1930 10, Yu Pingbo moved to No.7, South Campus of Tsinghua Campus, and named his study "Qiuli Pavilion" as an activity place for Kunqu fans in Tsinghua. 1933 in the first half of the year, he jinhai, a flute master, was invited to play the flute in Qiu Li pavilion to meet and sing with Kunqu fans inside and outside the school. Xu Baoxun can sing the whole play. Although Yu Pingbo's voice is not bright, his composing skills are getting more and more proficient.
At the beginning of 1934, Yu Pingbo invited Chen Yanfu to the north for the second time, and Yu Pingbo took the lead. Chen Yanfu made a brief introduction to Yu Pingbo. There are many Kunqu fans in Tsinghua campus, and the "Autumn Pavilion" is full of elegance. On midsummer night that year, they held their first public album in Shuixuan, I-shaped Hall, Tsinghua, Shui Mu. In the first month of the second year, they were there again, and Yu Pingbo sang ten percent of the songs in The Purple Hairpin, The Single Knife Club and The Jade Hairpin. This time, although there is no formal association, they have decided on the name of "Gu Yin Society", hoping that Kunqu Opera will "spread its sound in an empty valley, and its sound will never stop".
On March 1935 and 17, the inaugural meeting of Gu Yin Institution was formally held in Yu Pingbo Apartment of Tsinghua Campus. Mr. Yu was promoted to president, and personally wrote the Social Contract and the Periodic Law. In the introduction of "On Social Contract", Yu Pingbo elaborated on the achievements of songs, poems and music in cultivating people's temperament and integrity, and the development history of Kunqu opera, and made it clear that the purpose of Gu Yin society was to "express amorous feelings and write temperament" and "express lofty sentiments in the imperial examination and fly to the orchestra", and at the same time assumed the responsibility of saving Kunqu opera. 1956 In August, with the help of Ding Xilin, then Vice Minister of Culture, and Wang Kunlun, then Vice Mayor of Beijing, Yu Pingbo initiated the establishment of the Kunqu Opera Association for the second time, that is, the Beijing Kunqu Opera Research Association. The inaugural meeting of Beijing Kunqu Opera Society was held in Laojuntang, Yu Pingbo's hometown. He personally drafted the articles of association and the parallel convention. The biggest influence of Qushe is the adaptation and rehearsal of Peony Pavilion. Yu Pingbo and his disciples carefully arranged and revised this masterpiece, got rid of the lengthy structure, and restored her stage life in the form of a full play. Qi Xin, a member of the whole team, made concerted efforts to put Peony Pavilion on the stage. 1958 was auditioned in Beijing on February 2nd to commemorate the 340th anniversary of Tang Xianzu's death. Premier Zhou Enlai personally watched the performance.
From 1959 to 10, as a gift to the anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China 10, Peony Pavilion was staged twice in Chang 'an Theatre. As the only amateur club that participated in the National Day performance, it was also a major event in the history of Kunqu opera performance. Yu Pingbo 197 1 year 1 month, as the special care of the old intellectuals, Mr. and Mrs. Yu Pingbo returned to Beijing from the cadre school, and their lives were relatively calm, and the Yu family could hear the elegant Kunqu opera singing again. 1975, Yu Pingbo wrote a new poem, Partridge Days and Eighty Years of Self-mockery, which was sung by Qu You in Yujiaya Collection.
In Kunqu activities, Yu Pingbo often plays a supporting role: his wife sings opera and he composes music; Others sing and he plays drums. He knocked on the sandalwood board with a serious expression. Yu Pingbo's introduction was nuanced. In the 1950s, Chinese record companies produced several Kunqu music records for Ou Yangyuqian, in which "Yu Pingbo played drums" was specially noted, showing that Yu Pingbo played drums at a high level.
197965438+In February, Beijing Kunqu Opera Society resumed its activities, and Yu Pingbo attended the reception for the first performance. Because of his age, he no longer works as a social worker, but he often cares about the situation of Kunqu Opera Society.
198 1 April, 2008, he prefaced the "True Flying Music" by Yu Zhenfei, a famous Beijing-Kunming artist, and brilliantly defined the "Ink and Wash Music" and its origin.
1982, the death of his wife was a great blow to Yu Pingbo. "People go to the building, and the husband and wife give it to Conan in 64 years." He is more lonely. They have been together for 64 years, and once the lead singer left, the chorus and accompaniment of the other side lost their meaning. Since then, Guhuai Bookstore has never heard the harmony of Kunqu Opera.
The friendship between Zhu Ziqing and Yu Pingbo began shortly after the May 4th Movement. At that time, the president of Hangzhou No.1 Normal University wrote to Jiang Menglin, the president of Peking University, asking him to find a teacher for him. Jiang Menglin recommended high flyers, Zhu Ziqing and Yu Pingbo from our school.
Later, Yu Pingbo resigned and went to Beijing after teaching in Hangzhou No.1 Normal University for less than half a year. 1June, 923, Zhu Ziqing invited Yu Pingbo to visit the West Lake, during which they discussed the theory of literary creation and life. In August of the same year, Zhu Ziqing and Yu Pingbo came to Nanjing to visit Qinhuai. The famous essay "Qinhuai River in the Shadow of Paddle Lamps" was published after they visited Qinhuai River together. After the May 30th tragedy, Zhu Ziqing was once very depressed. Yu Pingbo introduced Zhu Ziqing to Tsinghua University as a professor of Chinese Department. 1928 1 1 month, Wu Zhongqian, his wife who lived with Zhu Ziqing for 12 years, died of illness. Since then, Zhu Ziqing and his six