The excerpt "Putting Rice" starring the famous old artist Qiao Xinxian pays equal attention to singing and doing, is affectionate and interesting, joys and sorrows, ups and downs, and is deeply appreciated by the audience. As a Susheng actor, Qiao Xinxian has his own talents: he looks handsome, and the jargon is called "good wind"; The voice is loud, and the audience praises it as "full of mouths". But he is not satisfied with this, and has always been down-to-earth and hardworking, so he has practiced a solid basic skills. The robe is flicked with sleeves, the step body frame, the tip of the mustache, the hat and wings, all of which are unruly and sophisticated, handy.
Zhu Chundeng, who he played, because of his appearance with the play, made an "appearance", and he tightly detained the audience. I saw that he was dressed in plain clothes and filial piety, his eyes were full of tears, his face was haggard, and his expression was sad, showing the character's emotional state of mind at this moment vividly in front of the audience. A "call head" of the crying mother, the voice is loud, affectionate and anxious, and poignant and moving.
From the husband and wife meeting occasionally, observing and checking each other, to crying and recognizing each other, he sometimes asked, sometimes peeped; Sometimes he moves his chair, sometimes he paces in thought. It is necessary to inquire into the truth, but also not to lose etiquette; It should have been revealed immediately, but it was inconvenient to recognize it rashly. Zhu Chundeng's mental state of being suspicious, anxious and angry, hateful and sad, showed a frustrating rhythm, clear layers, and swaying. The deputy master who was patrolling the wind beside Zhu Chundeng coldly waved a knife at his wife, he screamed and lost his voice, pounced to cover, and then trembled all over, his face turned pale, and he really felt like he was in suspense and drenched in cold sweat. This "episode" can be described as a "stroke of genius" for revealing the inner world of the characters, showing Zhu Chundeng's deep affection and loyalty to his wife Zhao Jintang.
Listening to his wife's blood and tears, Zhu Chundeng was furious, but when he saw him sitting on the chair, his arms stiff and trembling: filial piety knotted streamers, flicked his beard, and his water-sleeved green shirt was pouring like rain. After listening to the narration of the "shout", the emotions burst out, the tears flowed, and the intestines and livers were broken, which can be described as "a shout", showing the power of the traditional art form of "shouting" in the Qin dialect. The singing tone of [two inverted boards] to [slow boards] is aria and lyrical, hearty and heartfelt, and shocking. An elderly artist, singing and doing, is comprehensive, if he does not have many years of old skills and usual seriousness, I am afraid it will be difficult to be competent and happy. His play can be called a unique one from the "Cultural Revolution" to the end of the century.
Yang Wenying's "Essay on Watching the Drama: The Touching 'Putting Rice'"
Editor/Liu Jun