Private Partner Bureau of Folklore Series

After Deng Zhirong passed the double-degree master's degree, Chen Junping retired and refused to take on any more students. Even if Deng Zhirong, a proud disciple, came forward to help persuade her, she couldn't be moved.

In fact, Deng Zhirong understands very well that his teacher prefers to freely perform in the Cantonese opera park, get in touch with more life information, and write more interesting scripts, instead of translating and modifying external scripts like he is doing now. , So after persuading him once to no avail, he stopped persuading him and reported the matter to the school. The school finally gave up this idea after bumping into walls many times.

When Deng Zhirong didn't need to give lectures, he would also go to the Cantonese Opera Park to help the teacher walk the stage twice.

I originally planned to go and have a look tomorrow without going to class, but...

This evening, an amazing news caused huge waves in the Cantonese opera world. Jing Tong, a famous Cantonese opera actress who is full of peaches and plums, the permanent honorary president of the Chuyue Cantonese Opera Association, and the winner of the first "Huaxia Drama Lifetime Achievement Award", in the evening He died of a sudden acute myocardial infarction at eight o'clock at the age of 89.

As soon as the news came out, the industry mourned.

The first half of Jing Tong's life was very rough. She experienced the war and the hardships afterwards. Her husband died in the war. When peace finally came, her own health began to deteriorate.But she is very strong, not only created her own singing, but also founded her own Cantonese opera art troupe, recruiting disciples; later, the government funded the establishment of an art center named after her, and her many years of performances , The artistic achievements are displayed in front of the public.

In his later years, he used a variety of methods to make more people love Cantonese opera, such as 3D Cantonese opera movies, Cantonese opera animation, etc., which were all tested under her promotion. Lost is a new attempt.

Deng Zhirong also knew Jing Tong because of his teacher's relationship, and discussed industry matters with her, and jointly completed industry-related papers.Hearing the news at first glance, I was really a little stimulated|excited.

"Deng Zhirong?" the man on the other end of the phone called softly.

Deng Zhirong came back to his senses and replied, "It's nothing, how did you know?"

"I'm in the hospital." The man paused, "I just drank|tea together this morning, and I was discussing the promotion with us in the bureau in the morning. I went to rest in the lounge of the museum until the staff felt that it was wrong to go in to have a look at night..."

"... When will the memorial service be?"

"I have to wait for her son to come back to make a decision." After finishing speaking, she fell silent and did not hang up the phone in a hurry.

In the quiet night, the other party's light breathing came from the receiver, and the two of them didn't speak for a while.

After a long time, Deng Zhirong said: "I see, thank you."

"I'll let you know if there's any news." The person over there didn't put away the mobile phone until the busy signal came, and looked at the white cloth that was pulled up in the ward. It's still busy tonight.

Ten days later, Deng Zhirong appeared outside the mourning hall in black.

Jiang Yuanfeng had been waiting for a long time, walked over and said in a low voice: "There will be many important people coming later, so go and present flowers now."

In the latter half of her life, Jing Tong made a lot of contributions to Cantonese opera and even the entertainment industry, and had a friendly relationship with the government. In the surrounding areas of Xiangcheng, Haocheng, and Chuyue City, many celebrities and superstars in the entertainment industry, government officials, and her disciples, And all ordinary people who admired her spontaneously went to her memorial service.Even though the largest farewell hall was used, it still couldn't accommodate so many people. In the end, a special mourning venue was opened in Jingtong's art center, which was able to disperse the flow of people.

Even the leaders who were far away in the capital also sent wreaths to express their condolences.

At the memorial service, Jing Tong's first famous song "Jia Guo Liang" was played as a mourning song for two hours. The clear and bright voice made those who mourned her even more sad.

In the corner, three people frowned, but said nothing.

When the song ended, the three of them moved to other places together.

Jiang Yuanfeng stared at the tea in the cup for a long time, "Although it is disrespectful, I still want to say that this song "Jia Guo Liang"...is not a Cantonese opera. Sister Tong's masterpiece is more than this one. There are quite a few people, but Mr. Ke Si still chose this song." Although she is over 80 years old, everyone inside and outside the industry respectfully calls Sister Jingtong.

The other two, who seemed to be relieved because he spoke first, were silent for a while, Chen Junping said: "This proposition is very controversial, but I agree with Xiao Jiang, this song cannot be regarded as a complete Cantonese opera."

