Yao shuijuan

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Life experience

The beginning of learning Arts

Yao shuijuan went to Qunying stage class in 1930 to study art. She worked first and then worked. Zhu Huanquan, an actor in the male class, is the first master to write. Zhu Jihuan, a martial arts master in Shao class, taught him strictly and fiercely, which made Yao acquire solid basic skills when he first entered the pear garden. In the later period of Keban, he was personally taught by Jin Rongshui, the founder of women's Yue opera, and learned several "new clothes opera" (Xiaoyi Opera), such as "Ni Feng fan tea". In the process of teaching, he paid attention to the expression of the inner feelings of the characters, which made Yao's performance win with delicacy and vividness. During the performance period, he played the role of Xue Xiaoying in honeybee plot in prison, which was a famous play for Yao. In the spring of 1932, he was hired as a guest teacher by Yuexin stage and performed in Shengxian, Ningbo and Shaoxing. In the past six years, he has made some innovations in the singing of "Si Gong Diao" and tried to change the Lutou opera into a detailed screen system.

Business is popular

In August 1935, a new drama "Xiangong Yanshi" was put on stage in Ningbo Daguang theater, which used organ set. Yao's performance was excellent. According to the current affairs bulletin, she was a rookie after Shi Yinhua's predecessor, and was praised as "chairman of Yueju Opera" for her beautiful appearance, both civil and martial arts, and blue clothes. Before the Anti Japanese War, she led her class to perform in Hangzhou Grand world, bringing Li Xiuying in "biyuzan" alive. At that time, Zhang Zaiyang, governor of Zhejiang Province and manager of Hangzhou Grand World Amusement Park, was deeply excited by her performance, and cried out "wonderful, three flowers are better than one Juan!" (three flowers refer to Shi Yinhua, Zhao Ruihua, Wang Xinghua, and one Juan refers to Yao shuijuan). From then on, it has been well-known in history. At the beginning of 1938, he went to Shanghai with Yuesheng stage and performed in commercial and laozha theaters, with Li Yanfang as his partner. In July of this year, she and Zhu su'e organized a class called "Yueyin stage" and performed in Tianxiang theater. She was determined to innovate, hired Fenli (dimin) as a full-time screenwriter, staged Hua Mulan with anti Japanese war consciousness and national integrity, broke the conservative way of only playing old plays in Yue opera, and attracted the attention of the public opinion. After that, he appeared in Xi Shi, Feng Xiaoqing, Yan Zijian, Diao Chan, Tian Yuhua, Peacock Flying Southeast and other new dramas. His social influence was expanding day by day, and he was named "Queen of Yue Opera" by relevant newspapers. During the Spring Festival in 1939, the first personal album of actors in the history of Yue opera, Yao shuijuan, was published.

form a theatre troupe

After the "summer break" in 1939, he and Wei Suyun formed the Shuiyun troupe, abolished the monitor system and implemented the manager system. In the autumn of 1940, he cooperated with Li Yanfang to set up Yuehua troupe, which performed in the queen, Kade, Longmen and other theatres in turn. The number of new plays is the first in all troupes. In particular, "the story of Jiang Lao Wu's death", "the cause of crying and laughing" and "the place of tears missing" were very popular. "Tears" plays more than 80 consecutive performances, creating a record number of consecutive performances in the drama world. At that time, her fame reached its peak and she became a representative of the improved Yue opera. Later, he cooperated with Wang Shuihua, Zhang Guilian and Zhu su'e successively until July 6, 1946. He has performed in Shanghai for more than 8 years, with a total of more than 5000 performances. She is good at singing and likes to sing with tight strings. He is diligent in learning from his brother's operas and has absorbed nutrition from Shaoxing opera, Beijing opera, hangtan opera, Hutan opera and Northern Dagu opera. He has plenty of breath, can use the skill of "turning the bottom of the sea", and can sing more than ten sentences at a time with clear words. He has comprehensive performing skills. He can play all kinds of Dan roles. He can also play Xiaosheng. He has played Han Shizhong, Xu Xian, Liang Shanbo and so on. There are many traditional operas, such as Ni Feng fan Cha, pan Fu Suo Fu, Pipa Ji, etc.

In 1954, he acted as Yan Lanzhen in Pan Fu, and won the first prize of drama performance in Zhejiang Province and East China. In 1962, Haiyan film factory and Hong Kong Dapeng film company co produced the opera film "biyuzan" in Shanghai Yue Opera Theater, and Yuan Xuefen proposed to specially invite her to play Mrs. Li.

make a disc

In the late 1930s and early 1940s, Lige and Shengli record company recorded "biyuzan", "tearful Acacia", "Xishi Huansha" and "Fan Li and Xishi" for her. There are 8 albums with Zhu su'e, such as "borrow the red light", "Suo Fu", "study club" and "recognize my wife by fate", and 6 albums with Li Yanfang, such as "18 seeing you off". In July 1951, he joined Zhejiang Yueju experimental troupe and starred in Wang xiuluan, Qianfu Zhizhi and the sad history of new Liang and Zhu. In 1952, he was incorporated into Zhejiang Yueju Opera Troupe and performed with young actors and actresses from the literary and Art Troupe. He played matchmaker in Luo Han Qian and rural women in a basket of grass, full of life atmosphere. Also starred in "qinxianglian", "Antang recognized mother" and so on. In 1953, he was elected as the people's representative of Zhejiang Province and a member of the Chinese people's Political Consultative Conference. Later, he was elected as the vice chairman of the Zhejiang provincial Dramatist Association and a member of the Chinese Dramatist Association. In 1956, Yao shuijuan's performing arts was compiled from her oral and he XianFen's notes and published by Zhejiang People's publishing house. In 1957, he was wrongly classified as a "rightist". Later, he took off his hat earlier and rehabilitated. In 1961, he taught in Zhejiang Art School and cultivated a group of Huadan students in the first Yue Opera class. He suffered a lot in the cultural revolution. He died of cancer in Hangzhou in 1976.

