Chapter 2 rocker ride

There are a number of stunts in Chinese dramas, such as hitting hands, hooking faces, eating fire, breathing fire, playing with teeth, and stepping on stilts, which are not found in other country's musicals. . In the national drama, stepping on stilts is the most difficult stunt to practice. Without three winters and two summers of hard work, it is impossible to step on the inch to be light, pretty and graceful. .Hou Junshan (stage name Shisandan), an old actress, once said: "The stepping on the inch was invented by Wei Changsheng, the predecessor of Danjiao. Wudan and Huadan, who are born in professional classes, have to go through rigorous training on stilts. No matter whether it is severe cold or hot, they have to practice hard on stilts from morning to evening. They have to practice until they walk on flat ground without shrugging their shoulders or waving their hands. Standing on three feet is a long bench with two feet high and three legs. When you tie up the stilts and stand upright, you can stand for ten or twenty minutes without leaning on them. In winter, you have to run on hard and slippery ice to smooth things out. The more solid you are, the more beautiful you will be on stage in the future. After the swaying is solid, you can practice martial arts footwork, and you have to take care of your body and side style (meaning beautiful), which is more difficult and delicate than practicing martial arts." The legs, wrists and toes of people who practice stilts should not only be gentle, but also strong. If there is no condition for the combination of rigidity and softness, stilts will not work well.Wang Yaoqing, a master of the Danjiao generation, invented the so-called colorful shoes instead of colorful boots because of weak legs and wrists, which are not suitable for walking on stilts.

In the early years, there were only two types of dan roles: Tsing Yi and Hua Dan. Tsing Yi mainly sang and recited, while Hua Dan took the lead in talking and fighting. Later, due to martial arts, it was easy to damage the voice. Although Hua Dan focused on reciting and doing, she always had to sing It's only good to be listened to, so Wudan was separated.Those who are good at swaying skills and who are solid in porcelain go to Gongwu Dan, and those who are good at making confessions and chanting, beautiful and beautiful go to Gonghuadan.After that, Huadan and Wudan gradually separated.

Back then, Wudan Zhu Wenying was the most famous. He was the father of Li Guifen (the grandfather of Zhu Shikui, the box official of the TV drama club).Zhu is also known as Forty, his thugs are clean, steady and accurate, and he rarely drops a guy on the stage.Holding the whip with only one hand is even more unique, the technique is outstanding, the winged Qianlin is very rare, kick the whip with an inch, the whip is hard and short, and has no elasticity, kicking forward and backward, it is better than kicking a flower gun. It's easy to know if it's accurate.It was too late for the rest of my life, but I just heard the rumors and couldn't see it in person.

There are stilts and stilts, also known as soft stilts and hard stilts. There are regulations on the size, width and shape of stilts, and they cannot be changed at will.When Liu Gansan sang "Visiting Relatives" and rode a real donkey on the stage, he stepped on stilts. His pair of stilts were five inches long, and his colleagues joked with him, saying that he was riding on a woman's stilts.According to the rules in the early years, Huadan must walk on hard stilts, while Wudan can only walk on soft stilts!Wen stilts are straight, and Wu stilts are flat and slanted. One can imagine the difficulty.Having been in Taiwan for more than 30 years, the military theater school has cultivated many excellent Wudan talents. When taking courses, there are teachers who follow the rules and guide them well, and they can all follow the rules.Sun Yujiao in "Blue Stone Mountain" and the nine-tailed fairy fox in "Blue Stone Mountain" are not on the stilts.

Yu Yuqin, Tian Guifeng, Lu Sanbao, Yang Xiaoduo, and Shisandan among the famous actors of the older generation are all well-known for their steady and delicate swaying skills. Drama critic Wang Xiagong has heard He Yufeng sung by Yu Zhuanger (Yuqin). If it weren't for the martial art skill of flipping off the stage, if it weren't for the strong swing and the accurate size, wouldn't there be chaos in the pool. One year, there was a big voluntary performance at the Wowotou Society for Winter Relief, and it was performed on the first stage for two consecutive nights. At that time, Tian Guifeng had been reclusive for many years. In order to sell more popular tickets and act bravely, she reappeared and sang "Ye Zhai" with Zhang Cailin and Xiao Changhua (Also known as "Killing Skin").At that time, Tian was approaching sixty years old, his eyes, gestures, swaying skills, and blunt banter were delicate and vivid, and he was comprehensive, and the swaying skills of Xiaocuihua and Hibiscus were all outstanding for a while.After watching Mr. Tian's play, I realized that there are people beyond people, and there is a sky beyond the sky, so I just nodded in appreciation.

