Wu Zhaonan

Wu Zhaonan

Wu Zhaonan (1924-october 14, 2018), born in Beijing, is a famous cross talk artist in Taiwan, China. He graduated from Peking University of China. In 1982, Wu Zhaonan paid homage to crosstalk master Hou Baolin as his teacher. In 2000, Wu Zhaonan was awarded the lifelong artistic achievement award by the Lincoln Center for culture and art.

On October 14, 2018, Mr. Wu Zhaonan died in Los Angeles at the age of 93.

Character experience

Wu Zhaonan and Wei Longhao have a tacit understanding of cooperation, which can be called "perfect match". At that time, there was no "spectrum" in cross talk. Wu Zhaonan could only imagine what he wanted to say. In short, he had to make up 40 minutes to make people laugh. Since then, Chen Yian and Wei Longhao have been invited to join us. As a result, Wu Zhaonan dictated, Chen Yian and Wei Longhao wrote "lines", and the three worked together to create a number of crosstalk works such as "Mouth Spitting Lotus", "boasting" and "Yellow Crane Tower". In 1968, they published the first cross talk record in Taiwan, and later recorded the comic dialogue collection "comic dialogue collection", "crosstalk selection", "cross talk capture", etc., bringing together the essence of the more than 250 cross talk. Wu Zhaonan is not only famous for his crosstalk, but also a guest star on the screen. In 1952, big star Li Lihua starred in the feature film "a phoenix and a chicken", in which Wu Zhaonan played the role of matchmaker. In 1974, Jackie Chan's teacher, Yu Zhanyuan, starred in "master comes out", and Wu Zhaonan acted as his apprentice. As a cross-talk actor, Wu Zhaonan plays a role on the screen, which can add laughter to it. In 1982, Wu Zhaonan paid homage to crosstalk master Hou Baolin as his teacher. June 23, 2005, May 17, the second unitary year of the lunar calendar, afternoon: Taipei quyi troupe first went to the mainland to exchange performances. At the invitation of Qilu Evening News and Jinan Municipal Bureau of culture, Guo Zhijie, head of Taipei quyi troupe, led a group of nine people, including Liu zengkai, Xie Xiaoling, Liu yueti, Chen Qingsheng and Lin Wenbin, to arrive in Jinan in the afternoon. Ci Jianguo, head of Jinan quyi, warmly presented flowers at the airport and held the hand of head Guo Zhijie tightly. On the evening of June 25, 2005, May 19, the second unitary year of the lunar calendar, the two sides of the Taiwan Strait singing together in Qilu Evening party was held. Taipei quyi troupe and Jinan quyi troupe jointly held the "two sides singing together in Qilu Evening Party" in Jinan. The party lasted two nights and ended on June 26. Nearly 80 year old Mr. Wu Zhaonan also made a special trip from the United States to Jinan to perform. On April 1, 2006, at 13:00 on March 4, 2008, the ticket industry of Los Angeles performed Qin Xianglian jointly with famous Peking Opera actors and tickets from both sides of the Taiwan Straits. Sponsored by the Qinyun Performing Arts Association, Changchun Peking Opera Society and Longtao box office, they gathered famous Peking Opera actors and tickets from both sides of the Taiwan Straits to perform the full version of Qin Xianglian at the city hall of Los Angeles rosemi high school. On January 21, 2007, the Southern California National Drama Society held its 38th anniversary public performance at the California China Academy of performing arts. On May 20, 2007, the fourth day of the fourth month of the fourth year of the fourth lunar year: the voice of China National Drama Society invited the major Beijing drama clubs in Southern California and famous actors from both sides of the Strait to jointly perform the Beijing Opera "the legend of the White Snake". The voice of China National Drama Society invited the major Beijing drama clubs in Southern California and famous actors from both sides of the Taiwan Straits to jointly perform the classic drama the legend of the White Snake, which was held in the San Gabriel municipal theater. In particular, Xue Yaping, sun Mingzhu and Los Angeles ticket Wu zhuofang, Zhai Xiqing and Zhang Yudong are invited to play Bai Suzhen. Wang Songli from Los Angeles and Yang juezhi from Washington, D.C. are the two Xu immortals. The role of the green snake is played by Ma Wudan and Zhang Liwen of Tianjin Peking opera academy. Wu Zhaonan, the crosstalk master, plays the little monk, adding a lot of color to the play. Other actors include Hu Jianrong of Shanghai Peking Opera Theatre, Zhai Huaxin of Fuxing theatre, Chen Xiaoming of Dalian Peking Opera Theatre and Zhang Ming of Shandong Peking Opera Theatre. on the morning of May 16, 2008, April 12, the fifth year of the lunar calendar, Bai Yuwei's Sabbath service was held. Bai Yuwei's Sabbath service was held in Los Angeles. Lu Yan, a senior Hollywood Chinese artist, Wu Zhaonan, a crosstalk actor, and more than 200 relatives and friends gave the last leg of the service with tears in their eyes. After the memorial service, he was buried in the Rose Hill Cemetery in Whittier. August 6, 2009, June 16, 2009: China laughing Star Art Troupe will perform in the United States in 2009. From August 6 to August 20, the Chinese comedian troupe performed in the United States. They successively performed in Los Angeles, Seattle, Chicago and other places. Mainland actors Li Boxiang, Ma Zenghui, Zhang Zhikuan, Du Guozhi, Li Weijian, and Wu Bin performed on the same stage with Taiwan crosstalk actors Wu Zhaonan, American Quyi actors Jiangnan, and Jianxin. They were warmly welcomed by overseas Chinese Welcome.

Honors

In 1998, as a cross talk artist of Chinese origin, Wu Zhaonan was awarded the "Gold Award for the most outstanding artist in Asia" in New York. In 1999, Wu Zhaonan accepted apprenticeship, and many celebrities in Taiwan's Broadcasting and performing arts circles were worshipped by him. In Losangeles, Wu Zhaonan accepted the Chinese mainland's quyi Jiangnan as a disciple. In 2000, Wu Zhaonan was awarded the lifelong artistic achievement award by the Lincoln Center for culture and art. In 2001, he set up "Wu Zhaonan crosstalk drama club" to promote crosstalk culture overseas. In January 2004, Wu Zhaonan returned to Taipei to celebrate his 80th birthday. He led his disciples Hou Guanqun, Liu Erjin and Lang Zuyun to perform the comic sketch "Wu Shi Sheng Fei". The first performance attracted a large number of cross talk fans.

Social evaluation

About the art of crosstalk, Wu Zhaonan has his own ideas. "The biggest purpose of cross talk is to make people laugh, but it's not necessarily right if you just laugh meaninglessly," he said. In the past, we used to talk about crosstalk like this. It just makes people laugh. It's meaningless. It's not ideal. I hope that when performing cross talk, laughter is only a means, which can bring some meaning to the audience. That is the real purpose of cross talk. " Zhang Daqian, a master of Chinese painting, wrote a couplet to Wu Zhaonan: I was born Zhang Ba when people laughed at me, and the whole nation passed it on to you to catch up with Wu Zhaonan. This is a portrayal of Wu Zhaonan's artistic life.

The death of a character

On October 14, 2018, Taiwan's famous cross talk artist Wu Zhaonan died in Los Angeles at the age of 93.

Chinese PinYin : Wu Zhao Nan