Yu Hongyuan

Yu Hongyuan

Yu Hongyuan, male, is a famous actor of Hubei Han Opera. Born in 1875, died in 1937 (another year is 1876-1938), also known as Jinbao, the word Danpu, ancestral home Xianning, Hubei, grew up in Shashi. He became a master of Han Opera in Hubei Province, and the audience respected him as "king of Han Opera" and "champion of Han Opera". In 1927, when he was performing, he had a stroke and left the stage. Before the fall of Wuhan, he returned to his hometown of Xianning with his wife, and the evening scenery was bleak.

Personal resume

Yu Hongyuan: Master of Han Opera and founder of Yu school.

Yu Hongyuan (1875-1938), formerly known as Jinbao, was born in Shashi District.

When he was young, he often went to the Yuju class to play with tickets, studied the art of chudiao (Han Opera), and was taught by Hu Shuangxi, a famous master of Jinghe school.

In 1900, he went to Hankou and became the partner of "Fuxing class" presided over by Yuan Yigou. The tea garden and spring wine hall are well known. He studied the singing skills of Ren Tianquan, a famous singer of the "Hanhe school". He combined the Jinghe school and the Hanhe school as the first class, and extensively absorbed the performing skills of other famous artists. Finally, he created the unique style of "Yu school" performing art of "deep strength, honest and beautiful", which was respected as the "leader of Han Opera" by the counterparts in the field of Han Opera.

In 1911, Wang Xiaonong, a famous Peking Opera veteran, went to Hankou to co perform with him in the Tianyi tea garden, and formed a close friend.

In 1923, Li Yuanhong was elected president of the people's Republic of China, and Yu Hongyuan led the way to Beijing to hold a public performance of relief. Yu plays Zhuge Liang in Qun Ying Hui. His singing is correct and his performance is vivid. Mei Lanfang, a famous Peking opera performing artist, praised him as "living Kong Ming". "Times" record company

He made records such as Qiao Fu Qiu Ji, Xing Han Tu and Li Ling Bei.

In 1926, Yu Hongyuan was elected president of the Han Opera Association. He did not accept the apprentice's instruction in his life, but the "Yu school" performance art has far-reaching influence, and is still regarded as the authentic old man of Han Opera.

Working experience

He once worshipped Hu Shuangxi as a teacher, and took the advantages of Ren Tianquan and other famous masters, and he was well versed and unique. At the end of the reign of Emperor Guangxu, he was famous in Shashi area of Jingzhou, and later in Hankou, enjoying 40 years of high reputation. In the early years of the Republic of China, Peking Opera and Han Opera once joined the same class. He and Wang Xiaonong performed on the same stage and complemented each other.

He has a broad, round and bright voice. His artistic style is simple and simple. He is good at dressing and acting. He is good at performing plays such as the picture of Xing Han Dynasty, Qiao Fu Qiu Ji, Liu Bu Shen, Li Ling Bei, Zhuangyuan Pu, Qunying Hui, Si Jinshi, and steal Zong Juan.

His father runs a restaurant in Shashi and his family is wealthy. Hong Yuan became addicted to Han Opera and often went to Ju class to play with tickets. When his father died at the age of 17, his family was withered, so he went to sea as a "ticket friend" and made a living as a performer in the grass terrace class of the river and lake. One year later, he joined the Han Opera Troupe, and became masters of famous actors Hu Shuangxi and he si. Guangxu 26 years (1900) to Hankou, Yuan Xingou as the manager of the dafuxing class, performed in the Chaojia guild hall, talent began to show, for all walks of life the first appreciation of the gang, but consciously can play not much, back to the countryside to build "grass platform", in Jingzhou area performance.

After years of training, he returned to Hankou and performed in Tianyi tea garden, with a growing reputation. At that time, Peking Opera actors such as Wang Xiaonong, LV Yueqiao, Shen Yuelai and qidengdeng came to Han. Wuhan audiences were still unfamiliar with Peking Opera, so Yu Hongyuan, Wang Tianzhong, Li Caiyun, Sai Huangpi and Chen Wangxi took the same stage with them, setting a precedent for the co performance of Peking Opera and Han Opera. During this period, Wang Xiaonong and Yu Hongyuan became close friends in art. Wang is quite accomplished in literature and phonology, and Yu has benefited a lot in this respect; Wang learns from Yu's experience in blending tune and Huguang phonology. In addition, according to Wang's way, Yu reformed the traditional performance of Zhang Song's painting, and changed Zhang Song's face to a handsome one.

Achievements and honors

In 1920, he and Fu Xinyi established the Han Opera Association and was elected president.

In 1921, Hubei was hit by a flood. I bought 20 stone rice and shipped it to Xianning to provide relief to Xiangzi. In the same year, at the call of Li Yuanhong, the branch of Chinese opera performed in Beijing. Yu played Liu Bei in the picture of rejuvenating the Han Dynasty and Zhuge Liang in Qunying Hui, which became his unique skill and was very popular with the audience in Beijing. Li Yuanhong wrote a gold plaque of "urgent justice and good righteousness" to show the deeds of the Han Opera Association, and presented a gold plaque of "generous Elegy" to praise Yu Hongyuan.

In 1929, Yu, together with peony flower, great monk and Wu Tianbao, formed a Fuxing troupe to perform on the first stage of Dangui in Shanghai. Yu performed "Xing Han Tu", "Si Jin Shi" and "fire fighting after losing printing", which made a sensation in Shanghai. Zhou Xinfang, a famous Peking Opera actor, was deeply admired by the two parts of "Stealing Books" and "court" in "Si Jin Shi", and learned from him the performance of "Si Jin Shi".

I have a broad, clear and mellow voice. I have profound artistic attainments in singing and reciting. I can integrate singing and reciting, making people feel that singing seems to say, reciting is almost singing. He has accurate pronunciation, strong sense of rhythm and strong charm. He is good at expressing the feelings of the characters according to the requirements of different characters in each play. His plays such as Qiao Fu Qiu Ji, Xing Han Tu, Li Ling Bei, Qi Xing Deng, Da nephew Shang Fen, FA Chang Huan Zi, Wen Gong Zou Xue, Si Jin Shi, Lei Zong Juan, long Zhou Hui and Liu Bu Shen are well-known. Especially in Qiao Fu Qiu Ji, the three towns in Wuhan are competing to learn to sing. Even Peking Opera actors who come to Han Dynasty to perform pick up gold have to imitate some of its singing.

For example, the original words in the stele of Li Ling are: "the soldiers can't arrive, the son can't return, it's like an arrow penetrating the heart". He changed them to: "the soldiers can't arrive, the son can't return, it's like a wolf's tooth arrow, it's only in my heart". By using artistic techniques such as adding words and cutting off tunes, it forms a sentence with a tune, a word with a flavor, a melody with a break, and a break Youlian is sentimental, just like the old people in daily life, with ups and downs, euphemistic and touching. Yupai's singing became the best in the heyday of Han Opera, which enriched and enriched the art of Han Opera. The times record company once produced for him "Qiao Fu Qiu Ji", "Xing Han Tu", "Li Ling Bei" and other drama records.

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