Why did Hu Wenge, who only learned Meipai art at the age of 34, become the number one male dan of the Beijing Opera House?

There seems to be a convention in the Peking opera circle that among the three generations of disciples of various genres, men sing male and female singers, and there are rarely one or two generations of famous artists who sing in reverse strings. Therefore, Mei Baojiu, an artist of the Peking Opera Mei Sect, received a total of 49 disciples in this life, 48 of whom were women, and Hu Wenge was his only male disciple, that is, Qiandan.

Hu Wenge is not a professional Peking Opera actor, but a halfway monk. At the age of five, he began to study dance, and when he was about to go to college, he was admitted to a dance academy in a foreign country. However, because his mother was reluctant to let him leave Xi'an, he had no choice but to apply for the local art academy and study Qin Lu Danjiao.

But as mentioned earlier, during the time of the three generations of disciples, almost all the actresses in the xuedan corner were actresses, and in a play that was rehearsed for 3 months, Hu Wenge found that the program list and poster did not even have his name. At that time, he felt that he was too unappreciated, so he left the Qin Lu Troupe in a huff.

Hu Wenge, who left the troupe, followed a light music troupe to earn gold in order to make a living, and in a performance, he sang several songs against the actresses, causing a sensation, and for a time jumped to become the lead singer of the orchestra, and was named the stage name "Begonia". After that, he performed in Shenzhen, where he lived for eight years, and the remuneration for singing could cover his rent for a month.

Although the income is quite large, Hu Wenge, who came from opera, felt that his life at that time had deviated too much from opera, so he made up his mind to make a few years of money first, and at a certain age, he still had to return to opera, because that was his root. In 2001, at the age of 34, Hu Wenge worshiped Mei Baojiu as a teacher and officially became a descendant of Mei Pai and studied Mei Pai art.

Learning Peking opera is far less relaxed than singing in the music troupe, here is the real kung fu, as a halfway monk Hu Wenge, the previous learning of the Qin Cavity Danjiao foundation, and Mei Pai art is far from the distance, plus he has been doing things that have nothing to do with opera all these years, the previous skills are almost gone, in addition to having a good voice, everything else has to start over, and the income is much lower than before.

But he did not give up, he used several times the effort of others, three volts under the big sun, wearing heavy costumes, fully armed rehearsals, almost all wet after a play. Three or nine days of night alone in the courtyard practicing face, hands frozen can not grasp the sword. All that comes to mind is the program of Meipai art, and even when you have to sleep, you need to take sleeping pills to fall asleep.

It is after such hard training that Hu Wenge often plays the lead role in mei lanfang troupe, becomes the top male dan of the Beijing Peking Opera House, and becomes a national first-class actor, which is inseparable from his efforts.

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