Xu Yunzhi's Xu Yunzhi's Art of Saying Watch

Speaking, listening, playing and singing are the four most basic lessons that a pingtan actor must master. There are more than twenty artists who can be called "tune" in Pingtan, but few can be called "school". Because to be called a "pie", you must have your own things in the four aspects of "speaking and singing"! And Xu Yunzhi is one of the artists who can be called "School". Many people talk about Xu Yunzhi, mostly talking about Xu Diao's aria created by him, but rarely talking about his expressive art. The reason why the art created by Xu Yunzhi can be called "Xu School" art is not only because he created Xu Tune, but also because his expression is different and distinctive.

As early as when Xu Yunzhi entered Shanghai for the second time (in the 192s), Jiang Binchu and Wang Wanxiang, the descendants of another school of San Xiao, had been recorded by Greater China Records Company. "Wang School" and "San Xiao" are literary, and Jiang Binchu's singing skills are good, crisp and pleasant. The release of "Meet Mei Ting" is undoubtedly a kind of pressure for Xu Yunzhi, a rookie. Xu Yunzhi strives to give full play to the characteristics of "Xie Pai" and "San Xiao" and his own artistic expertise-not only singing, but also expressing his appearance and role. He is kind and elegant, such as "talking about home", which is fascinating and refreshing. Tang Bohu and Chou-heung met several times, with clear levels, reasonable books, lingering feelings and full of interest. In particular, "Meeting in Mei Ting" is more deliberate in seeking jobs. In order to prevent a long confession from becoming dull, he adopted the methods of narration and discussion, singing while talking, and cutting in sections, with eyes, face wind and gestures; I took the audience to a plum blossom, a faint fragrance floating, a white flower, and an intoxicating fragrance. I seemed to see Tang Yin walking all the way through the snow in Xun Mei and enjoying the scenery after the snow. Unexpectedly, a beautiful woman appeared in front of me, climbing branches and folding plums. A north wind blew, the branches swayed, and Chou-heung slipped and tottered. What a close call! He made a leisurely confession and brought the audience into a poetic situation at once. Then, the steel wire was strung and tinkled, and a unique prelude to "Xu Diao" was sung, which sang the song "Xu Diao" of "Flower Street Synchronized Hand in Hand, Now Autumn Gu and Hong Yi", vividly depicting the inner activities of a romantic and chic shop Bo Hu and an amorous autumn girl. The actor's spirit awed all the attention of the audience and made them concentrate on the enjoyment of beauty. Once the book is finished, it seems that the audience doesn't want to stand up yet, so they have to ask early tomorrow. Xu Yunzhi's description of the foot color in San Xiao is not only the main characters such as Tang Yin and Chou-heung, but also the "two and a half roles" and "living Zhu Zhishan" for other embarrassing characters in the book, such as Zhu Zhishan, Hua Tong, and Xu Zijian. Xu Zijian occupies very little space in "San Xiao", and an impartial audience also admits that he is "half a role".

Xu Yunzhi started from Xu Zijian, who was neither a common local ruffian nor a facebook hooligan, but a literary ruffian. I saw the folding fan in his hand, which was half-open, suddenly folded up and showed three fingers, and turned up the cuffs on both sides respectively, with great effort and little movement. He did not lose his breath, and his thumb tilted, and his upper eyelid drooped downward, followed by an upward turn. After such a loose and tight lifting, his double eyelids immediately became a pair of triangular eyes and a squint at the same time. This is what the artist said by sketching and grasping the characteristics of the characters, which left a deep impression on people. All kinds of roles played by Xu Yunzhi are vivid, even if they are just small roles like the little girl around the big empress-the little water chestnut. Dwarf and fat, like a water chestnut, his mouth is a bit awkward, his nose is dragged down, and he wipes it with the back of his hand and wipes it on his body; I turned around and forgot all the lies I taught her, and when I asked, all the clues were revealed ... When Xu Yunzhi, who was over 6 years old, played the role of this naive little girl, the audience was amazed. What's more, he carefully designed a role like Zhu Zhishan.

"San Xiao" is a happy book full of gimmicks, and no one will die. The pingtan circle calls it a long-legged joke, and it has the reputation of "Xiao Wang" in the pingtan bibliography! For more than 2 years, after painstaking efforts and repeated processing by artists of past dynasties, Xie Shaoquan, the most famous actor in San Xiao, was praised as the number one scholar in literature at that time, and Xu Yunzhi was comparable to Xie Shaoquan in the performance of San Xiao. Xu Yunzhi is fond of the art of pingtan, and he learned from Xia Lian's skill. After careful study and careful tempering, he has a well-thought-out plan and a good understanding. In Xu Yunzhi's nearly 6 years' book career, he was all smiles, and he often laughed and talked about his family, which made the audience feel like a sunny spring breeze. Emotions blend on and off the stage, making the audience laugh and enjoying the art. Xu Lao's "baby face", with his eyes on three sides and a smiling face, increases the musicality of the language. The audience had a feeling of intimacy with him, and using this slow, relaxed, fresh and to the point, clear and clear and unique way to say "San Xiao" created a unique artistic style that surpassed the predecessors and was different from contemporary storytellers. Exactly: "Talking about the light yellow and soft body, the falling flowers are far away and fragrant. Why should it be light blue and deep red? It is a first-class flower. "

The three most outstanding characters created by Xu Lao are: Zhu Zhishan, Da Cuo and Xiao Cuo.

