Chapter 26 Talking about Wang Shaoqing from a few good huqins in Beiping

When the author was young, not only did he like to listen to operas, but he also sometimes appeared on stage in full bloom, and he deeply realized the importance of playing drums and playing the huqin on stage.No matter how delicate your figure is, if you don’t have the help of a good drummer, you won’t be able to show your spirit; no matter how majestic and soft your singing voice is, if you don’t have a good pianist to support it, you won’t be able to show your skill. In Kunqiang, the shengdi Nanxianzi is used for singing, and the clapper uses the banhu flute, which has not changed until now. Pi Huang also used flute at first, and it was not until the Guangxu period of Tongzhi that he switched to huqin).

The oldest piano player I have ever heard is Sun Zuochen, also known as Lao Yuan. He has a long body, a long face, long fingers, and a wide vocal range.It is said that when he was in his prime, he had a very good hand voice, vigorous and handsome, and was outstanding.The author has only heard him play "Catch and Release Cao", "Stealing the File", and "Search the Orphan and Rescue the Orphan" for Meng Xiaodong. The ear sound is already poor, and I feel that Xiaodong sings, sometimes a little difficult.The last time was the opening of the Halfei Theater, Sai Jinhua cut the ribbon, and Sun Juxian sang "The Cinnabar Mole". Both elders were hard of hearing.Chen Yanheng was originally a piano ticket, known as Chen Twelve, and a famous Tan fan.He studied Tan opera with Ma Jupo in Beiping, and he really worked hard.Which tune should be sung by Tan, and how should the Huqin be played (Tan's qin master is Mei Dasuo). After hearing this tune, the two of them turned around and left. Twelve pairs of Tan Qiang remember the most accurately, even the corners and corners are not missed.Yan Jupeng called himself the Old Tan School, and he got most of his stuff from Chen Yanheng. Yan was hired to sing in Shanghai for the first time, and it was Chen Yanheng who played the piano for him.Not only did the posters specifically state who was playing the piano, but they also provided him with a seat when he appeared on the stage, which was quite the limelight.

Li Peiqing has been by Yu Shuyan's side all the time, his qin art is subtle and elegant, not reserved or impetuous, which can make the singers calm and comfortable.After Shuyan became middle-aged, he developed bloody stools and chronic illnesses. Li Peiqing was able to cover up the unsatisfactory places in the tired work drama without any trace.Later, when Shu Yan was absent from the stage for a long time, Pei Qing joined other Kun characters, and Shu Yan replaced Zhu Jiakui. Only then did Shu Yan realize the benefits of Li Peiqing's support on the stage. Mu Tiefen is in the flag, with a big face and big ears, neat clothes, and a graceful bearing, so everyone gave him the nickname "Director Mu".At the age of thirteen, he had already achieved great success in the art of playing the piano. He joined the Chunyang Friends Club, a gathering of actors and actresses.Later, when he went to the sea next to Cheng Yanqiu, he not only supported Cheng Yanqiu's "drawing silk", "pad characters", and "big breath" tightly, but also Cheng's bass line continued, and the eclipse could be played with the huqin, so that Cheng's voice could be breathed, and he could Calmly adjust your breath.Cheng Qiang is popular, and he has helped a lot.Wang Youquan rebelled against Cheng and changed to Xin Yanqiu, and Mu Ye abandoned Cheng and went to Xin.Since Mu rebelled, Yanqiu has changed a few piano players, but none of them are satisfactory, so she realizes that breaking up with Mu is her biggest loss.After Uncle Zhang Mei, the director of Beiping Radio Station, introduced Zhou Changhua to Cheng Yanqiu, Cheng finally had a regular luthier.Now listen to EMI and Gao Ting's records of Cheng Cheng, and then listen to Cheng's tapes later, Mu and Zhou's artistic affairs can be distinguished from left to right.

Zhao Yankui has been standing next to Shang Xiaoyun, although people look at Wenxiu, but his piano skills are naturally vigorous, which complements Xiaoyun's iron voice and steel throat.Although Zhang Junqiu was Li Lingfeng's apprentice, Zhang Qiang became popular in the mainland later, most of it was Zhao Yankui's new voice for his son-in-law.Liyuanxing has always been divided and difficult to reason with. Zhao Yankui was elected as the president of the Liyuan Association and was re-elected for more than ten years, which shows how popular and material Zhao is in Liyuanxing. Lu Wu's huqin is the same as Sun Zuochen's, with fast hands and beautiful sounds.When he was serving Gong Yunfu, there was a discussion with each other. When it was time for Li Duokui to play, you had to sing as I did. Li Duokui often sighed, and when he went on stage to perform, Lu Wu's huqin would be indispensable. You say never.