Back then when Lu Sanbao sang "The Drunken Concubine", he played Yang Yuhuan on stilts.If it wasn't for the private work, she wouldn't be able to make a detour to admire Beiyan Feiqiong's figure.Zhu Qinxin joined Union Medical College Hospital when she was working as an English typist before entering the sea.box office.At that time, the box office roles were very neat, with colorful faces Zhang Rennian and Fei Tonghou, buffoons Zhang Zepu and Wang Huafu, old roles Tao Shanting, female roles Zhao Jianchan, Lin Junfu, Yang Wenchu, Zhu Qinxin, Xusheng Tao Weichu, Guan Shaohua, Yu Jingmei, and Wusheng Wang Hesun.

Zhu Qinxin's voice is not as clear as that of Zhao and Yang Lai, so he has learned a lot of Huadan opera from Lu Fengqin, Zhu Ruxiang and Lu Peifang.Since Huadan should be employed, it is natural to practice stilts.Halfway to become a monk, the effort put in is more difficult than that of the students in the class.His trick plays such as "Picking Flowers and Chasing the Mansion", "Warning Wancheng", and "Cuiping Mountain" are never lazy, and they must be tricked. This is how he practiced his tricks.Once, Zhou Guanqing, the chief executive of the YMCA, was celebrating his 60th anniversary, and Zhu Qinxin also planned to perform on the stage to test his skills.As a result, Feng Guanxia was put on, and the palace dress and shoes were put on, and she couldn't turn around freely in the round and round dance. When it came to the official performance, I was afraid that she might not be sure for a while, and she would still change to colorful shoes on stage.

When the author listened to Lu Sanbao, he was still young. At that time, Lu Sanbao was over middle age. After listening to his "A Tale of Two Nails" Bai Jinlian and "Ma Siyuan" Zhao Yuer "murdered" with disheveled hair and gritted his teeth. His face was painted with oil paint, and his face was full of viciousness and viciousness, which made him intimidating, so I didn't like to watch his plays.One year, Yu Zhenting's Shuangqing Society sang a box-sealing opera in Wenming Tea Garden. Boss Tan was very annoying to Ren Rongqing, who sang "Huanhuaxi" by Lu Sanbao. I heard that almost all the actors and actresses from the two worlds were present that day, and they all came to "Chu Ye Zi" to watch the tricks.The author couldn't see why at the time, but seeing him turn sideways easily, the belt flutters, and moves freely, it seems to be different from the general Wudan opening sets, and I feel very comfortable.

One year, Na Qinxuan celebrated his birthday in the garden of Jinyu Hutong. There was a small church party, and Lun Beizi (Pu Lun) acted as the tuner, so the drama was not big, but the performance was wonderful.Hou Junshan, the thirteen-year-old, had already grown a beard and prepared to close the mountain. He went back to his hometown Zhangyuan and ate Taiping meals for a few days to entertain his old age.Unexpectedly, the fourth master Lun talked about life and death, and with the golden face of the county minister, he couldn't help it, so he shaved off his new beard and sang "Xin'an Post".This Bangzi opera is a thirteen-dan old-timer. He walks short and walks lightly. It is really a breathtaking show.

Among Wudan's stilts, Jiu Guafeng (Yan Lanqiu) and Zhu Guifang's stilts are the best, and Jiu Guafeng is more graceful and vigorous.He never wears silk stockings or thread stockings all his life, and always wears Baishi Buna bottom socks and double-faced shoes. According to him, keeping the toes from being too indulgent is helpful for walking on stilts.He has a pair of pegs with a copper base and tin heels, which were made of a piece of red copper given to him by his brother who worked in the detective team.He must use that pair of stilts in all heavy-duty martial arts plays, or grand errands, in order to be handy.Later, his nephew Yan Shishan was invited by the Shanghai Golden Stage to travel to Shanghai, so he took this pair of crossbows with him.Rong Boming, a famous Shanghai ticket artist, has worked hard on the pair of stilts. He once tried that pair of stilts and said: No wonder Yan Laojiu and Fan Baoting's "Bamboo Forest Strategy" was burned in the fire. The two jumped up and down from the table. Clean and easy, not sticky, not slippery, this pair of stilts probably helped a lot.Later, Shi Shancai gradually realized that his uncle was strict and meticulous in supervising meritorious deeds, hoped that his son would become a success, loved him deeply, and surpassed the affection of ordinary uncles and nephews.