The queen of Yue Opera

In 1938, Yao shuijuan led the women's Yue Opera Troupe into the isolated island of Shanghai. It is said that Mei Lan Fang and Mei Lan Fang have not used the same pattern as Mei Lan Yu on the stage.

In a grand performance, Mei Lanfang and Yao shuijuan met by chance. At that time, Yue opera was much inferior to Beijing opera. But Dr. Mei Lanfang has long heard that there is a Sai Xi Shi in Shaoxing. Yao shuijuan is very good at acting and has the reputation of "three flowers are better than one", so he paid special attention to it. Yao shuijuan, who was performing on stage, was really brilliant. She left an excellent impression on him and won the praise of Mei Lanfang. Not long ago, when the box was sealed at the end of the year, Wei Jinshan, President of China exchange bank, invited Zhu Qianzhu, editor in chief of Robin Hood (a tabloid on Drama), to attend a banquet in Hangzhou restaurant of zhiweiguan, Shanghai. At that time, I was at the bottom of Robin Hood and Yao shuijuan was also invited. At that time, I suggested to Wei Jinsan that Mei Lanfang should write for Yao shuijuan, and Wei Jinsan agreed. With Mr. Mei's consent, Cai Yuying, the treasurer of zhiweiguan, will take the pen and inkstone. Mei Lanfang will improvise and write the words "shuijuan artist, the queen of Yueju Opera" and write Mei Lanfang's title. Shuijuan is as happy as a treasure when she sees it. After that, I went to Meiyu to make up the seal. Finally, Fanli made a plate and published it in his "special collection of Yao shuijuan", which has been a good story in the art world. Since then, Yao shuijuan won the crown of queen, and her reputation has increased.

In addition to Mei Lanfang's title of "Queen of Yue Opera", there is also an autograph on the cover of "red bean Pavilion owner". The owner of Hongdou Pavilion is no other than Pudong, the cousin of Puyi, the last emperor. He is a famous Beijing Kunming artist. There are more than 100 people, including Yan Jupeng, Li Wanchun, Feng Zihe, Wang Xichun, Huang Guiqiu, Lin Shusen, Zhang Yeyun and Jin Suqin. Among them, the "Queen of Yue Opera" by Dr. Tui Mei is the most famous.

Famous plays

Fate in prison

Yao shuijuan was a smart child, willing to use her brain, and able to study and practice hard. In the early morning, she got up to practice: in the cold weather of March and September, she took the top on the cold stone floor of the white Buddha Hall. Her hands were red and swollen with cold, and her whole body was so cold that her nose was running back. She didn't cry bitterly. She pressed her legs in the mulberry field at the door, put her feet on the mulberry toon, and it was not painful. She can sing shaodiao and Huixi opera, and can concentrate on studying them. She has made remarkable progress. When her master sees her joy, she is designated as Xiaodan, the head and shoulder of the class. In the later stage of Keban's performance, Jin Rongshui (short nun), the founder of women's Yueju Opera, carefully taught her how to learn several "colorful dramas" (commonly known as Xiaoyi Opera). After that, the performance focused on the inner thoughts of the characters and won by God. In 1932, he was employed as a guest teacher by Yuexin stage. At that time, she starred in "shuangzhufeng" (first Ni Feng (xiaoyijiao), and then Huo Dingjin) and "ten beauties" (playing Yan Lanzhen). Later generations think that "Ni Fengfan tea" and "Pan Fu" in the two plays are her famous works. Yes, these two plays are her masterpieces, but they are later things. The first famous play, as she said in the 1950s, is "fate in prison", which is rarely known.

"Fate in prison" is a piece of the puzzle in "honeybee plot": there are four characters: Prison leader Xue, father and daughter Xue Xiaoying, "prisoner" Dong Liangcai and flag officer. It is said that the scholar Dong Liangcai was young and beautiful. Later, his mother forced him to have an affair. Nai Dong refused, so he held a grudge. One day, the stepmother covered her face with honey and asked Dong to enjoy the garden. Bees in the garden, smelling honey, flew to the stepmother's face to collect honey. When Liangcai sees him, he goes forward to fight. Nanzhi's stepmother hugs him and falsely accuses him of molesting his mother. Liangcai is caught in a "bee trick" and is wrongly jailed. The play is that Liangcai is disciplined by Xue Xiaoying, the daughter of the forbidden son, after he is jailed, Liangcai tells the truth. Xiaoying expresses her sympathy, and then forms a good relationship and secretly releases the dead criminal. The whole play lasts for one hour, but the play between Xiaoying and Liangcai accounts for three-quarters. Yao shuijuan, as Xue Xiaoying, always attracts the audience through her ordinary question and answer and boring dialogue. What's the reason? This is why Yao shuijuan has been carefully taught "Caiyi opera" by Jin Rongshui,

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