. Why stay so long? Although Zhang Shouchen's father is also an artist, he hopes that his children will have a good time in reading, and naturally does not want the environment of the overpass to affect the children.
At the age of 7, the homework has a foundation, and his father gradually relaxes his heart, and he has the scene of being attracted to the overpass. After returning home, Zhang Shouchen happily described his observations, but in response to a loud slap from his father.
His father was afraid of delaying Zhang Shouchen's future, although he also had the idea of letting his children help with life, but he did not dare to say. Zhang Shouchen laid down the ticket: "If you delay your homework, you will beat me hard." Since then, Zhang Shouchen has started a new journey of performing on stage.
Because of Prince Su's exploits, the city of Beijing banned cross-talk for more than two years. At the age of 12, Zhang Shouchen's father died, and in order to make a living, Zhang Shouchen had to return to the long-departed tianqiao. There are no more hiccups, and there are so many uncles and uncles who are not.
Zhang Shouchen prostrated his head one by one, but found that his uncle and uncle did not seem to know him, and when he was wondering, Jiao Dehai pulled him aside, "The child is still young, there was your father before, everyone is embarrassed to say anything, now that your father is gone, it is not okay to talk about crosstalk again!" ”
The tolerance of the cross-talk world can be seen, and even if there is no teacher, even if there is a high ability, it is a unpopular existence.
Jiao Dehai, grateful for his past with Father Zhang, offered to accept this little apprentice and undertook all the costs of swinging branches. Jiao Dehai's apprenticeship continued into the fourth generation of cross-talk art, and Zhang Shouchen's worship made him the fourth generation of protégés.
The career of learning art is boring and tedious, in which you not only have to memorize words all day and perform all day; you also have to endure the scolding and torture of your teacher. Because of his teacher's wife, Zhang Shouchen hastily studied for three years and then went out to make a living for himself. "Three Years and One Festival" has become an unattainable fairy tale; apprentices such as sons have also become stories of ridicule.
After leaving school, Zhang Shouchen studied crosstalk more diligently, and at the age of 25, an opportunity came. At that time, the most famous artist was Li Dezhao, who was a fan of thousands of people, and this year, Li Dezhuo and his partner Zhang Dequan cracked the cave and took the initiative to invite Zhang Shouchen to cooperate with him.
During the cooperation with Li Dezhuo, Zhang Shouchen had a great harvest. More than a year of time, like the finishing touch, has been greatly developed in art; at the same time, Zhang Shoulao's appearance is more elegant and elegant, with the temperament of a literati, which has been welcomed by the audience. Suddenly, the limelight actually overshadowed Li Dezhao.
So much so that Li Dezhuo sighed: The line of dry cross-talk, ten years of learning, ten years of fire, ten years of return, no one can get rid of it!
In 1925, Zhang Shouchen began to cooperate with Tao Xiangru, and from then on, he entered the heyday of his cross-talk art, and also established his irreplaceable leadership position in the cross-talk industry.
"Adding industry to cross-talk" is a metaphor for Zhang Shouchen's innovation and renewal of cross-talk. A cross-talk actor, whether you say it or not, should learn the passages left by the predecessors and then pass them on to the next generation; at the same time, constantly create new passages, so that the cross-talk industry is more and more, and the family foundation is getting thicker and thicker.
The title of "Cross-talk Doctor" is derived from Zhang Shouchen's continuous updating of cross-talk strips and giving old strips a new era of charm.
Zhang Shouchen's passages, such as "Yao Jiajing", "Geographical Map", "Kai Congee Factory", "Xijiang Yue", etc.; and there are more adapted and sorted out paragraphs, such as "Selling Hanging Tickets", "Big Bodyguard", "Spring League", etc., all of which have traces of Zhang Shouchen.
The life of cross-talk lies in the shortcomings of needlework, and the satire and criticism of society are also a manifestation of cross-talk strength. Zhang Shouchen's passage "The Ministry of Politics" is to use a witty style to point the spearhead of irony directly at the Beiyang government and attack the facts; "Bone Reflection" is a companion piece to the "Ministry of Politics", under the guise of commenting on human bones to achieve the purpose of devaluing treachery and praise.
Zhang Shouchen had two apprentices and was very well-known. A famous disciple Chang Baokun, a friend liu Baorui. As a big apprentice, Chang Baokun also met all the requirements of Zhang Shouchen's apprenticeship: a Beijinger, big eyes, smart but not slippery, able to speak but not poor mouth, rules but not wooden. Chang Baokun's early death became a knot in Zhang Shouchen's heart.
The other is a friend, Liu Baorui, who said that he was a friend, because the age gap between the two was not large. And Liu Baorui mainly studied Zhang Shouchen's single mouth, Liu can become a single mouth king, half of which is the credit of the master. When Liu Baorui died in the cowshed, Zhang Shouchen was already dying, and when he learned of the death, he did not say a word, but his condition suddenly worsened.
On July 9, 1970, Zhang Shouchen's heart stopped beating, and at two o'clock in the morning, a coffin was hastily buried with a rural door panel.