Gao Yuanjun
It is said that when Wu Xun xingxue was studying, he used allegro to speak everywhere, and the descendants added the string steel cavity of the pear blossom drum and the number board in the Peking Opera, and gradually formed the form of a fast book, mainly performing the story of Shandong Good Han Wu Erlang, and the Jianghu Spring Classic was called "Singing Wu Lao'er". After Gao Yuanjun's continuous reform and improvement, it was named "Shandong Quick Book" in the 50s, with iron pieces by hand, rhyme and tone, body and expression, and clear sentences, which was very popular at that time.
Gao Yuanjun was born into poverty, only read "Hundred Family Names" when he was a child, and left his hometown at the age of seven with his blind fourth brother to sell singing and subsistence. At the age of eleven, he went to Nanjing with his fourth brother and sold songs at the Xiaguan Wharf. At this time, the old artist Qi Yongli, who sang "Wu Lao'er", was also performing in Nanjing, and Gao Yuanjun fell in love with "Wu Lao'er" and begged the fourth brother to squeeze money to buy gifts to visit the master, and got the true biography of Mr. Qi Lao.
Qi Yongli told Gao Yuanjun that the artist who sang "Wu Lao'er" was inferior and made people look down on him, because there were many low-level and indecent meat mouths in the book, and female guests were not allowed to listen, asking him if he could learn? Gao Yuanjun insisted on learning. Three years later, he went out of school, relying on a bamboo board to run the rivers and lakes, and the rap was almost all about some nest words, and also said that Wu Song was fighting and holding uneven stories, mixed with stuttering.
When he went to Jinan to sing, other artists ridiculed him, saying that his dirty tricks were not qualified to eat white-noodle steamed buns. These words touched Gao Yuanjun's sore spot, and he was determined to remove the obscene things and add new content. At first, I was afraid that I would not be popular with the audience, but on the contrary, people doubled their love for his performance, and whenever he appeared, the whole audience was silent, and the situation of evil shouting and shouting was greatly reduced. He pondered and studied every day, and the audience kept giving him suggestions, and some people helped him add or delete words.
As long as there are performances by famous opera and opera artists, Gao Yuanjun would rather eat one less meal than miss the opportunity to observe and learn, just to learn from other people's performances. He changed his tunic and replaced the bamboo board that was too loud to suppress the voice with a pear blossom iron sheet, and the advantages of the fast book—popular words, vivid expressions, profound descriptions, unrestrained feelings—were more prominently expressed. He talked about Wu Song's big trouble in Sun Erniang's black shop, while using various tones to narrate the panic and chaos of the shop boys, on the other hand describing how Wu Song and Sun Erniang fought, the whole black shop was noisy and mixed, and the audience seemed to be involved in a whirlpool. His performances have been called "Iron Fast Books" and "Funny Fast Books".
Gao Yuanjun can also speak cross-talk and worship Chang Lian'an as a teacher. In 1948, Bai Yunpeng, Liu Baorui, Gao Yuanjun, Su Wenmao, Henan Pendant Master Cao Yuanzhu and other famous artists performed in Hong Kong, Nanjing, Shanghai and other places, becoming one of the pioneers in introducing northern music art to audiences in Jiangnan, Hong Kong and Macao.
Gao Yuanjun (right)
Liu Baorui, Gao Yuanjun cooperation, Liu Baorui teasing, Gao Yuanjun praise, after a period of running-in, like "Eight Fan Screen", "Tongue Twister" and other praises account for a large proportion of the mother and son, Gao Yuanjun can also be handy. Coupled with his unique comedic image and dashing typhoon, this cross-talk quickly began.
Gao Yuanjun deliberately gave up fast books and specialized in cross-talk. Liu Baorui said: "You can't lose this fast book, this is your own business, we say that cross-talk is OK in the south, and when you get to Beijing and Tianjin, your accent will suffer losses, and you have to speak Beijing dialect." It is said that cross-talk is not registered in Beijing and Tianjin, and it cannot be recognized by the audience there. According to me, you still have to work harder on the fast book, and you can succeed..." Since then, Gao Yuanjun has been more attentive to the study of the fast book.
