Chapter 23 Cannot do without the storytelling of Xingmu fan handkerchief

My great-grandmother used to like listening to storytelling very much. In summer, when I dreamed back in the window at noon, and after dinner and tea break, listening to two funny storytelling stories was the best pastime for waking up to relieve boredom. Therefore, the dormitory invited a blind man who could tell storytelling called Zhang Yueting, every afternoon to after dinner, said a few paragraphs of storytelling.At that time, the radio had not yet been invented, let alone the television set. Listening to two paragraphs of storytelling can eliminate phlegm and qi, which is really good.When I was a child, after late school, I always went to my grandmother to listen to two storytellings by Zhang Yueting, such as "Eight Demons Alchemy to Cure Epilepsy" and "Bai Yutang's Death to the Sky Tower". These are his best books.

There are no blind people who really talk about storytelling in Peking. Zhang Yueting was blind due to illness. Those who talk about storytelling are all taught by teachers since childhood. Only the three treasures can be singled out to perform in the outside market.Those who talk about storytelling are called Mr. by others, but in this industry they are called "the little guys".There are three things they call "little guys", which are the three treasures passed down by the master: wake-up wood, folding fans, and handkerchiefs.Xingmu is used to open books and collect books to hit the middle of the waist (pay money by section). Xingmu is most afraid of others taking random pictures on the table, so Xingmu, who is a storyteller, always carries it in his arms.The sound of Xingmu is loud and crisp, so Xingmu is mostly made of precious woods such as rosewood, rosewood, and mahogany.Wang Jiekui, who has been talking about it all his life, is nicknamed "Jingjie King". He has a few good Xingmu.One is made of wood and stone, no matter how you smash it, even though it is a stone, it will not be cracked or shattered, holding it in Xia Tian's hands will always be bone-chilling.A piece of firewood is made of the Eight Immortals. It is delicate and delicate. Not only the eyebrows are picturesque, but the clothes and background are also neat and tidy. It is unbearable to see it. It was awarded to him by Kui Jun (Le Feng), the Minister of the Interior. of.There is a brother from the same school who specifically said that "Five Women and Seven Virgins" is called Yuan Jieying. He said that there are many things in that book that are amusing, and he is very good-looking, and his piece of Xingmu is boxwood. It's stupid, I woke up and opened the book, there was a crackling sound, no one opened their mouths, everyone was already laughing.Folding fans are used as knives and guns on chaoyahu, or small parts that are carried with you.Generally speaking, in the library, the fan ribs of storytelling are either smooth polished bamboo, or black and red lacquer.As for delicate fan bones such as leather carvings, hemp carvings, Xiangfei bamboos, etc., they are afraid that the bones will fall off their shafts and affect the atmosphere of the scene, so the industry rules are not allowed to use.There is only the teahouse in the suburbs, the so-called Shuoyetaizi storytelling, there is no teacher from the storyteller, and there are no rules. With personal preference, it is really possible to use a two-and-a-half-foot water-polished bamboo oilcloth to paint a large fan with one hundred and eight generals in Liangshan.It is said that Shuanghouping, the master of storytelling, also had a three-foot-long folding fan, with Zhengcao Lizhuan writing on one side and ink painting on the other side.But he just put it on the table to show off, and used a folding fan when telling the story. His big fan was a magic fan from the City God of the Town God's Temple, so it was surprisingly big (I saw one in an antique shop in Suzhou) Tang Liuru’s meticulous painting of ladies appreciating the moon is like a magic fan, whether it’s true or not is unknown).When the disciples are full of teachers, according to the rules, the master first puts three things, the wake wood, the folding fan, and the handkerchief, on the gold lacquer tea tray.The ceremony is solemn and grand, which means that the monks have received the mantle and abstentions, and they can go out to sell their performances from then on.

