Why does crosstalk artist Degang Guo say that he is a grave keeper?

On the occasion of the 0/3rd anniversary of his death/KLOC-,a commemorative message was sent.

He wrote: "the sand bird flies to the river bank, and the lonely goose falls in the sunset." Frost-dyed Banqiao has always hated, lonely and lonely. "

In the attached picture, Degang Guo only left his back, and his words and deeds are self-evident.

So, is Degang Guo an "old-school artist"?

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Degang Guo was born in Tianjin from 65438 to 0973. At the age of seven, he studied storytelling with Tianjin storytelling artist Gao Xiangkai.

Two years later, he formally studied cross talk, then studied Xihe drum from blind artists, and studied cross talk from Ma disciple Chang Baofeng and others.

Obviously, Degang Guo was immersed in traditional folk art and "grew up under the influence of the rules of traditional artists", which became the basis of his future fame.

1995, Degang Guo went to Beijing for the third time, "doing odd jobs for cultural companies, writing for film and television companies, singing in the countryside with the troupe, telling stories in Beijing teahouses and talking cross talk."

It is said that it is "making a living" and part of it is raised. In Degang Guo's own words, "the purpose at that time was to make a living".

After ten years of hard work, Degang Guo never gave up cross talk. Instead, he founded Deyun Society, cooperated with famous crosstalk artists, partnered with Yu Qian, worshipped Hou Wei, a crosstalk master, improved his skills, and worked steadily.

June, 5438+October, 2004 10, Kang Dapeng, the host of the crosstalk show Happy Teahouse of Beijing Literature and Art Radio Station, went to Deyun Society to watch Degang Guo's performance for the first time, and soon decided to invite him to the show.

A listener recalled to the media: "I have never met a young crosstalk performer who can speak traditional crosstalk so well and has his own innovation."

Degang Guo has become very popular. Around 2006, his jokes spread all over the Internet, and the TV station also launched a special Degang Guo crosstalk program. Although he was 33 years old at that time, the media still called him "Tianjin Kid".

The reason why "Tianjin" is highlighted is because there is a difference between "Beijing School" and "Tianjin School" in cross talk.

Xue, a critic of Quyi, believes that "the former pursues fashion and the latter loves tradition; The former likes innovation, while the latter pursues the original flavor of cross talk; The former takes the initiative to move closer to the mainstream consciousness, while the latter is keen on vulgar secular spirit and pays more attention to the civilian consciousness of traditional cross talk. "

In Xue's view, "his skill lies in his ability to break through the tradition, make the past serve the present, and make the old section new." "The paragraph is' live' and Degang Guo is' fire'!"

Degang Guo said: "As a traditional artist, I would certainly like you to learn something from my program."

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It's not just crosstalk. It's based on tradition. In life, Degang Guo also pays attention to tradition.

Deyun Society was originally named "Wendeyun Society", hoping to put its "text" before itself. Mr. Zhang Lao refused: "The name is too redundant, so get rid of' Wen'!"

Later and after his death, the performance of Deyun Society will put the portraits of two predecessors in the background and bow down with his disciples. At the same time, he arranged for his relatives to run their own restaurants and "brought Hou Zhen, Hou's eldest grandson".

For apprentices, Degang Guo particularly emphasized filial piety to elders.

In the past, the media wrote a report saying that Yun-peng Yue had undoubtedly made disrespectful remarks to a teacher. It doesn't hurt to talk privately or persuade him, but Yun-peng Yue's wife slapped him at once. The next day, Yun-peng Yue went to Degang Guo's house and "voluntarily admitted his mistake".

On the level of personal life, Degang Guo also has his own principles.

For example, he didn't see guests before noon, because traditional artists had to eat supper after the performance the night before, and it was already midnight when they went to bed. Diet, do not like to eat big fish and big meat, like to eat "civilian rice" such as cucumber patting and river noodles. At dinner, Deyun Society also pays attention to "seniority". Degang Guo is sitting on the throne and Yu Qian is sitting beside him, so the disciples can't move chopsticks first.

These details deeply touched Zheng Liu, a producer who worked with Degang Guo.

Zheng Liu said, "Degang Guo is an old-school artist. If you cooperate with him, you have to abide by some old rules of Quyi. "

In the eyes of the public, Degang Guo calls himself an "unknown actor", which is funny and sharp. Little did he know that his "background color" was these old traditions and rules.

The more the old and the new agitate each other, the more prominent Degang Guo's personality becomes. Understandably, he attracted more people's attention and even became popular.

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The popularity of Degang Guo is also related to the rise of the Internet.

In an interview with the media, Degang Guo admitted: "I also benefited from the Internet. In the early years, many crosstalk groups entered their doors and searched them. Audio or video recording is not allowed. At that time, I felt that cross talk was dying, and you could not be conservative. "

"So we use the Internet to spread cross talk. As soon as a stand-up comedy "Biography of Jigong" was launched, the number of hits exceeded 100 million. This is a popular IP. "

In other words, Degang Guo's popularity includes not only persistence and innovation in content, but also "assistance" in the form of communication.

These factors make it different from his master Hou and other colleagues, but a unique existence. Especially, because of the Internet, Degang Guo has become the most expensive crosstalk performer in China.

If nothing else, take the crosstalk show held on Christmas Eve since 2006. The price of a table of 80,000 yuan "created a ticket price record for China crosstalk". Surprisingly, the first three rows of seats were snapped up 20 seconds after the invoice was issued.

The following year, to be precise, in March 2007, Degang Guo acquired Tianqiao Music Theater. According to the media, "Deyun Society became the first private crosstalk group in China with its own theater".

Since then, the traditional troupe has been registered as a cultural performance company, and Deyun Society has been built in the mode of a modern enterprise.

Degang Guo concluded: "The current model of Deyun Society is that in the early stage, there was money and connections, and traditional apprentices taught art; In the later period, it was Liu Laogen, according to the formal contract rules. "