Zhou Yunrui

Zhou Yunrui

Zhou Yunrui (1921-1970), Suzhou Tanci actor. Shanghai people. His father Zhou Fengwen is a famous Dan in Beijing and Kunming. Influenced by his family, he was able to hum Kunqiang. Studied in Shanghai Zhenling primary school. He dropped out of school in 1937. At one time, he studied painting from the painter Xie Zhiguang. Later, he taught himself how to play CI. He and his classmate LV Yian competed and sang the opening song on the radio. In 1938, Wang Siquan's theory of Tanci "Sanxiao" took its stage name Yunrui. Around 1940, he studied Tanci "Pearl Tower" from Shen Jian'an. After finishing his studies, he joined Lu Yi'an and studied Qin and Xiao from Wei Zhongyue, a musician, in his spare time. In 1945, he competed with Guo binqing for a short time, and Xuan played "Pearl Tower" with his younger martial brother Chen Xi'an. After that, he made great progress in calligraphy and singing, and soon won the reputation of "little Shen Xue". In 1950, he performed a new long piece "Chen Yuanyuan". In early 1951, he took part in the book play "Lin Chong" and "the demons dance" and acted as the orchestra conductor. In 1951, he joined the Shanghai People's Pingtan Troupe (today's Shanghai Pingtan Troupe). He was one of the first 18 actors to join the troupe, and went to Anhui Zhihuai construction site for literary and artistic propaganda. In 1952, he participated in the creation and performance of the novella "we must repair the Huaihe River" and the novella "Lin Chong" and the short story "the death of Liu Hulan". In the same year, after going deep into the army life, he participated in the creation of the novella "heroes on the sea". In 1953, he participated in the third Chinese people's delegation to North Korea and went to North Korea to express sympathy.

personal works

In 1954, he wrote his own long novel "the story of jingchai" and performed with Chen Xi'an. After 1955, he took part in the production of "Lin Chong", "Wang Xiaohe" and "Qilin belt", participated in the creation, collation and performance of "red plum in the snow", "spring tide in the south of the Yangtze River", "laodibao", "Pearl Tower", as well as his short stories "Zhang Jinfa" and "treating relatives". In 1963, he changed to work with Xu Lixian and edited the long story after harvest. The performance is concise and vivid, the role is just right, the style is elegant and gentle, and the skills of speaking, playing and singing are obvious, especially playing and singing. The Sanxian accompaniment of "Yu tune" and the pipa accompaniment of "Shen Xue tune" and "Jiang tune" set off the smooth ironing. He devoted himself to the reform and innovation of Tanci music. After 1949, he composed innovative songs for Liu Hulan's death, Du Shiniang's song, Wang Kui's love exploration and soul separation, and the opening chapters Xiang Xiuli and the old poor farmer plowing under the moon. He also participated in the processing of Mao Zedong's poem butterfly's love for flower and answering Li Shuyi, and composed the opening chapters yueyun and Qiusi. He made a new development on the singing and accompaniment music of "Yu tune", "Chen tune" and "Qi tune", and also made a development on the combination of "Shen tune" with his own voice and singing practice.

Personal achievement

Since 1956, he has also served as the head of the teaching and research groups of Pingtan class of Shanghai Opera School, Shanghai People's Pingtan troupe school, Suzhou Pingtan school, etc., and taught in Shanghai Conservatory of music. He has created the methods of Pingtan classroom education and basic curriculum system education, and made outstanding contributions to Pingtan education.

Chinese PinYin : Zhou Yun Rui