Who is the originator of cross talk? Why isn't Zhang Sanlu grandpa?

Dong Fangshuo does exist in history. He was born in 154 BC and died in 93 BC. He hates people in the plain (now Huimin, Shandong). He is a writer of Ci and Fu in the Western Han Dynasty. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty acceded to the throne and recruited wise men. He introduced himself in a letter and worshipped him as A Lang. Later, he served as a regular assistant minister and doctor in Taizhong. He is humorous and witty, and often laughs and laughs in front of Emperor Wu. "Watch the color at any time, speak out and give advice" (The Biography of Hanshu Dong Fangshuo).

However, Emperor Wu always regarded him as an excellent performer (an artist who took music, dance and harmony as his profession in ancient times) and could not be reused. So he wrote articles such as "Difficult to Answer a Guest" and "On Non-gentleman" to express his dissatisfaction with Chen Zhi. He is honored as an old man because he is an official. But because of his cheerful personality, love to tell jokes, and very level.

Give two examples: once, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty asked him to accompany him to Shanglinyuan, saw a tree and asked him, "What's the name of this tree?" He said, "The tree is called kindness." Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty made a mark on the tree. A few years later, he saw the tree again, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty asked him, "What's the name of this tree?" He said casually, "It's called Qusuo." Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's face fell: "The same tree, how come after a few years, its name is different?" You are lying to me. "

His brain reacted very quickly, and his face fell at that time and he said, "A horse was called a pony when he was a child, and a horse when he grew up; Chickens are called' chicks' when they are young and' chicks' when they grow up; Cattle are called calves when they are young and cows when they grow up. People are called' sons' when they are young and' grandfathers' when they are old. The same is true of this tree. It used to be called' Mountain Bud', but now it is called' Qusuo'. There are few life and death in the world, and everything can be decided? " After hearing this, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty found it reasonable and had to laugh it off.

Gao Deguang, a crosstalk artist, once told a story of Dong Fangshuo in 1930s: once, when he accompanied Emperor Wu to enjoy flowers and saw the emperor smelling incense with his upper lip, he said, "The emperor's upper lip is really long." The emperor proudly said, "That is, people live more than three inches and live more than a hundred years!" "He immediately asked:" The emperor said in gold, and the envoys enlightened him. But there's one thing I don't know. I have to act. "

The emperor said, "Speak! Just ask, and I will answer your question. " So he asked, "The emperor's people can't live more than three inches, and they can't live more than a hundred years. It is said that Peng Zushou lived to be 800 years old. How long should his man be? " The emperor suddenly became red: "This ... this ..." He felt at ease: "Didn't you ask and answer?" The emperor was shocked: "Oh! You wait for me here. " Also, according to the old gentlemen, the emperor always likes to say "don't be scolded" every time he listens to jokes! Therefore, at the end of cross talk in the past, the "comedian" should also say "Don't be scolded"!

When crosstalk enters Quyi Garden, the audience praises their favorite excellent crosstalk artists and presents a curtain. The words "Man Qian's legacy" or "Man Qian's reincarnation" are often written on the curtain. This is because Dong Fangshuo is Muncie. Although crosstalk artists respect Dong Fangshuo as the granddaddy, after the fifth generation crosstalk artists, almost no one worships this granddaddy. And Mr. Ma, one of the representatives of the fifth generation artists, saw the statue, which was also broken.

He once said to me, "Crosstalk performers are just like singers and singers. They worship statues of Tang, but they also worship idols made of clay or wood. His appearance is obviously different from that of Tang: Tang has no beard, but he has five locks of beard. It is said that he is Dong Fangshuo, the originator of cross talk. I have seen this statue, and I have already bowed to him. "

I also asked my teacher, Yang Shaokui, and some contemporary artists who were a generation older than him. They all think that Dong Fangshuo is the originator of cross talk industry, but few people pay tribute to him. Nowadays, young crosstalk performers don't say that they have never worshipped this granddaddy, and they don't even know whose granddaddy is. After all, times have changed and society has undergone earth-shaking changes.

No matter how many cross talks are circulated, if the basic things are lost, it is not the true face of cross talk, so it is still necessary to maintain its true face.