Ge cijiang

Ge cijiang

Ge cijiang (1908-1966), formerly known as GE Huai, was born in Shigang Town, Nantong County, Jiangsu Province. He was a famous actor of Modern Peking Opera, a leading actor in movies, and the first director to go out of Shigang town.

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Gecijiang (1908-1966), formerly known as gehuai, was born in Shigang Town, Nantong County, Jiangsu Province. He was also the first director to walk out of Shigang town.

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early years

He was born in a small business family in Shigang town. His family gradually declined after he was born. His parents died one after another and he was raised by his elder sister. In 1919, he and his brother Ge Xiangyi were admitted to Nantong linggong society. After entering the school, because of his intelligence, eloquence and extraordinary appearance, he was deeply loved by the host Zhang Jian and host Ouyang Yuqian. Zhang Jian himself took the word CI Jiang for him and taught him calligraphy. He studied martial arts in linggong society and graduated in 1924. Later, because of his voice down, he went to Shanghai to invest in Ouyang Yuqian, a teacher. Ouyang introduced him to Shanghai Minxin film company to shoot four silent films, including Cape poet, singing girl of the end of the earth (as painter Lu Chenyu) and romance of the west chamber (as Zhang Sheng), and played the leading role. Shanghai is famous for its elegant demeanor. In 1924, after his voice gradually recovered, he performed with Ouyang new Peking Opera such as Yang Guifei and Pan Jinlian. He has also performed with Gao Qingkui, Jin Suwen, Chen Hefeng, Yan Jupeng, Gao Baisui and other partners in large and medium-sized cities along the Yangtze River. He plays Zhou Yu, Lv Bu, Zhao Chong, Mo Ji and other characters. He draws on many people's strong points, especially pays attention to the combination of Ouyang Yuqian's acting skills which are good at depicting the inner world of the characters in his own performance, plus his beautiful appearance, becoming the best of the Southern students. In the meantime, he filmed twice.

the period of Counter-Japanese War

In 1937, after the July 7th incident, the Anti Japanese war broke out. He joined the song (Ping) Drama Department of the National Salvation Association of cultural circles, which was organized by Tian Han, Ouyang Yuqian, Zhou Xinfang and Yu Ling in Shanghai. He also joined the Chinese opera company and appeared in the peach Blossom Fan, Liang Hongyu and other new Beijing operas to inspire people's Anti Japanese aspirations. After the fall of Shanghai, he joined Zhou Xinfang's Yifeng club and spent more than four years on the same stage with Zhou Xinfang. He became Zhou Xinfang's right hand in arranging new plays. He performed "the last hatred of the late Ming Dynasty" and other dramas to satirize the present and criticize the traitors who made the country difficult to make money. Some of the villains he plays, such as Zhang bangchang and Hong Chengchou, are mixed with Xiaosheng and clown, and his original performance method is "elegant in appearance, but not virtuous in heart". In 1940, he co filmed Meng Lijun with Wang Xichun as Huangfu Shaohua, and became one of the first amphibious actors in China. In the spring of 1943, he returned to his hometown of Shigang in Nantong with his family. He presided over the art work of Shigang Liangyou drama club, teaching and acting at the same time. They mainly participated in Anti Japanese performances, often ventured through the enemy's blockade and went to the Anti Japanese Democratic base areas led by the Communist Party of China for hundreds of performances. He played Zhou Yu in the group of heroes, Jia Baoyu in the fall of jade, fisherman's hate and the tragedy of national subjugation, and many other major characters in the plays, which were deeply loved by the army and the people in the four divisions of Central Jiangsu at that time. In 1946, general Su Yu and General Tao Yong met him.

After liberation

At the end of 1949, he went to the Peking Opera Troupe of the Political Department of the 10th corps of the Chinese people's Liberation Army as deputy director and director of the Arts Commission. He directed more than 20 Beijing operas, such as "nine pieces of clothes", "defending the country", "Liang Zhu", and so on. Ge cijiang is versatile, especially good at writing. When he performed "peach blossom on human face" in Fuzhou, he wrote on the spot, and the audience cheered and clapped. Many famous people in Fuzhou came to him to ask for calligraphy. In 1956, he was elected a member of the Standing Committee of the Fujian Provincial Committee of the Chinese people's Political Consultative Conference. He was rated as an advanced cultural worker in Fujian Province and a national advanced worker. He also met chairman Mao in Beijing. He made a second-class contribution in the army for directing "defending the country". He is a member of China Drama Association and director of Fujian Branch of China Drama Association. in 1960, he attended the national culture and Education Association. He was persecuted to death in the cultural revolution in 1966. It was rehabilitated in 1978.

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