Zhu Guifang's stilt is a little softer than that of Jiu Guafeng, but he can kick the whip, walk in small steps, and pick the whip from his father's family.Luo Yinggong said that he used the fingering method that Bai Juyi called "lightly gathering, slowly twisting, wiping and picking", which is the most appropriate description.There is a Wudan in Shanghai named Qi Caifen. He and Gai Jiaotian's son are both capable of fighting the whip, and they do a lot of tricks.According to their own words, it was taught by Zhu, so it is not an exaggeration.Among the new little Wudans released in Taiwan, there are also two who can wield the whip. Although they also have a few tricks, they only care about the whip, and they are not very stable when they step on the stilts. Xu Biyun played Wudan when he was in Bin Qing's class. Because of his cool mind and strong performance, he was very much loved by the class leader Yu Zhenting.When I was in the department, Yin Binkui (Xiao Kuiguan), Ji Yanfen (Xiao Guihua) and my colleagues in the department could only get two dim sum coins a day, but Xu Biyun could get six dim sum coins, which was more than the small bosses Yu Bulan and Yu Huating. , It's a top notch.Xu's "Taking Jinling" plays the role of Princess Fengji, and the nine-tailed fairy fox in "Blue Stone Mountain" is particularly fancy and compact. The wind was violent and the rain was violent, the sound of metal and iron, and the sound of gongs and drums came to an abrupt end.He took out his feathers to show up, standing like a mountain, without shaking or shaking, he will definitely have a good time, which fully proves that his hard work on the stilts has a price.It's a pity that he became famous too quickly when he was out of the department. Under the complacency, he got into a romantic dispute, was seized by the police department, paraded in the street, and then deported, so that he couldn't gain a foothold in Peiping, wandered in Wuhan, Sichuan and Yunnan, and ended up in poverty. What a pity. Song Dezhu and Yan Shishan, one is the treasure of Wudan in the opera school, and the other is Fu Liancheng's talented latecomer.Back then, opera schools and rich societies were evenly matched, fighting each other to win, and not giving in to each other. The teachers were all riveted and stepped up to supervise their work. The children also knew to work hard, so two wonderful flowers were created.De Zhu is talented, bright and beautiful, fast and witty in playing, swinging skills and turning freely, like flowers and waves turning wind, showing beauty and melody.Shishan doesn't care about surprises, he doesn't care about embellishments, his shots are calm and steady, and he rarely loses a guy.He had a lot of private jobs and was educated at home, so even his two senior brothers, Fang Lianyuan and Zhu Shengfu, were not as good as him. Later, Shishan became more and more famous in Shanghai, and finally got married and established a business in Shanghai.As for Song Dezhu being Zhu Xiangquan's apprentice, when he was about to graduate, the principal of the drama school was replaced by Li Yongfu (nicknamed Toothpaste Li).Li loves this student very much, and he must take an elegant and light way to practice. Because of being too honored and favored, he has also acquired the habit of being arrogant and flamboyant. Unable to afford the temptation of material desires, greedy for drinking and lust, a flash in the pan, and within a few years all sound and light will be silent. Jia Biyun is a danjiao in the south, and came to Pingjin from the north to work in a class, and became a hit.Jia's opera has a wide range of styles, both civil and military. In addition, he sings both new and old operas, and all Tsing Yi Huadans come.Xue Dake, a well-known newspaperman in Peking, said: "Jia came to Peiping for the first time to work as a trainee, just in time for the Red Cross to perform a voluntary play to help the poor. She also added a lot of amusing tricks to Matchmaker Liu, and since then the one-on-three singing style has become popular in Beiping. The bottom line is that it was Jia Biyun who started it." "Cow Herding" and "Fengyang Flower Drum" are plays of village girls and women, which are even more bright and graceful, charming and charming, and are especially popular among the audience.As usual, the northern school "Fengyang Flower Drum" is not upright, but Jia's Fengyang Po is not only upright, but also speaks an authentic Subei dialect, and the two clowns, He Wenkui and Jin Yixiao, are also full of Yangzhou dialect. The three of them braided their hair, sang and danced on the stage, which was really refreshing. Jia Biyun returned to the south with a high reputation in Peiping, and Lin Yanqing followed him across the sea. He brought Li Lanting, a martial arts student, Deng Lanqing, a young student, Lu