Tan Xinpei created a large number of artistic images in his life. Because he is good at observing the identity, personality and spiritual temperament of characters, he plays both form and spirit. Chen Yanheng, a famous amateur who is familiar with Tan Pai's art, said: "Tan Xinpei plays Kong Ming as a Confucian, Huang Zhong as a veteran, Bai Huai as an old minister in Rouge Pledge, and Zhou Wenyuan as a stubborn ordinary citizen in Wuyi. The products are different and different. " When portraying characters, he not only pays attention to the truth of the image, but also stresses the beauty of art, and has his own unique creation in singing, reading and playing.
Among the "old students and three outstanding figures" at that time, Sun Juxian made good use of "cavity voice" to win with impassioned; Wang Guifen makes good use of "the voice behind the head" to win with vigor and strength; Not like Sun and Wang, with a strong singing voice, there are loud pets and tunes everywhere. But with the voice of "Yun Zheyue", melodious and tactful, longer than lyrical, but sometimes a little sentimental. The same drama, such as, catching and releasing Cao, fish-intestines sword, etc. It was performed by three people, each with its own characteristics. Tan's vocals not only blend the vocals of Zhang Erkui, Lu Shengkui and Feng Ruixiang, but also widely absorb the vocals of Qingyi, Hualien, and the tones of Kunqu Opera, Bangzi and Drum, which are skillfully integrated into the vocals of the old students without showing any trace, and can be unified in their own unique style, forming their own family. He is also good at breaking through the syntax of "223" and "334", using inter-line and function words to moisten the cavity and flexibly change his eyes. As a result, his singing is delicate, lively, changeable, plain and ingenious, and can vividly express the feelings of different characters. For example, the sadness of selling horses, the sadness of Yang's Hongyang Cave, Hua Yun's "Fighting for Peace" and his "Sadness" are all wonderful. His reading aloud, diction and sentences are clear and fluent, and the "Three Reports" in Empty City and the "Ballad-telling" in Eight Hammer are his elaborate masterpieces.
Tan Xinpei was a martial artist in his early years, and his martial arts skills were solid and skillful. So no matter how he plays tricks, arrows and pleats, he can be flexible and clean, and he also shows his magical powers in many plays. Tan Xinpei is innovative in art, and many of his plays have been reformed in lyrics and performing arts. He can also foster strengths and avoid weaknesses. His face is thin, so he doesn't often play hat tricks. Huang Zhong, who plays Dingjunshan, wears a scarf instead of a handsome helmet in order to cover up his shortcomings and give full play to his strengths.
Nowadays, there are many artistic skills, and the representative plays are: Empty City Strategy, Selling Horses for Hemp, Li Lingbei, Drumming Cao, Catch and Release Cao, Hongyang Cave, Mulberry Garden, Shiro Visiting Mother, Wujiapo and Fenhe Bay. There are seven and a half records produced by EMI and three volumes of Tan Xinpei arias compiled by Chen Yanheng, including 65,438+00 plays such as Empty City.
Tan Xinpei has opened up a new world for the performing arts of the old Peking Opera students, with far-reaching influence, and played a connecting role in the history of Peking Opera. For more than half a century, many old Peking Opera students have favored boys over girls, and they are called "Tan School". Wang Guifen, Mingqian, Qiu Yan, Meixian, Shuping and Yanting, nicknamed Huicheng, nicknamed Wang Datou; Originally from Hanchuan County, Hanyang District, Hubei Province. 47 years old.
When I was young, I worshipped Chen Lansheng as an old teacher and studied under Lao Dan. After the change of voice, he studied Huqin with Fan Jingtai in Wenchang and played for Gong. In the sixth year of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty (1880), he regained his voice and took the stage in the spring, which was called "Chang Geng reincarnation" in history.
The art he inherited was transformed and developed and became the "Wang School". Wang Guifen's voice is sonorous and powerful, and he is good at using the tones of the abdomen and the back of his head. He sings very sonorous, full of pronunciation and articulation, full of charm and three-dimensional sense. His singing is warm and vigorous, and he is good at expressing grief and generosity. When he sings tragic stories or tragic characters, he focuses on his magnificent side, instead of simply emphasizing his sadness, such as Wu Zixu and Mi Fei who scolded Cao. Wang Guifen's usual vocals and turntables are often different from those of other factions. For example, in Wujiapo's "Lost Horse in the Camp", all factions sang Xipi's original story, while Wang Guifen used Xipi's scattered story to describe Xue Pinggui's random reaction when testing Wang Baochuan.
