1. The lamp of life is extinguished, and the light of art is immortal!
What is sad is that at the quiet dawn on March 6, 1992, the Peking Opera art world lost an outstanding representative - the master Guan Sushuang, who enjoys the reputation of "Peking Opera Monster".
At the age of 64, she passed away suddenly, leaving behind the hustle and bustle of the world, although her departure brought a huge loss to the Peking Opera art world, but the painful life that tormented her with bruises is even more thought-provoking.
When we saw her dying, the faint regret and unwillingness revealed on her weather-beaten face deeply touched everyone's heartstrings. However, her determined and persistent gaze instantly dispelled these negative emotions, as if returning to the passionate years of her youth when she fought tirelessly to realize her dreams.
Yes, the road of art is full of hardships, but Guan Sushuang, with the glorious years of her life, perfectly interprets the endless power of artistic pursuit.
2. Break out of the cocoon into a butterfly in adversity, and spread its wings and soar in the dark night of fate!
Back in 1928, Guan Sushuang was born in an ordinary family in the ancient city of Jingzhou, Hubei Province. She was supposed to live an ordinary and comfortable life, but fate played a cruel joke when she was 6 years old.
A sudden upheaval forced the whole family to leave their homeland and flee to Wuhan in search of a way to survive.
When she was a teenager, Guan Sushuang was ruthlessly ostracized. At that time, she was learning skills from Du Jinfang, a famous master in the Peking Opera industry, but was repeatedly treated indifferently by her master. In the face of such a predicament, the girl's heart was once confused and helpless, but she never gave up her dream.
She worked hard silently and studied hard, and when she officially stepped into the field of opera, she was able to easily control a variety of roles such as Tsing Yi and Dao Ma Xiaosheng, showing amazing talent and versatile potential.
However, fate always seems to like to play tricks on people. Just as Guan Sushuang and her fiancé were preparing for their wedding, the sweetheart suddenly became seriously ill. For a young woman with artistic dreams, this was undoubtedly a fatal blow and left her devastated.
However, instead of escapism, she turned all her grief into motivation for her stage performance.
3. Artistic attainments are at their peak and jaw-dropping
Ms. Kwan Sushuang's life is full of ups and downs and tribulations, and fate seems to play tricks on her from time to time. However, this strong and courageous woman never stopped pursuing art.
She has always worked tirelessly to pursue the pinnacle of Peking Opera skills with unwavering willpower.
With outstanding talent and perseverance, Guan Sushuang has successfully created many classic roles, whether it is the martial arts who combine rigidity and softness, or the vigorous and heroic sword and horse Xiaosheng, they can be controlled with ease and ease.
Among her many dazzling masterpieces, the modern Peking Opera "Dai Nuo" is the most eye-catching. The play is adapted from the famous movie "Jingpo Girl", and the image of Dai Nuo created by Guan Sushuang in the play deeply touched the hearts of every audience.
It is particularly worth mentioning that in the treatment of the scene of "Long Knife Hitting the Stone", she skillfully integrated the slightly rough "Nanbangzi" singing voice with the sweet and lyrical Jingpo folk song melody, and the whole person seems to be in a melancholy and poignant emotional atmosphere, and at the same time shows a tenacious and unyielding spiritual outlook, which makes the audience fascinated and unable to extricate themselves.
In addition, she also left a deep impression on the traditional classic "Iron Bow Edge" starring her. According to Xie Lu, a veteran of the Yunnan Peking Opera Company, in the 80s of the last century, during the performance of the play in Beijing, whenever Guan Sushuang showed her singing voice and sang the "doll tune", the audience was impressed by her superb acting skills, and the applause was thunderous and praised.
With her delicate heel pinching skills and melodious tail processing, she gives vitality to the bland notes of a few notes, reaching a magical artistic realm, which can be called flawless.
In addition, Ms. Kwan is also actively involved in the field of innovation and creativity. She not only successfully portrayed many traditional classical characters such as Bai Suzhen and Mu Guiying, but also played modern revolutionary women such as Xiaoqing freely; She is not only proficient in the performance skills of Peking Opera, but also dares to challenge herself and try to interpret the image of women of ethnic minorities such as Yi and Bai.
