Ma Shaobo

Ma Shaobo

Ma Shaobo (March 1918 ~ November 29, 2009), formerly known as Ma Zhiyuan, pseudonym Su Yang, Hongshi, etc. President of China Art Language Research Association, vice president of China Opera Society, vice president of China Peking opera art foundation, deputy director of the Steering Committee for revitalizing Peking Opera of the Ministry of culture, Honorary Professor of China Academy of opera, director of the Committee of history of Peking Opera and Encyclopedia of Peking Opera of China, and vice president of Peking opera academy of China. He is an outstanding writer and theorist of literature and art in China, and an early pioneer of Chinese opera reform.

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Ma Shaobo

Known as“

Contemporary drama maniac

”Ma Shaobo, China's outstanding playwright and drama theorist, died in Beijing at 1:36 a.m. on November 29, 2009 at the age of 92. His family held a grand mourning ceremony for him in Babaoshan and is now buried in Changping.

Life

In 1931, he edited tianwai weekly and began to improve his literary career. He took part in the Anti Japanese war in 1937 and served as Secretary General of the fifth brigade headquarters of Shandong column of the Eighth Route Army and President of Jiaodong Cultural Association. In 1949, he was transferred to Beijing as Secretary General of the all China Opera Reform Commission, member of the Party group of the Ministry of culture, Secretary of the general Party branch of the Chinese Academy of opera, vice president and head of the Chinese Peking Opera Troupe, Secretary of the Party committee and vice president of the Chinese Peking opera academy, national member of the China Federation of literary and art circles, and invited Professor of the Chinese Department of Furen University. In 1955, he served as the head of China Youth Art Troupe, led the delegation to participate in the fifth World Youth Peace and friendship Festival, and continuously led the delegation to visit Europe, Asia and Australia. It has made important contributions to international cultural exchanges. In 1957, he was awarded the medal for meritorious service by the International Dance Association and is famous for his calligraphy and painting. He does not choose weapons for his writing and has many creative talents. He won the first national drama theory award in 1984. In 1997, during the celebration of the 65th anniversary of Ma Shaobo's literary and artistic career held in Beijing, many national leaders wrote praises and more than 700 scholars and celebrities attended the meeting to congratulate him. Li Ruihuan, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese people's Political Consultative Conference, wrote an inscription: "with heart and blood, we will carry forward national culture, be wise and courageous, and persist in inheritance and innovation. He gave a very high evaluation. he donated more than 10000 works, manuscripts and many collectibles to the country free of charge, which are kept and displayed by his hometown Yantai Museum. He has set up the exhibition room of Ma Shaobo's literary and artistic works, which was completed and opened in 1998. on October 12, 2009, Ma Shaobo was awarded the "lifelong achievement award" by the Chinese Dramatists Association.

works

Over the past 60 years, Mr. Ma Shaobo has created a large number of essays, novels, dramas, poetry works and literary theory works. there are more than 30 major plays, including "the king of Chuang Jin Jing", "Zhengqi song", "Baozhu Ji", "Mingjing Ji" and "Baiyunebo", among which many have won the Wenhua award of the Ministry of culture. Beijing Opera script baozhuji won the excellent drama Composition Award of the Ministry of culture, zhengqige won the first prize of Beijing Drama Award and the excellent script award of the Ministry of culture, Kunqu Opera xixianji won the special award of Beijing Drama Award, and the work also won the honor award of the first National Drama Theory Book Award. during the revolutionary war, he adapted the traditional Peking Opera "killing fishermen", "Wu Shu He", "Wang Zuo's broken arm", "Qun Ying Hui", "Yu Yu Yu Feng", "Lu Hua Dang" and so on. In 1943, he created the Peking Opera Mulan joined the army, in 1944, he created the Peking Opera Chuang Wang Jin Jing, in 1946, he created the ten act drama Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and in 1948, he created the Peking Opera Guan Yu's death. In the same year, he cooperated with others and adapted his novel nonggong Park of the same name into an opera. In the 1950s and 1960s, Ma Shaobo published the anthology of drama reform, scattered works of drama reform, scattered works of watching drama and collected works of flower rain. Ma Shaobo's series of pioneering works promote the innovation of traditional Chinese opera and make it prosperous. In the mid-1980s and 1990s, he continued to create Beijing Opera Zhengqi song, modern theme Beijing Opera Baojian Guishao, Beijing Opera mingjingji, baozhuji, butterfly dream, Kunqu Opera Xixiangji, and adapted Japanese Kabuki "Laijia general" and drama "Sakamoto Longma" into Beijing opera. The self-made drama "little Li Hu with two guns" is adapted into Beijing Opera "twin brothers". His drama yueyun, which was popular with children, was performed 230 times in 1980. At the same time, he also wrote a lot of drama theory articles. In his later years, with the full assistance of his wife Li Huizhong, he published Ma Shaobo's new dramas, Ma Shaobo's representative dramas, Ma Shaobo's research anthology, Ma Shaobo's recent works, drama art anthology, drama writing by chance, prose anthology, and his wife's two hundred poems of donggengyuan, with a total of more than 5 million words. His three volume and four volume history of Peking Opera won the "five one project award", the first national excellent art book award and the National Book Award.

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