Chapter 1 The Study of Arts

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"I was thinking that at the beginning, Wen Yanbo of the Great Song Dynasty, young children had the wisdom of filling holes and floating balls. Sima Wengong has a plan to break the urn to save his children. Han Kongrong, at the age of four, knew how to make Lixun's gift. Thirteen Lang is five years old. Tang Liu Yan was seven years old and Han Huangxiang was nine years old and Wen Xi was married. Qin Ganrou was twelve years old...... Oops"

With a cry of pain, an eight- or nine-year-old child covered his arms, his small facial features were compacted together, and he was holding his mouth and looking at his master with an aggrieved expression.

Standing opposite the little boy was an old man in his sixties, wearing a black cardigan and a black felt hat on his head, on which a large patch was very visible. The little old man held a bamboo whip in his hand and stared at the little boy with a calm face.

"Master......" The little boy cried weakly, pouting, and very aggrieved with tears in his eyes.

The old man was not moved at all, he still had a calm face, and said: "You are still embarrassed to be wronged, Qin Ganluo said that it is Qin Ganrou, dare to try it with garlic in your mouth?"

The little boy was clever, and when he saw that the grievances could not move the master, he immediately put on a flattering smile and said, "Master, you can hear this, wow, it's amazing." ”

The old man's face darkened, and he said, "I'm deaf, right, I." ”

"Hey...... kid rubbed his hands and laughed.

The old man's name is Fang Wenqi, and the child's name is He Xiangdong, the old man is He Xiangdong's master, and he also rescued He Xiangdong from the hands of the old scum (human trafficker), accepted him as a disciple, taught skills, and has been raising this child, saying that he is a master and apprentice, but in fact, he is no different from his grandson.

He Xiangdong is also a little naughty when he is young, but he has nothing to say about his relationship with the master. If it weren't for Master, he wouldn't know what he would be now. The old scum gang is not soft on these children, where did so many children begging on the street in the eighties and nineties come from, isn't it just the lack of morality that these people do?

Fang Wenqi snorted lightly and said, "Hurry up, do the work of eight screens again, just say that the child is in this section, if you still can't say it well, see how I clean you up." ”

Seeing that he couldn't escape, the little boy also accepted his fate, and said indignantly: "Isn't it just the work of making eight screens, what's the big deal, Master, you look at it, let me tell you listen, I was thinking that at the beginning, Wen Yanbo of the Great Song Dynasty, young children had the wisdom of filling holes and floating balls." Sima Wengong has a plan to break the urn to save his children. Han Kongrong, a four-year-old pear, knows the gift of humility. Thirteen Lang was five years old, Tang Liu Yan was seven years old, and Han Huangxiang was nine years old. Qin Ganluo was twelve years old and became the prime minister......"

The eight screens are a section of traditional cross talk, which is a very typical through-mouth work, consisting of dozens of large and small cross-mouths. Eight screens are the enlightened work of cross talk artists, it can be said that basically every actor can, but it is extremely difficult to say that it is good. There are also good words, such as Beijing's version of "Erzhao" can be called the existence of a model, a classic among classics.

These two Zhao refer to the famous cross talk actors, Zhao Shizhong, Zhao Zhenduo, Mr. Zhao, Mr. Lao She praised the famous actors in Beijing's literary and art circles in the 60s, and these two Zhao are talking about these two.

Guankou is not just said with a very fast speed as everyone thinks, and it is not just a random person who asks him to memorize the words and recite them quickly, which is Guankou.

How to do the work in cross talk is exquisite, and it needs to be handed over by the master. For a simple example, if you hear other people's cross talk actors say that they can't laugh anymore, and when you tell others the original jokes, they are so cold that they want to cover the quilt, the reason is that they can't do the work.

Let's talk about the mouth, first of all, the first point is not fast, but the bite must be accurate, the words must be clear, and the lips, teeth and mouthpiece must be cooperated, and there is no room for the slightest knock or garlic in the mouth. Secondly, where you can steal gas and where you can ventilate are all particular and need to be learned. In addition, it also needs the coordination of posture, expression, movement, and tone, which is very particular.

The art of cross talk originated in Beijing, no matter where it spreads, it is Beijing dialect, although cross talk artists in some areas involve local dialects when performing, which is also to shorten the distance between them and the local audience. There are also jokes performed in dialects in traditional cross talk, called cowardice, such as timidity, timidity, bathing, and so on.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Mandarin was promoted, and cross talk actors also began to perform in Mandarin, but the main body is still Beijing dialect, which can be seen from the many children's sounds in cross talk performances.

Fang Wenqi himself is an old Beijinger, he is a folk artist who travels all over the year round to perform art, and it is also the most traditional Beijing cross talk passed to He Xiangdong.

"Wu Zhouyu learned literature at the age of seven, practiced martial arts at the age of nine, and was the governor of the naval army at the age of thirteen, and was in charge of the military power of six counties and eighty-one states. The mouth is getting faster and faster, and in the previous paragraph, He Xiangdong said slowly word by word, and here, He Xiangdong's face was straight, and the speed of his speech suddenly accelerated: "Bitter meat, sacrifice chains, sacrifice to the east wind, borrow carvings, and burn the warship." ”

After a pause, He Xiangdong continued: "Cao Cao looked at the wind and almost lost his life in Jiangnan. Although there is the help of Wolong and Phoenix Chicks, Zhou Yu is also the leader among the children. ”

He Xiangdong gave a thumbs up and looked at his master triumphantly, and he didn't know if he was praising Zhou Yu, the leader among the children, or praising himself.

Fang Wenqi looked funny, his dark face showed a little smile, and said, "Let's talk about reckless people." ”

"Huh?" He Xiangdong's little face immediately collapsed.

The reckless man is the most difficult paragraph in the eight screens, telling the story of the reckless man Zhang Fei, not only is it very long, but it also involves several historical figures, all of which require cross talk actors to show different characters in the mouth.

Moreover, there are many fierce scenes of blades and fights involved in this passage, which need to be depicted by the cross talk actors themselves, and it is very difficult to make the audience immersive, and the cross talk actors have a single performance form.

The master slapped his hand with a bamboo whip and looked at He Xiangdong with a smile instead of a smile.

He Xiangdong rolled his eyes and said, "Oh, it's almost noon, Master, I'll prepare lunch for you." ”

Fang Wenqi: "I just swallowed breakfast, what kind of lunch are you going to prepare?" ”

He Xiangdong patted his head and said, "Oh, Brother Wang just married his daughter-in-law, I have to help others." ”

Fang Wenqi scolded: "What do you help when someone marries a daughter-in-law?"

He Xiangdong said seriously: "Brother Wang is honest, I'm afraid he doesn't understand." ”

Fang Wenqi shouted: "Go, he doesn't understand you understand, he didn't even figure out a few holes in the woman's body, so he dared to learn to speak meat." Hurry up and be honest, or I'll whip you. ”

He Xiangdong looked bitter and said: "If you don't say it, you will be beaten, and if you don't say it well, you will be beaten, you can't live this day." ”

Fang Wenqi said: "People are inherently dead, or die in front, live and die behind, you decide where to die." ”

He Xiangdong's little face was full of sad and indignant expressions: "God!"

Fang Wenqi just smiled and said, "Let's have a taste." ”

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