Shuo Pingshu is divided into big books and small books. The big books talk about historical books such as "The Kingdoms", "Three Kingdoms", "Eastern Han Dynasty", "Western Han Dynasty", "Yue Zhuan", "Ming Heroes", etc., and the small books include "Water Margin". ", "Liao Zhai", "Ji Gong Biography", "Peng Gong Case", "Shi Gong Case", "Three Heroes Sword", "Picture of Good and Evil", "Tian Yu Hua", "Five Women and Seven Virgins", "Yongqing "Shengping", "Yongzheng Swordsman Picture" and other novels.The big book should say "praise for armor" and "praise for robes", and it must clearly explain the clothes of civil servants and generals, weapons and mounts, and it must be done loudly and coherently.Before the Anti-Japanese War, Lian Kuoru said in "Eastern Han Dynasty" that the sound of galloping horses really shook the roof tiles, as if thousands of streams returned to the valley.Wang Jiekui speaks slowly on the radio, unhurried and continuous, and listens intently, making you unknowingly put down your work and listen quietly, which is why he won the nickname of King of Clean Streets.Zhao Yingpo specializes in "Liao Zhai", and he pays attention to the delicate arrangement, light and colorful, and can tell the ghost fox story vividly, which makes people's hair stand on end.He always likes to talk about Deng Waner in the library, and on the radio, before the broadcast at night, the last episode, so he is good at creating a scary atmosphere, and listening to the constitution makes people feel hairy.

It is said that Qingchaguaner, where storytelling is located, is their base.The man who opened the teahouse and the man who told storytelling, not only kowtowed, but also had a very deep friendship with each other.In front of the Dongsi Xidan Drum Tower and the West Market and Heping Market in Tianqiao, wherever there are Qing tea houses, it is almost necessary to invite a book of storytelling to tie the tea seats.Books start at around three o'clock in the afternoon every day, and the show ends before dinner. In addition, for those who are late, the evening show doesn't end until ten o'clock.A master of storytelling can really make people more addicted the more they listen to it, and it is more attractive than TV series.After listening to the addiction, every day, rain or shine, I have to listen to a few passages. If I don’t listen to the book today, it seems that I have something to do, and I can’t even sleep well.Back then Mingjing Jin Shaoshan was a famous Pingshu fan. He went to a teahouse in Xuannei and heard Yuan Jieying talk about "Five Women and Seven Virgins". As for the shadow, Wan Zihe, the owner of the Xinxin Theater, was so anxious that he rushed to the library one after another.When Duracell heard the juncture of wanting to stop, he just couldn't get up, and those who came to urge him almost didn't kneel down.There was no way in the garden, so they had to play "The Blind Man Walking in the Lamp". Zhu Binxian Gao Fuquan limped blindly and sang more than twenty lines of the original song before urging Boss Jin to come on stage.In the first round, Dou Erdun didn't even have his face fully outlined, he just laid the groundwork and didn't add blue outlines. It was not until the second round that he had his face completely outlined. How charming do you think listening to storytelling is?

Although the author is not a fan of storytelling, he enjoyed it for a while, and gradually forgot about it because he was too busy with work.Later, I went to work in Tai County in northern Jiangsu for a period of time. After finishing my work in the morning, I was free in the afternoon. I woke up from my dream and wandered by chance. I saw a teahouse full of people listening to books. A storyteller named Zhu Haoru is talking about "Hou Shui Hu".At first, I thought that Su Bei's storytellers must not be as wonderful as Beiping's storytelling, so I went in and sat down with the intention of listening to it.The layout of the venue is roughly the same from the north to the south, except that teapots and bowls are not used to make tea for tea guests, but medium-sized teacups with lids that are as thick as the top and bottom.In addition, hookahs have been sold in pouches for a long time in the north. The mouthpiece of this kind of cigarette pouch can be long or short, and it can be stretched freely.The cold and hard copper cigarette holder rubbing against your mouth is really reminiscent of the scene where Rian Longmei was taken aback.After finishing a passage, Dr. Tea collects the money with a dustpan, which is called spinning around in the jargon, and hookah sellers also collect hookah money, which is about half of the money compared to smoking cigarettes.Su Bei's storyteller, everyone respectfully calls him Mr., and they are very polite when they meet each other, even if they are familiar, they have to say hello first.Before the lecture, Mr. Woke up to wake up, quiet the place, and then recited four lines of opening poem, the first one or two lines were barely audible, and the last two lines could be roughly heard clearly.It is said that this is the rule of storytelling, so that those who listen to the book can concentrate on listening. The husband rinses his mouth with tea to moisten his throat, and then speaks loudly.Some old tea drinkers who go there every day must force Mr. Xie to tell a joke or two, and then return to the main story. heard.Zhu Haoru's storytelling rhyme is clear and broad, and he is full of energy and never slackens.He describes a person in such a subtle way that you feel as if you are seeing him or hearing his voice.I remember that he described Liangshan heroes as "faceless and anxious" with a sarcoma on his forehead, which was usually soft and drooping, covering his eyes and eyebrows, but when he was nervous and excited, his pulse was excited, and the sarcoma immediately stood up when it was congested. There is no hindrance, so the reason why he is called faceless.This kind of discovery has never been made before, and it is reasonable, it is indeed brilliant.He said that he was a teacher at the age of nineteen and taught storytelling in various places in the north and south of the Yangtze River. He has been immersed in this book for more than thirty years, and he has only grasped the book thoroughly, but when he said it on the spot, he felt that there were still shortcomings.Every year, on the first day that the teahouse closes the stove and the bookstore closes the book, he will definitely give away a piece of his best "Liangshan Hero Chongjiu Ascends the Chrysanthemum Mountain". Eight generals, without missing a single one, spoke in one breath.Of course, it turns around in the end, and the old book listeners will naturally spend more money, so I invite you to have a comfortable and happy New Year's Eve dinner!