Lama Zhao is left-handed. According to him, when he was a child learning the huqin, he was beaten so many times that his left-handedness never changed.He is close to Tan Fuying and Gou Huisheng, one is strong and the other is soft, he can be right and left.Chen Twelve said about Lama Zhao's huqin: "Each one is suitable for its own finger, as wonderful as turning around, but it's just a little awkward to look at." It is a few words of knowledge. Chen Hongshou, not many people know him, but he is really good at playing the huqin.The first was to play the piano for Wang Shaolou, but Shaolou couldn't recover for a long time, so he changed to play for fanciers.He Yousan, a famous student in Hankou, went to Zaping to pay homage to Bao Jixiang as a teacher. He spent a lot of money and did not even give a full account of "Nanyangguan". Complete and very detailed.Chen Jing and He Yousan's reputation was so high that people from south to north invited Chen Hongshou to talk about the show, but his income was much higher than that of the younger ones. This is a proof that good intentions are rewarded.

Guo Wuzhuan approached Ju Peng, who was the nephew of Guo Meichen, a famous doctor in Peking.Guo and Yan Da and Yan San were brothers, and the Yan brothers got bored at Guo's house whenever they had nothing to do.Guo Wushou has a good voice, and he remembers the accent quickly. Because he and Ju Peng study the rhymes and accents all day long, only Guo Wu It can be packed tightly when held up.The "Eight Great Worthy Kings" in Ju Peng's Cursing Palace and the "Unspoken Words" in "Let Xuzhou" are masterpieces researched by Yan and Guo.Guo Wu has a young master's temper, and only listens to Yan San.Because he and Xi Xiaobo are children, sometimes he adjusts Xi's voice.When Yan San passed away, he also sealed the qin and retired, and stopped playing this tune.

Yang Baozhong is the eldest son of Yang Xiaoduo, a true Liyuan family.He originally sang old students, and the "Yuyang Sanluo" in "Calling Cao" can be regarded as a masterpiece.In Yang Xiaolou's class, Shang Xiaoyun performed "Motanga Girl" for the first time and danced the "Demon Dance", and specially invited Yang Baozhong to come on stage to accompany Fan Yaling.Soon he opened a Chinese musical instrument club on Wangfujing Street, where Huqin and Fanyaling were mixed together, and Danpi Jiegu was juxtaposed.Xi Zigang, a veteran string player in the literary field, said: "Bao Zhong likes to play string music. I will sing to him the old man. One uses vertical strength and the other uses horizontal strength. When the Huqin is finished, the voice is finished." All back.Later, he played the piano for Ma Lianliang, complementing each other, and the host and guest were very harmonious.However, Baozhong's huqin has a shortcoming. The huqin often has a western sound, so the elders of Liyuanxing do not approve of it.He has a nickname called "foreigner", which means he is a bit foreign.

One year, Lian Liang was hired by the Golden Theater to perform in Shanghai. Bao Zhong was unable to accompany him due to family problems, so he replaced Li Muliang.Li is a talent to make, but he is too fond of showing off.Several senior piano tickets in Shanghai criticized Li Muliang's play as flashy and unrealistic, which can be said to be appropriate. Mei Lanfang's uncle Mei Dasuo played the piano from Tianyuan singing to the early stage of civilized tea garden.Later, when Mei Dasuo was old and deaf, he was replaced by Xu Lanyuan.Xu Niannian not only served Boss Tan, but also studied the singing of Jia Honglin, Liu Jingran, Yu Yuqin, Yang Xiaoduo and other freshmen.In addition to being sound, his huqin has a beautiful sound and a dense accent, so after Mei used Xu Lanyuan, he never changed his violinist in his life.Since Xu Lanyuan has been with Mei Lanfang, except for his younger brother Biyunhua in the Ping group, in order to strengthen his momentum, he has played a few games, and he has never been with anyone else in his life (Lu Sujuan is in the Ping group, The supporting roles in the civil and military scenes of the team all use the original cast of Chenghua Society, Xu Gunian lives as a colleague, and barely pulls two or three episodes).

