In what era did Qin Qiong's battle with Guan Gong take place?

Another theory:

In Hou Baolin's "Guan Gong Battles Qin Qiong", the object of ridicule was Han Fuju's father. It is said that this father was a bit funny. One day, it was his birthday, and his son invited a troupe to sing at his house. They sang "Ride Alone for Thousands of Miles", which was called a good one. Everyone cheered, but the old man was stupid and didn't react. , and finally asked, who is that red-faced guy? People said, Mr. Guan Yunchang, he said, what's so great, could he be more powerful than our Shandong hero Qin Qiong, and asked him to compare with Qin Qiong. Everyone fell down and said, "Old longevity star, this is incomparable." The old birthday boy was unhappy and said fiercely, "Why can't you compare? I've been starving him for three days without eating. Let's see if he can compete!"

In fact, this joke is not groundless. It was actually inspired by a local drama "Guan Gong Battles Qin Qiong" (also known as "The Fight between Tang and Han"). This drama was popular in the northwest Shandong area under the jurisdiction of Han Fuju in the 1920s and 1930s. , often performed by the Hebei Bangzi Theater Company.

This play mainly tells the story of a scholar who has been engaged to a young lady since childhood. However, the scholar's family fell behind and the young lady's father decided to break off the engagement. After the two broke up, Emperor Guan and Zhou Cang in the temple were very dissatisfied. They believed that the two men had defiled the temple. Guan Yu then sent Zhou Cang to capture the scholar, but he went to the scholar's house. At that time, he met the door gods Qin Qiong and Yuchi Gong, so Zhou Cang invited Guan Yu, causing "Guan Gong to fight Qin Qiong", until the Jade Emperor was alerted to intervene, and finally the scholar returned home in high school clothes, resulting in a happy ending.

This is a festive mythological play that includes both singing and martial arts, as well as both sex and beauty. It has the idea of ??promoting the freedom of marriage between men and women, and it was of positive significance in the old times.

It is said that it was the earliest. The cross talk in "Guan Gong Fights Qin Qiong" was performed by Tianjin folk artist Xiao Mushroom, not Hou Baolin. The protagonist in the cross talk at that time was Zhang Zongchang. From this point of view, this cross talk should have taken shape around the 1930s (that is, Zhang Zongchang). After Zong Chang joined Shandong as Military Affairs Supervisor and was killed), it is unclear whether it was created by Xiao Mushroom. According to Hou Baolin's old partner Guo Quanbao, Hou Baolin adapted this cross talk joke in the early 1950s and made it into Zhang's version. Zong Chang was replaced by Han Fuju, which was related to the "criticism" of Mr. Liang Shuming at that time. Because there was a popular saying at that time that "Han Fuju killed people with the barrel of a gun, and Liang Shuming killed people with the pen", so Yi Zhang was Han to enhance the dramatic effect. It can be seen that Hou Baolin is just a person. Adapter. When Taiwanese artists talk about this cross talk, the protagonist is still Zhang Zongchang.

Zhang Zongchang was a notorious warlord, who was later recruited and eventually became a separatist emperor. . He also served as the "Grasshead King" of Shandong. This ruthless and gangster "supervisor" was given the nickname "General Dog Meat" in the newspapers at that time (he was also called "Long Legs"). General", because he must flee in battle).

After Zhang Zongchang joined Shandong as military affairs supervisor, he would celebrate the birthdays of himself and his parents, wives and concubines every year, inviting celebrities from Beijing and Tianjin to show off his "scenery" ", Yu Shuyan, Mei Lanfang, etc. have all been "invited" to sing in the hall. Although according to research, Zhang Zongchang did not have the absurd incident of "Guan Gong vs. Qin Qiong", but people tend to believe it. Because This cross talk joke is extremely accurate in exposing the cruelty and ignorance of the warlords.

As for Han Fuju, he joined Shandong Province in 1930 and served as chairman of Shandong Province, while his father had already been in 1927. He died in Peiping, so this foolish act could not have happened. Moreover, Han Fuju came from a scholarly family. He was good at poetry and writing when he was young, and was especially good at calligraphy. Unlike Zhang Zongchang, he had no knowledge of classics and history, and did not understand drama. He was just arty. .