Zhang Shouwei

Zhang Shouwei

Zhang Shouwei (1918.10-2003.3), male, from Huludao City, Liaoning Province. Famous performing artist and drama educator. The actor of Yang Bailao in the new opera of liberated area and the film "white haired girl". Zhang Shouwei, a famous performing artist and drama educator, is the first actor to play "Yang Bailao". He played Wang Kun and Tian Hua's "father" in the opera and the film "white haired girl". It was his performance that made the image of "Xier dad" popular. At that time, inspired by a song and a book, he went to Yan'an alone to seek truth, and later became a famous actor of "Luyi opera company"; in the early days of liberation, for the sake of his beloved drama career, Zhang Shouwei resigned as chairman of the Provincial Federation of literary and Art Circles to concentrate on drama education;

His role in the film not only won the International Film Awards, but also has been shown for a long time.

brief introduction

Zhang Shouwei, also known as Zhang Ping, was born in dongla village, Shuangshu Township, Longgang District in October 1918. When he was 8 years old, he entered the pass with his father and finished primary school in Botou and leting, Daming County, Hebei Province. Later, he continued to study in middle schools in Beiping and Xi'an. When he was studying in Xi'an No.2 Middle School (now affiliated to Shaanxi Normal University), Zhang Shouwei came into contact with a group of patriotic teachers and students. In June 1937, he joined the "axe Troupe", a travel troupe composed of patriotic young students, and performed the street play "put down your whip", which was welcomed by people from all walks of life. According to Nie Jingde, a classmate who took part in the tour with him at that time, in his later years, he recalled: "the travel troupe was very popular in Xi'an at that time. Zhang Shouwei and Peng Yutai, who played" put down your whip ", performed well. Since then, Zhang Shouwei has embarked on the road of drama work that he has been engaged in all his life." Zhang Hanhui's song "on the Songhua River" and Zou Taofen's famous book "message from a trace" inspired Zhang Shouwei's desire to join the war. In December 1937, with the help of the Eighth Route Army Office in Xi'an, Zhang Shouwei left Xi'an and arrived in Northern Shaanxi. In Yan'an, Zhang Shouwei was selected to study in the third phase of the Anti Japanese military and Political University. After graduating from the Anti Japanese university, Zhang Shouwei was transferred to the drama department of Lu Xun Art College in Yan'an to study drama performance for the first time. After graduation, he stayed in Luyi experimental theater company and mainly rehearsed Anti Japanese war drama.

Character experience

In 1944, he Jingzhi and Ding Yi wrote the opera white haired girl. Zhang Shouwei was recommended as the best candidate to play the role of "Yang Bailao", and eventually became the first "Yang Bailao" in the history of Chinese drama, and his performance was a great success. In 1950, the opera "white haired girl" was put on the screen. Zhang Shouwei plays Yang Bailao again in the film "white haired girl" shot by northeast film studio. He quietly devoted himself to the cause of art, and brought the vivid image of "Yang Bailao" into the hearts of every audience. Tian Hua, who plays "Xi'er", recalls that it was the first time he came into contact with movies. At that time, Zhang Shouwei, as the head of the art troupe, had no airs at all. He was approachable, patiently taught performance knowledge, and greatly helped new artists. the movie "white haired girl" caused a sensation as soon as it was released, and many cinemas in big cities were full of audiences. In 1951, the film won the special honor award at the 6th International Film Festival in karowi Farley, Czechoslovakia. In 1956, it won the first prize in the excellent film award of the Ministry of culture. Up to now, the film is still popular with audiences at home and abroad. After the surrender of Japan in 1945, according to the instructions of the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee and Zhou Enlai, young writers and artists from Yan'an formed a northeast literature and art work group and went to the northeast to help open up the base area. Chang Sha Meng, head of Yan'an Luyi experimental theater group, was appointed as the leader. Zhang Shouwei, Yu Lan, Yan Wenjing, Liu Chi and Hua Junwu were all members of the group. They arrived in Shenyang at the end of October, and soon left for Benxi due to the situation. In the following three years, the leadership and members of the Northeast cultural and Arts Troupe changed several times. However, Zhang Shouwei was always a stage actor in the troupe. He created many artistic images loved by the army and the people in the liberated areas, and often performed with the troupe to the front troops and the masses in the liberated areas. With the increase of the number of performances, Zhang Ping's "singing by the river" has become his favorite song. In 1948, Zhang Shouwei was appointed head of the experimental drama troupe of Nenjiang province. He led the staff to work hard. It took only a few months to make the newly established drama troupe full of color. After the revocation of Nenjiang Province, he served as the head of the cultural and industrial troupe of Heilongjiang Province. During the shooting of the film "white haired girl.". In December 1950, Zhang Shouwei was elected chairman of Heilongjiang Provincial Federation of literary and art circles. In August 1951, he participated in the third world youth student Peace Festival held in Berlin in the name of the vice captain of the opera team of the Chinese Youth Art Troupe. During the festival, he participated in the performances and directors of operas such as "white haired girl", "three forks" and Beijing opera. After the festival, he went with the delegation to the German Democratic Republic, Hungary, Poland, the Soviet Union, Romania, Bulgaria and Czech Republic Nine European countries, such as Slovakia, Austria and Albania, visited and toured for a year, contributing to the promotion of the influence of new China's literary and artistic works in the international arena. In the following years, Zhang Shouwei also directed Beijing Opera "broken bridge" and Pingju "xiaoguxian" starring Han Shaoyun. In March 1955, Zhang Shouwei quit his administrative job and was transferred to Beijing to specialize in drama education as deputy director of the performance Department of the Central Academy of drama. He has trained many successful artistic talents for the country. During the "Cultural Revolution", Zhang Shouwei was suddenly "censored", his wife was persecuted, and his two daughters were sent to Beidahuang. Zhang Shouwei's artistic career was interrupted for nearly eight years. It was not until 1973 that Zhang Shouwei played the supporting role of the fifth master in the film "qingsongling". The popular song "running along the socialist road" came from this film. after bringing order out of chaos, Zhang Shouwei, in his 60s, has a new artistic youth. He served as the director of the cast group of the Central Experimental Theatre and a member of the Art Committee of the Academy. He devoted his whole life's love of drama performance to supporting and cultivating new artists. In October 1979, he was elected as a representative of the Fourth National People's Congress of literature and art. After his retirement, Zhang Shouwei was still concerned about China's drama industry. He died in Beijing in March 2003 at the age of 86.

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