Shutian, a senior student, and Jin Yixiao, a clown. Set up camp on the first stage.At that time, the first stage was the most magnificent and spacious new-style theater in Beiping, which accommodated the largest number of audiences. There was also a turntable set. Only Yang Xiaolou sang in the first stage group (because he was the first stage shareholder).As for the four famous actors Mei, Shang, Cheng, and Gou, before the Anti-Japanese War, none of them dared to perform in the first stage group, because the garden was too big, and they couldn't get 70% to 80% of the seats, and they didn't look good.At that time, it was not fashionable to use amplifiers in Beiping theaters. If there was no Pu Gong's full-toned voice, sitting in the back row on the third floor and looking down, the people were as small as ants, and the sound seemed to be nothing. It was not much different from watching a silent movie.As a southern character, Lin Yanqing came to Ping for the first time, and she dared to sing Black and White on the first stage, she is really courageous and courageous. Lin Yanqing sings the same plays every night, such as "The Civet Cat for the Prince", "Meng Lijun", "Sanmen Street", "Tianyuhua" and so on. Sometimes she sings during the day on Sundays: single plays such as "Du Shiniang", "Yin and Yang" "The River", the full version of "Lotus Lantern", "Wife's Party and Evil Retribution", unexpectedly, they can get 70% to 80% of seats in black and white days.Although Lin's voice is good, but the ending sound is a bit sandy. His workmanship is extremely delicate, and the tricks are soft and natural. Later Shang Heyu joined him. The fight is fierce and fiery, and it is unique compared to the northern martial arts.At that time, Zhu Xingqing (Qin Xin) was still studying in the English night school of the YMCA, and he had some Huadan plays under Lin's guidance.Zhu has a slender figure, and he always felt that his stature looked too tall when he was on stilts. Lin told him: "In Peking opera, some Huadan plays are on stilts, so that they can show tenderness, grace, and beauty. I must not bend over and shrink my back." , to show her petiteness, so once she has scruples, she will not be able to show any charming figure. Stepping on stilts is a kind of stage art, which is similar to ballet shoes." Zhu Qin felt that Lin Due to the influence of some passages, so when I went to the sea later, all stilt plays, such as "Proud Fate", "Zhan Wancheng", "Yinyang River", "Picking Flowers and Chasing the House" were all stilted and never lazy. The professionalism is really admirable. After Tian Guifeng and Lu Sanbao, Xiao Cuihua's swaying kungfu is ingenious and colorful, full of style, known as unique.Xiao Cuihua has practiced stilts hard since Mingcheng and Baosan, and transferred to Fuliancheng to practice art. For ten years, she joined the Binqing Society after graduation.Because the students in the club were young and the audience was poor, Yu Wu invited some young Junxiu who came with arts. There were Xiaocuihua and Liuliudan in the female role, and Wulingtong (Wang Wenyuan) and Yang Baosen in the female role. He also joined Li Wanchun, Lan Yuechun, Du Fuxing, and Du Fulong. They were full of talents and flourished for a while.Liuliudan is Bangzi Huadan, Xu Biyun and Yu Huating are the top figures in the class, they practice on the stage of Guangde Building every morning, supervised by Yu Zanting, and Xiao Cuihua practices power stilts with everyone every day.One winter, he was walking on the ice, and there was an ice lump on the ice. He lost his mind, tripped over a load, broke his wrist, and even twisted his ankle, so although Xiao Cuihua stepped steadily , but a closer look at the start of the walk is a bit sloppy, that's why. Xiao Cuihua sings forever on stilts, taught by the old narcissus Guo Jixiang, and taught by Lu Sanbao, he has a waist down, a cup in his mouth, and his sleeves swinging left and right. Half reclining, half leaning, drunken makeup, and extremely graceful and soft posture, it seems that it is not too difficult, but if the strength of the waist and legs are not balanced on the spot, it is inevitable to make a fool of yourself.With this figure, I don't know how many times I practiced before I dare to perform on stage.One year, Wang Chengbin celebrated his mother's birthday at the Zhiyun Gong's House in Sanlihe. There was a small emerald flower on the central axis.Mei entered the theater very early in order to see Boss Yu's. After watching, Mei told people: "I have seen Boss Yu's. Our play should be hung up." Although it was Mei's humble words , but it is enough to prove the weight of Xiaocuihua's heat. Gou Huisheng's original name is Bai Mudan, and he and Wang Fusheng, who is also famous here, are brothers. When Gou was in the department, he specialized