These works showcase her all-round acting talent and unique personal style.
Fourth, the artistic journey, the dream of Yunnan
In the southwestern border of the motherland, Guan Sushuang's soul is deeply rooted here, which is a natural fact. After the vicissitudes of life, she served as the head of the Kunming Peking Opera Troupe and the director of the Yunnan Peking Opera Company, devoting all her efforts to the revival of Yunnan Peking Opera.
In the past, Mr. Li Shaochun, a master of Peking Opera art, had repeatedly and earnestly invited Mr. Guan to go north to work in the capital, but she repeatedly declined. She was full of reluctance to leave this land she loved.
It was not until the 1960s that the National Peking Opera Company prepared and created a large-scale repertoire "Red Detachment of Women", which attracted great attention from the Party Central Committee, and when she had no choice but to bid farewell to the haunting Yunnan and embark on a journey to the capital Beijing to participate in the rehearsal of this play.
When he first arrived in Beijing, Guan Sushuang was rejected and isolated by the main actors of the "Red Women's Army" crew. As a stranger, in the face of such a cold, how could she not feel endless helplessness and disappointment in her heart? .
In the end, she had to choose to quit the crew and return to her beloved Yunnan. However, this decision has attracted doubts and criticism from some people, which makes her feel very sad.
Since the reform and opening up, as an outstanding representative of the Chinese art world, Mr. Guan has visited and exchanged with the group many times. As early as 1956, she accompanied a Chinese art delegation to Bulgaria, Romania, the Federal Republic of Germany and other countries.
The following year, she participated in the 6th World Youth Festival in Moscow, where she won two gold medals for her performances in "Sizhou City" and "Da Jiaozan". Over the years, she has always been a shining star of Yunnan Peking Opera on the international stage.
Fifth, future generations cherish, art is a style
Guan Sushuang's daughter, who has been working silently at the Yunnan Nanjing Theater before retiring, is engaged in logistics work, and now she has entered the year of the sixtieth year, ushering in a new chapter in her life. Her son, on the other hand, is relatively young, 57 years old, and has been working in the cultural sector, in stark contrast to his mother's stage career.
Although Guan Sushuang's children did not fully inherit their mother's outstanding talent and talent as artists, they all perfectly inherited and carried forward their mother's noble moral character and perseverance.
In their ordinary lives, they express their incomparable pride and pride in their artistic careers in their own unique ways, and their endless nostalgia and respect for their mothers.
Whenever people talk about their dearest mothers, they always express their deepest respect and gratitude in their hearts. The daughter said affectionately: "My mother is the greatest pride in my life, and her unique artist temperament has deeply infected and influenced my ......", while the son remembers his mother from the perspective of his career: "My mother's lifelong pursuit of excellence is a powerful source of motivation for me to keep moving forward!" ”。
There is no doubt that although Ms. Guan Sushuang has been away from us for many years, her profound artistic feelings and noble personality have long been deeply engraved in the hearts of her children, and have become their incomparably precious spiritual treasures.
Looking back on Ms. Guan Sushuang's life journey, it is like a Peking Opera drama full of bizarre twists and turns. She has experienced turmoil and uprooted life since she was a child, as if she has always been tricked by fate.
When she was young, she was snubbed by her teacher, and she experienced two heavy blows in middle age, and her personal encounters were bumpy, however, she was never knocked down by fate, but wrote an amazing life legend with her perseverance and firm and persistent beliefs.
On the road of art, she has always been tireless in the pursuit of excellence, and has successfully created many classic images that are deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Her representative works "Deno" and "Iron Bow Edge" are cleverly integrated with local ethnic elements, fully demonstrating her extraordinary artistic attainments.
Ms. Guan Sushuang did her best to promote this ancient art of Peking Opera to the stage of the whole country and even the world with her life's work.
Time flies, time flies, and now a full 32 spring and autumn seasons have passed. The voice and smile of this great artist, known as the "Strange Masterpiece of Peking Opera", is difficult to find, but her artistic spirit and persistent pursuit of her career will be passed down forever, forever in the annals of history, and become an eternal memory for future generations.
She perfectly interprets the responsibility and responsibility of an artist with her life, and also demonstrates the endless charm and infinite power of the art road.