Harmonic opera is an artistic style between opera and drama, popular in Sichuan. In 1939, it was tested and pioneered by Wang Yongsuo. When only one actor appears during the performance, through "dialogue" and communication with objects that do not actually exist, the audience is made clear about the prescribed situation of the character and assumes that other characters are present in order to express a certain storyline. Because of the use of the Sichuan dialect known for its humor and humor, it is called "harmonic drama". The language is simple and timeless, exquisitely conceived, innovative in intention, highly literary, and full of strong appeal.
In today's harmonic drama circle, there is also a well-known harmonic artist, Wang Yongsuo's proud disciple and national first-class actor Shen Fa. Shen Fa's performance, starting from the role, is relaxed and relaxed, and retracted freely. He is extremely good at vividly expressing the inner world of the characters through delicate stage movements, and is praised as "humorous but not oily, funny and not frivolous". "It is not only not out of law, but also innovative."
Shen Fa, who is 77 years old this year, looks more than 10 years younger. The black and shiny hair is three or seven points, combed very delicately, and the black trench coat is equipped with a red scarf, and the demeanor is not reduced. When he spoke, he sat on a white leather sofa, leaning back against a pale yellow pillow printed with a photo of the couple holding hands, with a smile on the corner of his lips, and a warm room.
"I grew up on the Yangtze River, and my family opened a blacksmith shop. None of our family members are engaged in art, only me. I was born to like literature and art, and I am a literary teenager. In the late 1930s, Shen Fa's father left his hometown of DengJingguan Town in Fushun County to make a living in Chongqing. In August 1942, Shen Fa was born in his own blacksmith shop on the Jialing River. At that time, Sichuan's music art types were diverse, and people liked to watch quyi performances. Shen Fa also often watches the performances of old music artists. "When I was in elementary school, I liked our Sichuan money board and Sichuan crosstalk." After middle school, Shen Fa's hobbies became more extensive, "and he began to like drama and dance." ”
In 1959, after graduating from middle school, the Sichuan Song and Dance Actor Training Class went to Chongqing to enroll, and Shen Fa, who was rich in body language, was admitted to the school with a pair of bare feet. "The Song and Dance Actor Training Class is an acting training class established by the Song and Dance Troupe, which is the predecessor of the later Provincial Dance School. There, I began to press the legs, press the shoulders, push the instep combination, put the rod training, kick the hind legs, split leg jump, big kick and other basic skills training. Folk dance, folk dance, ballet... What dances are being learned. ”
Recalling the situation of dancing in those years, Shen Fa smiled, "As a dance student, I am not bad, I have plasticity, I have only studied for half a year, and I plan to take me abroad to perform." "At that time, the provincial song and dance troupe wanted to perform abroad, because the number of professional actors was not enough, so they went to the training class to select new talents." After tuning more than a dozen people, I was the only one who was the boy and danced a few programs. Unfortunately, Shen Fa, who was excellent in business, was unable to perform abroad smoothly because his passport was not processed.
In 1962, he danced "Happy Long" and "Liangshan Wine Dance" and entered the dance team of the Provincial Song and Dance Troupe. "My major is dance, and after graduating from dance school I also worked in dance for more than ten years." "Bow and Arrow Dance", "Tea Picking Butterfly", "Lion Dance", "Ding Ding Yue Qin", "The Sound of Beijing", "Sabre Dance", "Drifting", "Red Silk Dance", ballet "White Haired Girl", "Flower Lantern", etc., are all dances that Shen Fa is good at. More than ten years of dance performance and physical training have also laid a deep foundation for Shen Fa's future contrivial performances.
The opera was founded in 1939 by Wang Yongsuo, an Anyue native. In 1938, Wang Yongsuo, who was plotting in a regiment of the Sichuan Army, created the self-proclaimed "Pulling Miscellaneous Drama" in the anti-Japanese propaganda activities organized by the Long (Chang) Fu (Shun) Division. The following year, Wang Yongsuo officially performed "Selling Plasters" at the New Year's Day Entertainment Party with the participation of Chuan Jun at hejiang County Middle School in Luzhou City. In 1940, the playwright Cao Yu commented that the performance of "Selling Plasters" was a white painting and gave it high praise. In 1943, Wang Yongsuo came to the artesian well, went to the tea house and the downtown to experience life, and created the second "pulling miscellaneous drama" "Pickpocket". Zigong audiences praised it for its extraordinary humor, and he named this new comedy performing art form "harmonic drama".