Listening to storytelling is the most popular in Yangzhou, and there are many good storytellers, each of whom has a unique skill to win by surprise.Most of Jiaochang teahouses are also the base camp of storytelling. I remember that there was a man named "Qingfengzha" who was commonly known as Pi Wulaizi.I thought that if that dear friend were invited to come here to write a bridge play for the TV station's comprehensive program, wouldn't it be much better than the hard and funny ones now? Wang Shaotang said in "Water Margin Tracing the Dagger" people may not know what kind of character he is, but he is well-known in the north and south of the river.Wang Shaotang only wrote one book "Water Margin" in his life, and he read "Bao Gong" all his life like Wang Jiekui in Peking, which reflects each other in the north and the south.Wang Shaotang said that when "Water Margin" encountered fierce fighting, he immediately stood up from his seat, not only putting on airs to play his figure, not only asking people to shout, but also calling the names of the two writers.The fan in his hand is used as a short knife for a while, and a long spear for a while, slashing and stabbing.Sometimes one person has to describe the movements and faces of several people, and describe them vividly.Sometimes just when I have listened to it for a long time, I am afraid that people will be annoyed, and I will intersperse it with some gimmicks (called Xuzi in jargon), which will make everyone laugh and refresh people.The button of every collection of books is tightly fastened for the sake of business, so that the audience can't stop, and they must come tomorrow.Nanbei said that storytelling is measured together, and Wang Shaotang's title of "the master of calligraphy" can be regarded as well-deserved.