Ever since the erhu was added to Danjiaoer's singing, Mei Lanfang used Wang Shaoqing because of Wang Fengqing's relationship.Shaoqing's nickname was Er Pian, so both actors and actresses called him Er Pian.In addition to playing the huqin for Naifu Fengqing and Naidi Youqing, he also played the erhu for Lan Fang.Er Pian is fair-skinned, well-dressed and well-known off-stage.He has a keen mind and can hook the rhyme deeply and far. Nine out of ten of Mei's singing are his masterpieces.When Gaoting Company refilled the "Taizhen Gaiden" record for Mei, there was an anti-siping tune with two interludes. The second piece was not satisfied, and they refilled it four times until he was satisfied, which fully proved his commitment to art. serious.

On stage, his erhu tune is always a little higher than that of huqin, and it seems that erhu has a tendency to surpass huqin.He has a few unique skills on stage. If the string suddenly breaks when singing at a critical moment, he can pull it with a string so that the audience can't hear it for a while.It is not uncommon for him to pick up the strings in the middle of playing the erhu. He broke the strings of the erhu in the middle of playing "The Fallen Flower Tree" for Xiaoqing, and the audience sweated for him.What a bold man with a high degree of skill, he is not in a hurry, and he can connect the strings quickly with his eyesight, which is beyond the reach of ordinary piano players.

Huqin is composed of four major categories: shoulder, shaft, barrel, and bow, plus leather strings, yards, horsetails, and daughters.Wang Shaoqing's huqin bearing cylinder bows are all selected one in a hundred, one in a thousand.The size of the bamboo joints of the burden should be properly grown, so that the place where the strings are connected should not be carried by hands.Axis characters are engraved with six-petal patterns instead of screw patterns, so as to avoid biting hands when the strings are loosened and tightened.The bobbin should be round and have a rigid sound.He is the most particular about the snake skin covered on the tube. He rhymes with the huqin and never uses python skin. He said that when the gongs and drums are shaken, the python skin sound will go back, and it can't reach far.All his huqins were assembled by a huqin shop called "Ma Liangzheng" in the east gate of Liulichang.He has 20 or 30 empty tubes in Ma Liangzheng's place. There will be a play tomorrow, but if he is confused today, he will make a quick effort.He plays a scene for Feng Er and You Qing, and he just changes the reel.He likes to listen to Liu Baoquan's big drum the most. He has several new tunes, which are all realized from the big drum tune. Sun Laoyuan has a huqin made of Arhat bamboo, which is said to have been rewarded by Empress Dowager Cixi.After Sun Laoyuan Fengqin retired, this famous piano was given to Wang Shaoqing.Old Sun's arms are long, so the bow he uses is also an inch or two longer than others', and Shaoqing is not comfortable with it.One day when he was chatting with Ma Liang, he found a protruding orchid shadow on one of the bows. He immediately tied a ponytail to match his famous piano.He said that the huqin must use a sheath, tighten the sheath with a cotton rope, and put it between the waist and legs, and never hit the legs when it walks or shakes. Putting it in a leather case, it looks like a Western musical instrument, which is called a dog's thick horn (Western style).Everyone knows that he was referring to Yang Baozhong.In fact, who still uses the huqin set in the two worlds of Taiwanese actors and actresses? Since Wang Shaoqing accepted the huqin from Sun Zuochen, he immediately made a yellow satin qin cover, built a qin niche with staggered colors and golden drape on the north wall of the main house, and occasionally researched new tunes, so he must invite the imperial huqin Come down and play some.One year during the Chinese New Year, some colleagues visited his house to pay New Year's greetings, just in time for him to lose his temper with his wife.He raised a lot of daffodils, and on the qin niche there was a semi-round table of red sandalwood. His wife kindly placed a pot of daffodils. When he saw it, he said that the rising water vapor from the daffodils affected the timbre of the huqin.His family sometimes called him Er Fatty behind his back. He has nothing else to do but study the piano art. Whenever he composes a new tune, he asks Taifenglou to make clear soup wings for one person to enjoy alone. His greatest hobby. He belonged to a prominent family in Liyuan, and his usual food and clothing were relatively luxurious. During the "Cultural Revolution", of course he could not escape the misfortune of liquidation and struggle.Some people say that he was sent to Yanqi, Xinjiang, and some people say that he died of illness in Xi'an.In short, even if he is still alive, he is still very old. If he wants to hear his fresh and melodious piano sound again, he can only turn to the old records of Gao Ting and EMI.