Chapter 14 Discussion about "Cinnabar Mole" from Mrs. Du's benefit speech

In the 1970s, Peking Opera performers and voters responded to self-improvement donations and held charity performances one after another. Du Yuesheng's wife, Ms. Yao Guxiang, went to Hong Kong due to business and was not in Taipei.Now, on the eve of the National Theater Academy's fundraising charity performance, we will perform an extra performance to fulfill our long-cherished wish. The repertoire is set as "Cinnabar Mole".Mrs. Du came to Taiwan to settle down. Although she performed many times, she couldn't wear boots due to her leg disease, so she appeared on stage in full bloom and played Lao Dan more often.This time, he resolutely responded to the work with raw horns, following the art of Sun Wang, subdued and profound, vigorous and clear, and the vowel sound Zhong Lu, which is a rare elegant performance.

"The Cinnabar Mole" was in the mainland back then, and the line "Looking at Jiao Niang in the dark with the light" and "The Lonely King Drunk in the Peach Blossom Palace" in "The Yellow Robe" were catchy for children with yellow mouths.Especially those who walk in the underworld at night, the more they walk, the more they mutter in their hearts, shouting "Borrow the light" and singing two lines of "Peach Blossom Palace", as if their hearts are bold and invincible.It's a pity that when I came to Taiwan, the drama that everyone could hum a few words in the past has become a cold drama, and it will gradually be lost.

Yusheng is also late, although I have heard of Wang Guifen (nicknamed Wang Datou), young people like to listen to popular martial arts, but children really don’t have much interest in Wang’s opera, which has less performance and more singing, so thinking about it now, The impression is too slim.This play is also one of Sun Juxian's masterpieces. On the opening day of the Beiping Harfei Grand Theater, in addition to inviting the well-known Sai Jinhua to cut the ribbon, Sun Juxian, a fellow villager, was also specially invited to perform "The Cinnabar Mole" on stage.At that time, Mr. Sun was nearly 90 years old and was hard of hearing. His family supported the stage. His old partner Sun Laoyuan played the piano, Wu Caixia was with Jiang Shi, and Zha Jinkui was with Wu Huiquan.At that time, Li Mingyu, an old student in Lizi, was becoming popular, and he was originally asked to be a match, but when he heard that he was an old fellow, he hurriedly thanked him.Afterwards, Li said that the old folks' squawking tunes were like flying in the sky, and he was really not sure how to catch them.Zha Jinkui's voice was high and capable of singing suona, and it was a little to the left, so Zha came to answer the job.Unexpectedly, Sun Laoyuan also suffers from hearing loss, and it all depends on the shape of his mouth. Several singing songs are skillful and clumsy, and he uses them freely.Yan Jupeng nodded in the audience. He said that practice makes perfect, and the older generation can learn the tricks well. It is really speechless.It is said that he thinks highly of himself and has little permission. Of course, Sun's praise is from the bottom of his heart.

Shi Huibao's singing style is in accordance with Sun's, and people are lazy and rarely play. When setting up Shang Xiaoyun Shuangqing Club, he always puts "Yongliang Pass", "Ma'anshan", "The Legend of Opera Fans", "Curning Yang Guang", "Cinnabar Mole", etc. Four or five plays are sung in turn.He himself thinks "The Cinnabar Mole" is the most proud, especially the section "The Emergency to Save You", which is like the Yangtze River rushing down thousands of miles, and it is full of joy.Although it is a joke, it also proves that he cherishes this play.

Wang Fengqing claimed to be a student of Wang. Feng Erjue felt that the two plays "Taking the Commander's Seal" and "The Cinnabar Mole" could capture Wang's spirit. I also think that singing the "Crying Card" in "Lianyingzhai" can sound out of the back of my head).When Fengqing came to the stage in her later years, she was accompanied by Naizi Shaoqing (two pieces of her baby name) on the Huqin.Shaoqing is the mainstay of Mei Lanfang's Chenghua Club. He is good at composing new tunes and has a very good hand tone. An erhu and Xu Lanyuan's huqin complement each other with red flowers and green leaves.In addition to playing the huqin for Naifu, Shaoqing also accompanied Nai's younger brother Youqing.There are as many as twenty or thirty of his huqin barrels, all of which are handed over to the musical instrument shop Ma Liangzheng for preservation. There will be a performance tomorrow, and today the barrels are covered with snakeskin, and the crispness is used to vibrate the hard sound.One day Feng Er sang "Cinnabar Mole", and felt that his voice was very happy that day. As soon as he sang it, Shaoqing of course worked hard on the burden. I don't know if it was the negligence of Master Ma Liangzheng, or the uneven selection of snake skin. Jumping into the well (the term is called jumping well when the snake's skin cracks and falls off), fortunately, Yueqin player Lu Xianglin has a huqin, and he immediately connected it to avoid making a fool of himself. Later, whenever Fengqing sings "The Cinnabar Mole", Shaoqing must bring another spare Hu Qin, this is also an interesting story in "The Cinnabar Mole".Because Mrs. Du performed "Cinnabar Mole" for charity, she remembered the past, so she wrote it by the way to talk about Peking Opera lovers.