Zhang Changcheng

Zhang Changcheng

Zhang Changcheng (April 1933 - January 18, 2020), male, from Chengtian Town, Chaonan District, Shantou City, is a famous veteran in Chaozhou Opera circles. He is a member of the Chinese Dramatist Association, a member of the fifth and sixth CPPCC of Guangdong Province, and a representative inheritor of Guangdong provincial intangible cultural heritage project (Chaozhou Opera). Now he is the art consultant of Guangdong Chaozhou theater, and has the reputation of "living and honest official Zhang Changcheng" and "Chaozhou Opera master".

brief introduction

In April 1933, he was born into an ordinary peasant family in Shapi village, Chengtian Town, Chaonan district. From 1944 to 1948, Zhang Changcheng, a young man, was forced by his life to work as a child actress in the troupes of laobaoshunxiang, zhongyizhixiang and laosanzhengshun. At the end of 1958, Guangdong Chaozhou theater was founded, and Zhang Changcheng's laosanzhengshun troupe belonged to the fourth troupe of Guangdong Chaozhou theater. shortly after its establishment, the troupe successively rehearsed Chaozhou operas such as Su Yue Gu Zhou and Nao Kaifeng. Zhang Changcheng played the roles of Hong Chengchou and Wang Zuo respectively. His solid basic skills and skilful performance skills attracted the attention of experts, and from then on, he came to the fore on the stage of Chaozhou Opera. In 1960, Mr. Zhang Changcheng was transferred to the youth Chaozhou Opera Troupe as an actor. Under the leadership of the troupe and the cultivation of veteran artists, Mr. Zhang Changcheng has finally grown into a famous veteran in the field of Chaozhou Opera after years of hard work. he is now from Chaoyang District of Shantou City, a second-class actor of Guangdong Chaozhou theater group 1, director of the Art Committee, and an old student of Ying Xing. He is a member of the Chinese Dramatist Association and a member of the fifth and sixth CPPCC of Guangdong Province.

Artistic achievements

Over the past 50 years, he has created a series of positive characters with distinct personalities, such as Gai Jigang (suing his husband), Wang Zuo (naokaifeng), Hai Rui (Liu Mingzhu), Yang Zongbao (Babao and Diqing), Zhang Chongli (Zhang chunlang's haircut), Chen Shiying (Chen Shiying)（ Chen Taiye chooses his son-in-law, etc. Among them, gaoqinfu, naokaifeng, liumingzhu and zhangchunlang's haircut were successively made into Chaozhou Opera art films, which were released at home and abroad, and won the reputation of "living and honest official Zhang Changcheng" and "Chaozhou Opera Prime Minister". He plays Zhang Chongli, the prime minister in Zhang chunlang's haircut. In 1987, Jin Jing participated in the first Chinese Art Festival and won the award of the Ministry of culture. Playing Yang Zongbao won the second prize of actor in the second Guangdong Art Festival. Chen Shiying won the first prize as an actor in the fourth Guangdong Art Festival. In 1993, he won the Lu Xun Literature and Art Award of Guangdong Province. In the same year, he participated in the national local opera exchange performance and won the honorary performance award. In Chaoshan area, the name of Mr. Zhang Changcheng, an old student of Chaozhou Opera, is well known to every family, women and children. Every "old student image" created by him has left a deep impression on the audience of Chaozhou Opera. In late September 1997, Mr. Zhang Changcheng went to Taiwan with the troupe. Over the past few decades, Mr. Zhang Changcheng has made some contributions to the promotion of excellent Chaozhou Opera Art and cultural exchanges.

Entertainment

Zhang Changcheng created two vivid characters, Gai Jigang and Wang Zuo, in the Chaozhou drama "suizhuo" and "naokaifeng", which left a deep impression on audiences at home and abroad. In his 40 years of stage career, most of his characters are dignified, magnificent and tall. In fact, Zhang Changcheng himself is not tall. He is less than 1.6 meters tall. Many actresses in the troupe are more than 1.6 meters tall. Standing with them, he is a little shorter. But he has made some technical compensations. For example, the soles of his boots on stage are generally about 2 inches high, but the soles of his boots should be specially made to make them up to 4.5 inches high. However, the most important thing is that Or is it that he deals with the body movements during the stage performance, and makes the audience feel high. For example, the old students of Chaozhou Opera often use "Fanzhi" and "Chaotian Zhi" to lift them up to the top of their eyebrows, but they lift them higher than their heads, which gives people the feeling of "open" and "tall". In footwork, he uses the T-shaped horse step more than the eight character horse step, because the eight character horse step squats down, while the T-shaped horse step appears high spirited and straight; in appearance or pause processing, he uses the side body less, but uses the front body more, because when the side body, the audience looks small from the stage; this is the processing of the body movement itself. In dealing with the relationship with the characters on the same stage, he also pays attention to develop his strong points and avoid his weak points, especially in the scene of binding frame, he often makes a contrast between high and low. For example, in naokaifeng, when Wang you finally holds the chain to lock the arrogant Mrs. Gaoming, Wang Zuo acts as a "golden rooster", waving the chain with one hand high, while Mrs. Gaoming squats and squats. One is high and the other is low, and Wang Zuo's image becomes tall. In addition to the body movements, Zhang Changcheng is also in the high and low Yang Yang, Xu Ji on the speed of handling properly, to strengthen his character image building spirit. In a word, Zhang Changcheng uses all kinds of artistic means to make up for the lack of his own conditions and make the characters he plays tall and bold.

The death of a character

At 10:45 a.m. on January 18, 2020, Zhang Changcheng, a famous Chaozhou Opera performing artist and provincial inheritor of intangible cultural heritage, died peacefully at home at the age of 88.

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