Du Jinfang and Ye Shenglan
Du Jinfang and his disciple Ding Xiaojun Photo/ Reporter Wang Xiaoxi
Du Jinfang, a famous Peking Opera performing artist of the National Peking Opera And a national non-hereditary person, who laid the artistic style with "Li Yuan Ye Du" (referring to the four famous artists of the National Peking Opera Theatre: Li Shaochun, Yuan Shihai, Ye Shenglan and Du Jinfang), died in Beijing at 22:26 on April 17 at the age of 89.
Beijing Youth Daily reporter learned from the National Peking Theatre that in response to the epidemic prevention requirements, mr. Du Jinfang will not set up a spiritual hall after his death, and the farewell ceremony for the remains will be held at 9 o'clock on April 23 (Friday) in the auditorium of the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery.
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Dressed up as a handsome teacher Chengwang Yaoqing and Mei Lanfang
Since childhood, Du Jinfang has studied under Wang Yaoqing, an artist and education master known as the "Master of the Liyuan Tongtian Sect", and later worshiped Master Mei Lanfang as a teacher, deeply understanding the essence of Wang and Mei's art, and on the basis of inheritance, he has studied various genres and formed his own unique artistic style. Bai Yansheng, a famous opera host, called Du Jinfang an "epoch-making big green coat", she sold herself to learn art since she was a child, she was devastated, and she hated the old society, so she invested great enthusiasm in the creation of a new life.
As a disciple of Master Mei Lanfang, his appearance is exactly like Mei Lanfang, his appearance is handsome, the typhoon is luxurious, his voice is wide, the timbre is beautiful, and his singing voice is stretched. She is good at controlling breath, volume and rhythm, and uses the technique of combining true and false sounds.
Also acting in "The Legend of the White Snake", Li Shengsu said that Teacher Du's appearance is called beautiful. And Du Jinfang's disciples Ding Xiaojun, Dou Xiaoxuan, Fu Jia and others are also recognized as handsome in appearance.
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Witness the golden age of Peking Opera after the founding of New China
If the era of "Li Yuan Ye Du" is the golden age of Chinese Peking Opera after the founding of New China, then Du Jinfang is the youngest witness of them. She has pioneered and performed more than 20 new plays: she can sing "The Legend of the White Snake" and also act in "White Haired Girl"; her performances in the 1950s and 1960s such as "Xie Yaohuan", "Wild Boar Forest", "Peach Blossom Fan", "West Chamber", etc., are all long-lasting plays performed on the Peking Opera stage; in modern Peking Opera, she also has "White Haired Girl" and "Red Detachment of Women" and other representative works.
Since 1951, Du Jinfang has worked in the Experimental Peking Opera Troupe of the Chinese Opera Research Institute of the Ministry of Culture, cooperating with Li Shaochun, Ye Shenglan and others, and has visited and performed with the troupe many times. She and Ye Shenglan cooperated a lot in the 1950s, especially "The Legend of the White Snake" and "Liu YinJi", which were the most popular. In addition, her "Wild Boar Forest" with Li Shaochun and Yuan Shihai has become a generation of classics.
At that time, Japan's Matsuyama Ballet's "White Haired Girl" triggered her inspiration to create the Peking Opera "White Haired Girl". In the interview feature film "Old Artists Talk about Drama and Art" implemented by the China Peking Opera Art Foundation. She mentioned, "At that time, we had such a consensus, to play Xi'er well, we could not use the traditional Peking Opera drama to show the footsteps and figures of classical female characters, nor could we copy the original ecology of the characters in life into the Peking Opera performance." It is necessary to artistically refine the actions of characters in real life and rise to the level of artistic expression. In xi'er's shaping, she made full use of the stylized means of Peking opera that she mastered, and handled the rhythm and singing voice according to the psychological logic of the characters with life, feelings and a sense of the times.
Discipleship
Gratitude, gratitude, gratitude
After leaving the stage in her later years, the eighty-year-old Du Jinfang accepted apprentices many times, and she also mentioned many times in her first class for her disciples that her two mentors, Wang Yaoqing and Mei Lanfang, taught her first class in the I Ching. "They all said that studying the I Ching was to help me, and that I would be able to analyze and think on both sides of things in the future, which could not only be used in art, but also applied to people."
In her view, she was honored as an artist from a play to enter the theater, and has created dozens of newly created plays for more than 60 years, "Over the years, I have been grateful, grateful, and grateful, and I have to accept and pass on the art of a 'post-80s'." Today, her disciples Ding Xiaojun and Dou Xiaoxuan have become the young leaders of today's Peking Opera stage.
Even in her eighties, Du Jinfang will clean herself up meticulously every time she attends an event, but in life, her home furnishings are extremely simple, and her diet is even simpler. She once said, "I can't waste my time eating and dressing, I have to make room to teach students drama." ”
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All his life he will only sing
In her old age, Du Jinfang still insisted on reading books and reading video materials, and every time she attended an event, her speech always had a story and details, and every move, smile and smile seemed to be in the play. Due to her advanced age, although Du Jinfang does not go out to watch dramas, she knows the current situation of Peking Opera very well, the changes in the stage, the current situation of talents, she is anxious and relieved, and often speaks bluntly.
Du Jinfang is one of the few actresses in today's Peking Opera circle known as "Mr." Some people say that her artistic life is the epitome of contemporary Chinese Peking Opera. In the interview feature "Old Artists Talk About Drama and Art", she said that she "drilled into the play all day long" and would only sing opera all her life.
Nowadays, with the death of Du Jinfang, the era of "Li Yuan Ye Du" is gone, but the most beautiful "Lin Niangzi"'s poignant singing section is still lingering, telling the unique Fanghua of the golden age of Peking Opera.
Article/Reporter Guo Jia
Co-ordinator/Liu Jianghua