in bangzihuadan, and he was a bright spot with Shang Xiaoyun.After graduating from the department, he went to the docks in the south of the Yangtze River. After being taught by the wise people in the south, he changed his job to be skinny, singing, singing, reading and playing, all of which followed a soft and charming way.Chen Moxiang compiled several Goupai plays for him, which were very popular among women.Later, due to her body gaining weight, she developed an improved stilt, which opened the door for half-way monks to go to the sea.The art of Chinese opera can be maintained until now, Gou Huisheng's improvement is really impressive! After Xiaocuihua, the younger generation of Huadan has done a good job, and it belongs to Mao Shilai. When Mao Shilai was in Fushe, he officially released it and became popular with "Selling Pastry". The "pasty party" is the Mao Mao Group.Mao is petite and graceful, with bright eyes and good looks. Xiao Hezhuang often said to Xiao Lianfang: "Mao Xiaowu'er is an early enlightenment, and he is full of drama. In the future, he can achieve great success, and he can also be young. You have to train him well." Wu Zongyou of "Liyan Daily" sponsored the election of child actors, and Mao Shilai won the championship of the dan part with "Fei Fei Fei" ("Little Shangfen"). At that time, Hou Yulan of the drama school believed that the champion of the dan part should be won by Zhenggong Qingyi. The choice, at worst, has to be a flowery shirt. Now that Huadan is the leader, it is really hard to accept.Later, Wu Zongyou showed Hou Yulan a letter, which was written by an important person from the Jicha Political Affairs Committee to Jin Dazhi, the president of Liyan Daily.He plans to buy 100,000 copies of "Liyan Daily" and vote all the votes in the newspaper for Mao Shilai, so that he can be crowned as the chairman of the child actor.When Wu received this letter, he was in a hurry and asked for help from Qi Rushan, Xu Hansheng, Wu Juchi and others. Everyone thought it was impossible until the election was announced. , which fully proves how popular Mao Shilai was among the child actors at that time. Mao Shilai's two older brothers, Qinglai and Shenglai, both came from battering backgrounds, so Mao Shilai was deeply interested in martial arts.Xiao Wudan Ban Shichao, a junior in the same department, said: "After Master Mao got on the stilts, he shrugged his shoulders and stepped, swayed and swayed in bad posture. He worked hard, not only danced freely, vigorously and gracefully, but the song "Fei Fei Fei" was like Su Die wears flowers in a beautiful style. He has won the championship of the Dan Department, and he deserves his name. If someone is still not convinced, it is simply beyond their reach." Mao Shilai admired his senior brothers most, Senior Brother Yu Lian Quan asked someone to introduce him to the little boss, and he really wanted to set up the gate wall.For some unknown reason, he suddenly changed his mind.Some people say that Xiao Cuihua has read Mao Shilai's "Little Visit to the Grave", and thinks that Mao's swaying skills are not far behind him, but the heat has not yet reached home. .Although the rumors may not be true, Mao Shilai's long-cherished wish to worship the gate wall is not false at all! Jing Guxue, a drama critic in the old capital, appreciated Mao Shilai the most.Jing said: "Mao Shilai's "Zhan Wancheng" Zou's end of the walk and "Cuiping Mountain" Pan Qiaoyun's walk, one is a widowed lady, frowning, still elegant and beautiful, and the other is Liu Zhenying, spring love Ye Dang, walk as you like, the two have different identities and different moods, so the way of walking is light and beautiful, and there is a difference." In this way, it can be said that the heel can convey the heart.Xu Lingxiao said that Jing Guxue's drama critics can study the machine and know the subtleties, which can be regarded as the words of knowledge. Taiwan's various military theater troupes have also cultivated many excellent talents in Huadan and Wudan in recent years, such as Liu Fuwen, Jiang Zhuhua, Yang Lianying, Weng Zhongqin, and Qiandan Cheng Jingxiang all worked hard on stilts before they achieved what they are today.However, there are also some students in the small class who shrugged, waved their hands, swayed, and stood unsteadily in nine out of ten cases, which made the audience feel anxious and sweating for them.Recently, I have watched a few small martial arts scenes where young martial artists learn to be lazy before they practice well. The nine-tailed fairy fox in "Blue Stone Mountain" and the pig and dragon in "Sizhou City" don't even step on stilts, and the big-footed film kicks eight guns In a few years, stepping on stilts will have the same fate as playing with fangs and spreading fire, and they will naturally be eliminated.