Xu Lao treats the role of Zhu Zhishan as "people don't have to have their own things, and things don't have to be beautiful." He believes that the role of Zhu Zhishan in the book San Xiao is not a foil figure who talks big and makes jokes, but an important figure who often solves contradictions at critical moments; Zhu Zhishan's character is not a "snake in the hole" who is tricky and narrow-minded, but a resourceful, insightful and helpful person. In the evil old society, he was bullied and couldn't appeal, so he created Zhu Zhishan, a hero who punished evil and helped the poor. Its most important and unique creation is to change Xie Pai's sharp mouth shape into a thin mouth shape with his lower lip stuck under his upper lip, which shows Zhu Zhishan's eloquence, and then change the hum sound into a short melody with musical melody, which is far more beautiful than the simple hum "ah" and "um". In the task modeling, he designed his own figure to walk in place, swing his hands, shoulder and chest (lower limbs don't move) to despise the powerful squire, and sometimes his right hand stroked his beard and his left hand was heart. Sometimes the right hand gently shakes the paper fan, the left hand twists the beard, and the expression is leisurely and leisurely to show calmness and prudence; While holding the beard with both hands and swinging on the upper hand and taking a quick road show anxiety; Xu Lao has preserved the comical ladder, uninhibited, life-like love of money handed down by his ancestors, and also highlighted the performances of hating evil and protecting good, calm, brave, humorous and easy-going. Eliminate the description of rogue, sharp, obscene, money-loving and lust-loving. Increase the anticipation, carefully observe the changes of things to formulate the strategy in mind. The appearance in all these statements reflects the celebrity demeanor of this role. Therefore, the audience said that Xu Yunzhi's Zhu Zhishan was "big school", "both funny and bookish" and "lively". Xu Yunzhi loved the role of Zhu Zhishan, and he used Zhu Zhishan's humorous and untrue language to attack the injustice in the world. In his life, Xu Yunzhi suffered from bullies and hooligans in the old society. Therefore, he voiced his grievances through Zhu Zhishan's mouth, which was reflected in the book "Make a scene". In the early 196s, he used this book to participate in the first Suzhou Pingtan school performance in Jiangsu Province. This image of "living Zhu Zhishan" was made into a documentary film by Jiangsu Film Studio, which was under construction at that time. "Living Zhu Zhishan" appeared on the screen, setting another precedent in the history of pingtan.

Xu Lao's performance of the role of the eldest son of Huaxiangfu, not to mention the aspect of eliminating the dross, changed the traditional "song" and "ho" (stress, pronounced with Dantian strength) into a light and elegant "ho", and assisted the performance with dance movements with both hands. Xu Lao's gaffes and gaffes often have naughty clown beauty. Xu Yunzhi's rambling is naughty and flashy, beauty is seen in ugliness, and playing "song" does not hurt his voice. Seo's rambling is really unique among the peers of San Xiao. The color of China's big feet he created is different in shape and movement, and there are also silly ideas and language. It can be said that the clown is not ugly, but ugly and pleasing, so it is recognized as one of the "two and a half feet colors".

Although the space occupied by Qin's rough maid is not much, it is a scene in which Tang Yin chases into the room after the "Mei Ting Meeting", and Chunxiang instigates Xiao Dun to testify for Tang. When Xu Lao performs Xiao Dun, he takes a short step like Wu Dalang and smiles a lot. Even though Xiao Dun made an occasional appearance in a long space, Xu Lao never let go of this fleeting fragment, which shows Xu Lao's seriousness and hard work in performance!

Xu Yunzhi, who is over 6 years old, can still impress the audience with his foot colors such as Tang Yin, Xiaochue and Huada, which is related to his childlike innocence and his childlike character.

In terms of ventriloquism, four dogs, black and white, flowers and yellow, grab the meat-eating rice in different dog styles, and then they are used in Lotus Lantern, where the three goddesses hold the magic lamp, and the light subdues the roaring dog, who barks with great pain. Another example is the crowing of middle school chickens in the "small kitchen", which can cause the audience to applaud like a rainstorm. Xu Lao's ventriloquism is not inferior to that of Sun Tai, a contemporary ventriloquist.