On one wall of the living room of Shen Fa's family, a large golden yellow statue of "harmonic" characters tells the owner's love for harmonic drama from the aspects of shape, color and texture. Remembering the first time he saw Wang Yongsuo's special performance of the comedy, Shen Fa's thoughts returned to 1963. "I was in the dance team of the Sichuan Provincial Song and Dance Troupe, and the teacher Wang Yongsuo was in the song and art team. Sometimes our performances are also together, and there is such a good opportunity to watch his personal performances. Shen Fa recalled that the Red Flag Theater was full that day, and everyone was impressed by Teacher Wang's superb acting skills. At that glance, I was simply fascinated, and I felt that I should love the art of harmonic drama. ”
In Shen Fa's heart, Master Wang Yongsuo was a very great artistic genius and should be written by the Big Book. "The harmonics are not like the dulcimer, the money board, the headlights, it has been handed down from history. The musical art form of harmonic drama was created by him alone. An artist can create an art form, can form his own style, his own genre, has such a big impact, and our teacher is a great artist, a master. Deserve our respect and admiration! ”
Since 1963, Wang Yongsuo has been performing on stage, and Shen Fa has "stolen the scriptures and learned art" offstage. "Self-taught imitations of some of his programs, like "Catch the Car" and "Selling Plasters." At that time, the literary and art circles advocated the spirit of Ulan Pastoral Riding, requiring actors to be "one specialty and multiple abilities", and Shen Fa, who was engaged in dance majors, could also perform harmonic dramas in addition to singing and dancing, drama and opera. One day, the provincial song and dance troupe team went to Emei Mountain to perform, and a soloist fell ill and did not have enough programs. The leader knew that Shen Fa was usually learning harmonic drama, so he let him deal with it. His performance of "Selling Plasters" caused the audience to laugh, "At that time, there were five performances during the day, and everyone was rushing to the scene, and the effect was very good." After that, I performed in the countryside and often performed (comedy). ”
Harmonic drama is not like stand-up comedy in the north, nor is it like the "one-legged play" in Shanghai, and even a form called "clarinet" that appeared in Sichuan in the late 1930s is also very different from harmonious drama. The comedy is mainly performance, through the actor in the first person to play a character in the script, in the prescribed situation, with specific actions, vivid language, vivid appearance to show a small story.
In 1939, after Wang Yongsuo wrote and performed the first comedy "Selling Plasters", he successively created and performed more than 20 contical plays such as "Pickpocket", "Yellow Inspector", "Catching a Car", "Meeting", "Drinking" and so on. Since then, he has created and performed new plays such as "On the Train", "Hitting 100", "Marriage", "Tap" and so on.
In 1963, because of a special performance of Wang Yongsuo's opera, Shen Fa fell deeply in love with this art. Self-taught and imitated the harmonic drama for more than ten years, Shen Fa determined his future artistic direction, and also touched the leadership of the provincial song and dance troupe. "I especially love harmonic drama, I am determined to learn, I asked to be transferred to the qu art troupe, and the leaders are also very supportive of me." In 1974, Shen Fa was officially transferred from the Song and Dance Troupe to the QuYi Troupe. "Our teacher also heard that I was studying harmonics when I was in the qu art troupe, and I heard something about it."
At that time, Wang Yongsuo could not take the stage, and could only manage the costumes, props, etc. behind the scenes, and the leader of the group arranged for Wang Yongsuo to guide Shen Fa to rehearse the comedy. "Teacher Wang is very willing to teach me. There was a student who came to learn harmony, and he felt that it was a good thing. "Wang Yongsuo's first play for Shen Fa was 'Twelve O'Clock Positive.'" The teacher taught by hand and helped me line up section by paragraph. The next day I thought it was not ok and started again. ”
Comedy was the art of laughter, but at the time, comedy wasn't as popular as it is now. In order to meet the aesthetic needs of the time, Shen Fa's first comedy was changed and changed again and again under the control of Wang Yongsuo. "In the first performance, the teacher helped me to close the curtain. When I was on stage, he was even more nervous than I was. Watching the audience laugh and applause, he was even happier than I was. ”
One wanted to cultivate his own disciples, the other wanted to get the master's true transmission, and Wang Yongsuo and Shen Faying were in tune. "The teacher gave me a rehearsal and a lecture on the truth of the drama, and I got along with him better and better, and officially became his disciple."
Shen Fa likes this art form very much, and has more than 10 years of self-study foundation, under the careful guidance of the "founding father" of the comedy, he quickly grew into an excellent harmonic actor. "Teacher Wang took me to the south and north, all the way to the scenery. All my honors are given to me by the comedy. ”
In 2005, he participated in the filming of the war comedy "The Crooked Biography of Wang Baochang" directed by Zhang Gang.