In the 1950s, Shanghai literary and art workers helped Gao Yuanjun adapt lyrics such as "Little Two Black Marriage", at this time folk art was gradually valued, and his fast book was officially named "Shandong Fast Book". He also performed new passages such as "Bridge", "Seven Seven", "Persuasion to Buy Public Bonds", was invited to radio broadcasting, and recorded "Lu Da ZhiBa" and "Wu Song Rushing Meeting". Shanghai Datong Film Company filmed "Dumb Wife", and Gao Yuanjun made a cameo appearance.
At this time, Gao Yuanjun successively went to Shanghai Caojiadu and other factories to perform for workers, and he proposed to "return to the toiling masses." Some people objected, saying that he had only recently become famous and that the open-air concert had lost his identity. Gao Yuanjun said: "I am born in the open air singing, there is nothing wrong with going to the theater, and it is not inferior to pull the field rap. Soon after, he went to Nanjing and visited and performed at the Yongli Caliper Factory in Liuhe County.
In 1950, Gao Yuanjun was invited by Chang Baokun from Nanjing to Tianjin to perform at the Xiaoliyuan Juggling Stadium. The initial premiere was scheduled for June 1, and Chang Baokun introduced himself to the performance from mid-May. At the first performance, Chang Baokun personally reported the curtain for Gao Yuanjun. Gao Yuanjun first performed a small section of "Persimmon Basket", followed by the main section of "Lu Da Eliminates The Bully". After the performance, the audience applauded continuously. Since then, the sound of crisp pear blossom pieces has been kept ringing in the radio and phonograph. At the first Wen Dynasty Conference in Tianjin, Gao Yuanjun was one of the invited delegates.
Gao Yuanjun went to the DPRK twice to offer condolences. In 1951, before going to the DPRK condolence group to go abroad to review the program in Tianjin, Liao Chengzhi commented on Gao Yuanjun: "Gao Yuanjun's performance alone can be worthy of a play, he is like a man with a thousand faces, a person on the stage does not need makeup, nor does he need a set, and at the same time performs several people, all of them have distinct personalities, playing a dragon is a dragon, playing a tiger is a tiger." ”
In the Korean battlefield, Gao Yuanjun performed humorously and comically, making the soldiers laugh continuously, and at night the soldiers gathered on the hillside, lit the gas lamp, and Gao Yuanjun sang heroically. Suddenly, two gunshots came from the top of the mountain, which was a signal from the air defense post to notify the ARRIVAL of the US plane. At this time, the gas lamp must be extinguished. After the enemy plane flew away, Gao Yuanjun continued to perform with great energy.
Jiang Kun, Li Wenhua and Gao Yuanjun
In a small village, Gao Yuanjun met Chang Baokun. Baokun held hands with him, hugged him, and said, "See you ahead!" After that, the two got into their own cars and parted ways. Gao Yuanjun went to a cave very close to the front line, and someone told him that Chang Baokun had died, he almost passed out, he couldn't eat or sleep that night, and the shadow of Baokun swirled around in his mind.
Gao Yuanjun is humble and especially righteous, and treats people with sincerity regardless of their level and age. He has trained more than 200 Shandong Kuaishu actors and authors with certain achievements, so that Shandong Kuaishu can be quickly promoted to the whole country. Chairman Mao had seen "The Yellow Crane Tower" by Ma Jiju and Gao Yuanjun. In August 1955, quyi actors had a salary scale, and there were tens of thousands of quyi actors in the country, only Hou Baolin and Gao Yuanjun were designated as the first class of literature and art, which was the highest in the quyi industry.
In the spring of 1979, when the Fourth National Congress of Literary and Art Circles was closed, the Qu Art Circles presented to all the delegates a star-studded evening party, in which famous artists from all kinds of music in the north and south of the great river joined hands, the third was Gao Yuanjun's Shandong Fast Book, the second was the Beijing Rhyme Drum of Xiaocai Dance, Ma Sanli and Wang Fengshan's "Tonight At Ten O'Clock" pressed the scene, and the television broadcast live to the whole country. Gao Yuanjun died in Beijing on March 3, 1993, at the age of 77. (Text: He Yuxin)
Gao Yuanjun's book