Deng Zhirong put down his teacup, "Indeed, although the 'Qi Zi Qing' was barely achieved, it lacked the inherent bang huang of Cantonese opera, and it was still not a qualified Cantonese opera.

Qiziqing has done it, but "Jiaguoliang" cannot be used on stage, that is to say, Qiziqing's singing method cannot be used to sing this song. If in an official competition, the contestants sing This song, I am afraid it is thankless.

The three of them were silent for a while, then Chen Junping suddenly laughed, "Forget it, what were we thinking? Everyone has gone, and this song has become a masterpiece. It is impossible to do a cover song like Sister Tong. Altitude, that's it."

The two young people looked at each other and smiled, both of them felt that they were a little bit cornered.Deng Zhirong asked his teacher: "Master, do you want to go back to the park later?"

Chen|Junping shook her head, "Forget it today, I think the audience in the park came to chase|mourn sister Tong, and no one watched the show."

"Then when will it open again, tell me... Let me do something for Sister Tong."

Before Chen Junping nodded, Jiang Yuanfeng interjected, "Teacher Chen will inform me when the time comes, and I would like to contribute." The last time I went there, it wasn't Chen Junping's troupe, Looking at the drama they adapted, I felt that the changes were nondescript, so I lightly scolded, I didn't expect to meet there...

"You know that park too?"

"Don't forget, I also know Ruan Yuan." The woman who held the latest information on the Cantonese opera industry naturally knew a lot of industry information that others did not know.

"Xiao Yuanzi...that girl is very lively." As I said earlier, although Ruan Yuan is very young, in the Cantonese opera industry, there are many people from old artists like Jing Tong to newcomers who are just getting started. Or less heard of her name.

A week later, when Deng Zhirong had no class, he was called to the Cantonese Opera Park by his teacher.

The news of Jing Tong's death is still spreading, and the resident opera troupe of the Cantonese Opera Park also complied with the request on this day and opened a commemorative performance, recreating the repertoire performed by Jing Tong before his death to the public.

Jingtong starred in a wide variety of repertoires, including official history, unofficial history, myths and legends, such as "Tianjiao", "Zhaojun's Out of the Fortress", "Bitter Phoenix Driving Pity", "Walking Butterfly", "The Regret of the Qing Palace", and later kept pace with the times , The play road was further developed, such as "Guan Hanqing", "Li Xiangjun", "Da Shen", "Mountain Village Wind and Cloud", "□□" and so on.

In her later artistic career, Jing Tong always acted as Zheng Yindan in the play, that is, the first heroine.

In Chen Junping's theatrical troupe, only Chen Junping and the deputy troupe leader can be responsible.Although the deputy leader can sing Pinghou in reverse because of his deep voice, but since Deng Zhirong is here, it's better to entrust him with this role.

The first one to sing turned out to be "Jia Guo Liang".

After all, this song is a representative of Lingnan, just like Su Shi's "Eat three hundred lychees a day, and never give up to be a Lingnan native." It is well-known in China.

The front desk was singing ditties and excerpts that Jing Tong used to sing during his lifetime; in the backstage, Deng Zhirong, who was temporarily recruited as a young man, was working hard to memorize the script.They are all excerpts, and his ability to memorize scripts is good, but he can't hold back the many repertoires!

After the ditties were sung, what they were about to perform was the aria of "Guan Hanqing".

As the head of the four masters of Yuan Opera and one of the founders of Yuan Opera Zaju, Guan Hanqing, known as the "Sage of Qu", has a large number of works left in the world, each of which is a well-known and wonderful play, the most famous of which is, Of course it is "The Injustice of Dou E".

Deng Zhirong plays Guan Hanqing who was in prison in his middle age.

Before taking the stage, Chen Junping was a little worried.After all, the voices of middle-aged people are relatively deep, which cannot be controlled by Deng Zhirong's original voice.And all along, she has positioned her disciple as a civil and military niche, that is, an ordinary youth image. If he changes his style all of a sudden, I don't know if he will be successful.

Unexpectedly, Deng Zhirong gave her a surprise!

Guan Hanqing on the stage, although imprisoned, still had a loud voice, a straight waist, and steady steps, and he did not feel weak after being tortured by the cruel prison life.

When he felt something, a jailer who had a good relationship with him ran over, handed him a piece of paper, chatted with him for a few words, and then ran away.