Before the Anti-Japanese War, most of the colleagues in the administrative office in Shanghai were friends from the Yangzhen area. They talked about how Wang Shaotang’s "Song Ten Chapters" shaped the artistic conception, interspersed with twists and turns, and "Wu Ten Chapters" were heroic and heroic. "Ten times" how to mix and unrestrainedly colorful.Everyone talked more and more enthusiastically, wishing to listen to two passages of "Water Margin" at once to enjoy themselves.It so happened that a colleague came back to visit his relatives, so everyone coaxed together and asked Wang Shaotang to come to Tuhai.At that time, there was an Oriental bookstore in the Dazhong Hotel, and Su Tan tanci was sung, so Wang Shaotang's "Water Margin" was added to the bookstore.At the beginning of the book, I said "Ten Chapters of Wu" and "Wu Song's Drunken Mandarin Duck Pu". When a man heard about this critical moment, he was sent to Nanjing on business. He had to go to Nanjing, but he couldn't bear to listen. .In a dilemma, Wang Shaotang found out. Wang asked him how many days to come back, and he said that he would be back in four days. Wang said you can go ahead without worry, and I will wait for you for four days.For the past four days, he was rambling on the stage, talking about non-book hypocrisy, although he was talking about hypocrisy, but the paragraphs were wonderful, no one in the audience felt bored, and they thought it was good news.When a certain gentleman returned to Shanghai and showed up at the bookstore, Wang Shaotang immediately changed the tone of the conversation, and the book returned to the main story and continued with the original book, without revealing any trace.Wang Shaotang said that if it is delayed for another two days, everyone will still be able to listen with gusto. With his skill, even the revival of Peking storytelling king Shuanghouping may not be possible.The author was used to listening to the northern storytelling by Wang Jiekui, Zhao Yingpo, and Lian Kuoru when I was young, and thought that the southern storytelling was always inferior to the northern one no matter what, but I didn’t know that after listening to the southern storytelling by Zhu Haoran and Wang Shaotang in Yangzhou dialect, after comparing the two, the storytelling The structure of the paragraphs, the rigor of the interludes, the subtlety of the voice and smile, and what kind of words you say according to your identity, the Southern Pingshu is really better than the Northern Pingshu.After a careful study, although there were commentaries in the Song Dynasty, they were not developed until the end of the Ming Dynasty. It is said that the originator of the storytelling was Liu Jingting of Hailing, nicknamed Liu Mazi. Hailing is now Tai County. County, and there are descendants from generation to generation. Now that the ancient times are not far away, it has its own origin to talk about Pingshu being better in the south than in the north.

The area around Kun, Chang, Su and Xi in the south of the Yangtze River also pays attention to storytelling.Those who commented are called big books, and those who sang Tanci were called small books.The big books are nothing more than "Feng Shen", "Journey to the West", "Three Kingdoms", "Water Margin" and so on. Most of the small books are inseparable from the private life in the back garden. "Xipeng", "Three Smiles", "Pearl Tower", "Double Pearl Phoenix", "Jade Dragonfly" and so on, the words must be played and sung with the help of the three-stringed pipa.There are also female storytellers, let's not talk about that for now.As for the Xingmu, folding fans, and handkerchiefs used in storytelling, they are all similar with minor differences, regardless of the northern or southern schools of storytelling.Among them, the masters also pay attention to the posture, body, shadow and sound, and each chapter of the book tries to set off a climax, and the buttons of the book are tightened, so that the guests can listen to the next chapter after the end of the show.With this kind of ability to attract book readers, he can be regarded as Mr. Red Card in the bookstore!

Listening to books in Jiangnan, the author likes to listen to the book meetings before the end of the year. The so-called book meetings mean that every bookstore three to five days before the end of the year must invite several book meetings according to the rules. This is the bookstore owner and the storytellers. Raise a sum of lucky money for the tea doctor who has worked hard all year round.This is the same as in Beiping Liyuan. Every year before the New Year, there is always a big voluntary opera. identical.The gentlemen who participated in the storytelling not only fulfilled their obligations and did not take the fare, but each of them worked very hard, shaking their hearts out.In addition to implying that there is an element of competition with each other, it also has a great relationship with the business in the coming year.In addition, which gentleman has a strong reputation, and the tea service in the tea room will be more attentive and thoughtful in the coming year!With these three, it is indeed a rare opportunity to feast your ears on a year-end symposium in the Suchang area.

After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, when I first arrived in Taiwan, there was a teahouse for old people drinking Kung Fu tea in the area of ​​Longshan Temple on Yanping North Road, and there were storytellers telling stories.Nowadays, teahouses for old people are rare and rare. Except for one or two teahouses with people talking about ancient times in the small streets and alleys, it is almost impossible to find a place for continuous formal storytelling, and it has become a thing of the past. .Once or twice there was a storytelling project on the TV noon program, but the clothes were not the same as the past and the present, and the words and actions were too contrived, not to mention the tone, which was completely different from listening to books in the bookstore.When collecting books, I have to play the yueqin and sing the end of the four lines of the book. The tone is ordinary and there is no rhythm.When the author left the mainland, some of the old artists were over sixty years old, and even the younger ones were past five or six. Now counting, there are probably very few who are still alive in the world, and there may be no reason to want to listen to storytelling in the future. Hope, storytelling is probably a term in history.