Yuan Kuocheng: (1929—) Beijinger. Born in Tianjin. Born in a family of storytelling, uncle Yuan Jieting and his father Yuan are called "the three outstanding artists of Yuan", and together with them, they are called "the four outstanding storytelling artists", and they are renowned storytelling masters at home and abroad. "There was Liu Jingting in ancient times, but now there is Yuan Kuocheng", which is well-known because of its family background and profound details. Yuan Kuocheng advocated saying new books, which brought the traditional storytelling technique from a small stage to a big stage, and made storytelling truly become an art form that people loved. On the basis of inheriting the traditional storytelling, Yuan Kuocheng constantly explores and innovates. His language is vivid and humorous, and his characters are vivid, with the characteristics of "floating, handsome, fast and crisp". New content, new style, new language. Major achievements: One of the "Four Performing Artists in Storytelling", he was selected as one of the "Ten Traditional Storytelling Classics in China" and won the China Gold Record Award. Representative works: Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Water Margin and Five Women and Seven Chivalrous Men have made valuable contributions to the promotion of national culture and art. As the name implies, Mr. Yuan's storytelling is well known to women and children. On the basis of inheriting the tradition, he absorbed the advantages of drama, film and television, opera and cross talk, and formed his own style. Pay equal attention to performance, have both form and spirit, vivid and vivid. On the basis of inheriting the traditional storytelling, Yuan Kuocheng constantly explores and innovates, refines new performance methods and artistic skills from real life, absorbs the essence of sister arts such as drama, film, cross talk, traditional opera and yangko, and draws on its creative methods and performance means to enrich and form his own performance style. His performance pays equal attention to both static and dynamic, with both form and spirit, drawing sound and shape, and expressing the spirit with form; The performance is delicate and touching, the language is vivid and humorous, and the characters are vivid, with the characteristics of "floating, pretty, fast and crisp". Teacher Yuan's modern storytelling can be said to be innovative in content, style and language, leaving a deep impression on the audience. He is also a leader in the art reform of storytelling. He jumped into the thunder pool and removed his desk first, which changed storytelling from a half-body art of high-platform education to a whole-body art of paying attention to qi, sound, characters, knots, hands, eyes, body, methods and steps, and made valuable contributions to promoting national culture and art.