...After the whole paragraph, laymen would think that the performer on stage is an old actor with many years of experience in the stage, not a freshman who has only been in the industry for more than a year.The charm of his movements, hands, positions, eyes, and frame are all in place, and his singing has a full sense of middle-aged people.

Chen Junping once asked his disciple very curiously, he is obviously nearsighted, if he takes off his glasses, shouldn't it be difficult to focus on his eyes?How to express emotions with eyes.

Deng Zhirong smiled helplessly, "When I was a child, I went to the park to play. I wanted to sneak into the backstage to hide and scare me, but Uncle Zhao found out. After I was caught, he told me that if I want to enter the backstage, I have to Do what he asks."

So from then on, Deng Zhirong was often dragged to practice this and that, and later he alarmed the resident team leader at the time.The head teacher simply asked Deng Zhirong to study with some small group members.This study lasted until Deng Zhirong moved away to study.

It's just a small scene, and it's over in about half an hour.

When Deng Zhirong walked back to the stage, he saw a man in sunglasses smiling at him and applauding to congratulate him on the successful completion.

"Jiang Yuanfeng?" Although it was a question, the tone was positive.

The smile on Jiang Yuanfeng's face became more obvious, while Chen Junping was surprised, looking thoughtfully at his disciple, and then at Jiang Yuanfeng who was smiling like a spring breeze.

Not knowing what his teacher was thinking at this time, Deng Zhirong said happily, "I thought you couldn't come today."

"I came out to fish." Jiang Yuanfeng took off his sunglasses and joked.

Chen Junping changed the topic: "Has Xiaojiang received the notice? The industry meeting tomorrow morning, the official commemorative performance after the discussion." Of course, it refers to Jing Tong's commemorative performance.

The Cantonese Opera Park is just a place for ordinary theater fans to play tickets. To commemorate the performance, of course, you have to find a formal venue. Jiang Yuanfeng is representing the Jihua Township Cultural Bureau to participate in the venue selection meeting.

Deng Zhirong said without hesitation: "Didn't you choose Sister Tong's Jingtong Art Center?"

"Don't forget, her art troupe is next door, as well as the Cantonese theaters of Chu Yue and Jihua Township. This time, Xiangcheng also came to join in the fun."

They have good reasons. When film was in vogue, Xiangcheng pioneered Cantonese opera scripts to be filmed on the big screen according to the filming method, and a large part of them was written by Jing Tong and her husband Sima. Jointly acted as the leading role to shoot.Sima went early, and now even Jingtong has gone, Xiangcheng, as the party that benefited greatly, naturally also wanted to do this.

Deng Zhirong knew that he was not qualified to attend the meeting, so he had no choice but to ask the two who were able to attend the meeting to let them know as soon as possible.

Chen|Junping saw the two young people laughing and chatting, and suddenly said eagerly: "You two little brothers, how about we play "The Butterfly Lovers"?"

The two looked at her in disbelief. Jing Tong's performance repertoire did not include this tragic love story, and they didn't understand why it was brought up like this suddenly.

Chen|Junping smiled, and gave a look to the deputy head who was about to go on stage. The deputy head understood, and went up to the stage to ask the audience: "Dear fans, our troupe has two newcomers with excellent singing and writing. What do you think? Don't want to watch them perform?"

"Think!" As an old audience, I naturally know that it is not easy to develop newcomers in this industry, especially those who are good at arranging and singing. Once I heard the deputy head say this, regardless of whether it is in compliance with the rules, I am looking forward to seeing them. Performance.

"Today is Sister Tong's special performance of Cantonese opera, but what our two newcomers are going to perform is not in Sister Tong's repertoire, so do you still want to watch it?"

The audience in the audience murmured for a while, and soon, several people shouted: "It doesn't matter, since we have the courage to step on the big platform, let's take a look at their level!"

"Yes!" Immediately the audience echoed.

Many of the audience in the Cantonese Opera Park are old theater fans who have watched operas for many years. They also have their own judgments about the quality of a Cantonese opera performance.

So, after the two Cantonese operas, they saw three young students appearing on the stage.Listening to the news, they knew that they were going to perform "Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai". They took it for granted that the shorter one was Zhu Yingtai who played the role of a woman disguised as a man. As a result, the three of them opened their mouths, and the scene was covered with shattered glasses. !

——It turned out to be the little boy in the light blue costume, singing Zhu Yingtai's lines in an obviously deliberately low voice.

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