In 2006, Shen Fa starred with Liu Deyi, Li Boqing and Yuan Feng in the absurd sitcom "Wang Baochang's Present Biography" (also known as "Wang Baochang's Present Biography of Bao Chang Out of the Mountain") directed by Xie Hong. In the same year, Shen Fa participated in the filming of the absurd sitcom "Wang Baochang's Present Biography 2" (also known as "Wang Baochang's Present Biography of the Sea Selection") directed by Xie Hong.
In 2008, Shen Fa co-starred with Liao Jian, Li Libo, Li Yaxi and Lin Xiaodong in the 40-episode Sichuan-style inspirational comedy "Brothers and Sisters", in which he played Wang Silly. In 2009, Shen Fa, together with Zhang Guoguo, Zhang Jiayi, and Zhao Tao, co-starred in the family drama "The Great Life" based on Qiao Yu's novel of the same name, in which he played Liu Hukou.
In 2010, he starred in the TV movie "Yellow Sparrow" invested and directed by Wang Shuai. Subsequently, he participated in the dialect drama "The Happy Life of the Security Team" filmed by Sichuan TV Station SCTV-3. In the same year, he participated in the filming of the 30-episode TV series "Wenchuan Story" directed by Mao Weining. In 2011, he participated in the film "Summer of Dreams", which reflects the growth process of children in the disaster area after the "5.12" earthquake.
In 2012, Shen Fa co-starred with Liu Yajin and Dingdang in the Sichuan-style film "Laughing 2012" directed by You Xiaojin. In the same year, together with He Dujuan and Wang Kuang, he starred in the black comedy film "Chasing You to the Edge of the Sky" directed by Zhao Qi. In 2013, he participated in the filming of the TV series "Village with Flowers" based on the construction of contemporary new rural areas.
In 2014, he co-starred with Liu Liu, Liu Yun, Cai Lin and others in the humorous comedy "The Legend of Fools" invested by Zhejiang Yongle Film and Television Production Co., Ltd. The play tells the story of Fan Silly, a legendary figure in Qinglong Town, Chongqing in the 1920s. Played Yan Deyi in the play. In the same year, he participated in the second season of the "2014 King of Comedy National Television Competition" created by the Economic Channel of Sichuan Radio and Television Station, the Film and Television Literature and Art Channel of Guizhou Television Station, and the Fashion Channel of Chongqing Television Station, and served as a mentor for the Sichuan Division.
In 2015, he starred in the comedy film "I Am the Country Grandfather" released by Emei Film Group.
In 2018, Shen Fa co-starred with Yue Hong and Fang Qingping in the comedy film "People Are Afraid of Being Famous and Pigs Are Afraid of Being Strong" directed by Peng Jianwei.
Shen Fa, born in August 1942, is a native of Zigong, Sichuan. National first-class actor, the second generation of the head of the opera, a famous performance artist, the winner of the 8th "Bashu Literature and Art" Lifetime Achievement Award in Sichuan Province, enjoys the special government allowance issued by the State Council. In 1959, Shen Fa was admitted to the Sichuan Provincial Dance School, and in 1962, he entered the dance team of the Provincial Song and Dance Troupe. In 1976, he studied under Wang Yongsuo, the founder of the opera and a performance artist. In 1982, he participated in the National Quyi Performance and performed the comedy "Who Is This Child Like", which won the first prize of the Ministry of Culture. In 1986, he participated in the national new book (song) competition to perform the comedy "Zero Point Seven" and won the second prize of the China Ququ Association Performance, and in the same year, the program participated in the CCTV Spring Festival Gala, becoming the first person in Sichuan to go to the CCTV Spring Festival Gala. In 1987, he held more than 100 performances of the "Shen Fa Harmonic Drama Special Evening". In 1988, he once again appeared on the stage of the CCTV Spring Festival Gala, and performed the dialect sketch "Lan Guilong's Wife" with Yue Hong, the best actress of the Chinese Film Golden Rooster Awards.
After performing the dialect drama "Catching Zhuang Ding" and the harmonious drama "Wang Baochang", Shen Fa formed an "indissoluble relationship" with "Wang Baochang", and the harmonic drama "Wang Baochang" performed more than 3,000 times, and also filmed nearly 100 episodes of the TV series "Wang Baochang", which is well known.
Representative works of harmonic drama: "Who is this child like", "Wang Baochang", "Liangshan One Hundred and Nine Generals", "Lan Guilong's Wife", "Zero Point Seven", "Health Supervision Post", "Beichuan People" and so on.
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