Wang Pai often performed many plays, including Changting Hui, Wen Zhaoguan, Zhanchangsha, Rang Chengdu, Huarong Road, Tianshui Pass, Catch and Release Cao Cao, Scold Cao, Sanniang Jiaozi, Heroes' Meeting, Seize the Handsome Seal and so on. Sun Juxian, Ming Lian, a school year, the word Juxian, No.,nicknamed Sun Yi; Tianjin people. Born in the home of a businessman in Tianjin. I have a strong understanding since I was a child, and I like temperament, opera and martial arts. 1858, Wu Xiucai was admitted at the age of seventeen. When Wu failed the exam again, he joined the army angrily. Sun Juxian, 20, defected to Chen Guorui of the Qing army and took part in the campaign to suppress the Taiping Army. 1867 changed jobs in Yingxilin. He won three titles for his performance in guerrilla warfare. Later, Ying Xilin was dismissed because of his involvement in the case, and Sun Juxian abandoned his official position and came to Beijing to start his career of singing Peking Opera for nearly 70 years. Sun Juxian loved Beijing Opera very much since he was a teenager. After coming to Beijing, he went to Cheng Changgeng, the most famous Peking Opera veteran in Tongzhi period, to study Peking Opera. He first became a fan, and later officially entered the pear garden industry. The first person to go in is Zhu Chengban. Because of his unique conditions, such as loud voice, professional background and so on, he is good at pondering and combining the strengths of various factions to be unique. He quickly became popular in Beijing and became a famous actor in various theaters.
Sun Juxian's singing style is characterized by majestic atmosphere and informality. It is known as the "Sun" school in the world and won the praise of Cheng Changgeng. He also accepted the influence of Zhang Erkui, inherited the singing characteristics of Cheng and Zhang, and formed his own style. Sun Juxian's voice is generous and bright, and the volume is extremely high. Every song is vast. Singing is simple and magnificent, simple and elegant, magnificent, with few twists and turns, and long cavity is not common. Although rough and messy, it has a unique charm and sincere and simple appeal, which makes the listener move. Sun Juxian's tone is full and angular, with Tianjin dialect, absorbing Wang Jiuling's catchy oral pronunciation, sonorous, hearty and humorous, without any trace of acting. Sun Juxian is conservative among the new three outstanding figures, but he also creates something. His singing and reading are pure-hearted, and he is good at comparing the release and collection of breath, the volume, the tone, the rhythm, and the melody of Xu and Xing, which gives a vivid and strong impression and achieves a touching effect.
The repertoires that are often performed include: Seven Stars Lamp, Searching for Loneliness, Searching for a House and Panguan, Returning the Perfect Man to Zhao, Maanshan, Mourning of Wolong, Yan, Shanbaozhuang, Snow Cup Circle, and Scold. There are not many direct descendants of Sun School art, and Shuangkuo Pavilion and Shi inherited his high-pitched style and low-pitched style respectively. Tianjin amateurs Wang Zhusheng and Li Dongyuan also have similarities with their grandchildren. Most of his singing, singing and chanting were absorbed by some later famous artists. For example, Qi school made him bold, Ma school made him humorous and natural, Gao school made him bold, and even Liu school took the law from his tragic. Sun Juxian's distinctive singing is also reflected in the singing of the ugly actress Xiao Changhua.
1886, Sun Juxian was recruited into the Shengping Department of the Qing Palace, where he acted and taught 16 years. Sun Juxian's Peking Opera performance art was highly praised by Empress Dowager Cixi, and was awarded the top three awards.
1900 after Eight-Nation Alliance's invasion, Beijing's apartment was destroyed, and the whole family moved to Shanghai to perform and run drama classes for more than ten years. Sun Juxian's singing was appreciated by Tianjin businessmen living in Shanghai. Because of the relationship with Tongli, he was affectionately called "old folks". Since then, this title has gradually become famous throughout the country, even appearing on posters and playlists of performances. Sun Juxian returned to Beijing after the Revolution of 1911 and rarely participated in commercial performances since the establishment of the government of the Republic of China. However, I am always happy to fight floods and droughts and take care of orphans.
In the 1920s, Sun Juxian returned to his hometown of Tianjin in his later years. After returning to Tianjin, he has been paying attention to the development of Beijing opera art in his hometown and attaching importance to cultivating Beijing opera talents. Actively participate in the activities of Tianjin amateur circle and often sing at the box office. Sun Juxian and Lin, a Tianjin educator who was then the director of Tianjin Social Education Office, shared the same interests in the reform of traditional Chinese opera, and once formed a Peking Opera group "Hemingshe" in Cao 'an.
Wang Guifen, Tan Xinpei and Sun Juxian are also called "the three outstanding men of Cheng Men". Among the three, Sun Juxian is the oldest, followed by Tan Xinpei and Wang Guifen, but he died the earliest, so there are few written records about him. Wang Pai singers demand high voices and few descendants. The most successful singers are Wang Fengqing and Guo Zhongheng, and the private school is Wang Xiaonong. Xie Baoyun, Hua and Yong Kui also studied Wang. In addition, Beijing amateur Deng and Tianjin amateur Liu Shu Duhe (Liu Yongkui) have also made some achievements.