We listened to the radio program tapes together, and there came the warm voice of Yan Lipin. "Among my disciples, the first one is Li Xihua in Hubei; The second is Mei Zhen. She is the main actress of our second Henan Opera Troupe, and she learns drama quickly. As soon as you listen, she will ... "
When Zhang Meizhen heard this, her tears immediately came down. My teacher died nearly 12 years ago and my sister Li Xihua died in a car accident last year. The important task of Yan School's artistic inheritance falls on her shoulders.
1982, Zhang Meizhen formally studied under Yan Lipin. At that time, she had known Yan Lipin for nearly 10 years. She admires the teacher's noble character and is deeply infatuated with the exquisite elegance of Yan school art.
As early as 1956, when she participated in the first opera performance in Henan Province on behalf of the Henan Opera Troupe of Luohe City, she was already famous for her 10% discount on Meeting the Aunt in My Beauty Case. 1979, Jin Jing participated in the cultural performance celebrating the 30th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, and she won the first performance prize for "Imperial edict of Tang Magistrate".
But in front of Yan Lipin, she was afraid to sing Qin Xuemei. The teacher asked her to sing, and she sang softly. I didn't expect the teacher to praise it.
Since then, she has become a loyal follower and guardian of Yan school art, and the classic dramas of Yan school, such as Leaves Eating Noodles, Hidden Boat and Romance of the West Chamber, were sung as soon as they left school, until more than 10 tapes were recorded for audio-visual clubs such as Pacific.
She got the true meaning of Yan School's art of "attaching importance to the spirit and conveying the spirit". The audience praised her singing as a real Yan-style feature of "singing with emotion and clear pronunciation and mellow voice", saying that she sang a classic of Yan-style. For being elected as a non-genetic inheritor, Zhang Meizhen said modestly that she did not expect to be herself. In her mind, the teacher's seven apprentices are all loyal guardians of Yan school art, who have known each other and cherished each other along the way.
Zhang Meizhen took out a stack of photos with her teacher before her death. She, Bai, Zhao Xiaomei, Zhang Meilian and other seven disciples were surrounded by teachers like beautiful fairies. Yan Lipin in the photo looks very peaceful. Known as "the flower of a beautiful family that never fades", she has never been married, but she has happily finished her artistic life with the company of her daughters.
In 2006, to commemorate the tenth anniversary of his death, Yan Pai held a special performance in the provincial capital. Zhang Meizhen's subtle and beautiful performance and mellow and delicate singing for decades have surprised the opera fans. "Seven-point charm, three-point modeling, attaching importance to expressive performance, expressive posture, beautiful posture and meticulous carving", Zhang Meizhen summed up the performance style of Yan school art, and she has been asking herself and her students about this.
The reporter saw a thick printed manuscript at Zhang Meizhen's home, which was compiled by Yan Lipin's younger brother Yan Liren after years of painstaking efforts. Zhang Meizhen invited famous screenwriters Yang Lanchun and Niu Guanli to make a preface. Next, she will use her years of stage practical experience to "control" Shi Shu's works.