Speaking of Li Youbin, people who don't know about it may think of first"Li Youbin" who starred in "Li Yunlong".But we're talking about someone else today. Mr. Li Youbin is a national first-class director, a famous Peking Opera performance artist, and a famous martial arts performance artist
ButHowever, at half past six in the evening of the 16th, Mr. Li Youbin died at the age of 86 due to ineffective medical treatment。The farewell ceremony of his body was at 8 a.m. on the 24th in the Changsi Hall of No. 2 Fuzhou Funeral Home, let's learn about the life of this old gentleman.
Mr. Li Youbin's honors are a long listWinner of the "Lifetime Achievement Award" of the Chinese Opera Performance SocietyHe won the "Outstanding Contribution Award" of Fujian Peking Opera Company, a member of the Chinese Opera Directors Association, and a member of the Chinese Opera Artists AssociationHe is a visiting professor at the Shanghai Academy of Drama and a graduate tutor at the China Academy of Drama.
has so many honorary titles, and he is still a big man at the professor level. He has also been a very powerful person since he was a child, Li Youbin was born in Beijing in 1938His father, Li Shengbin, is a famous Chinese Peking Opera martial artist。His father's performance is particularly exquisite, and the drama road is wide. Both father and son are very good at martial arts, but as a father, he is better than his son.
During his time in the department, he caused a sensation in Kyoto Castle with many plays such as "Flower Butterfly" and "Three Heroes and Five Righteousness".Won the "Living Son".。After leaving the department, with the help of Li Hongchun, he formed the troupe "Zhengchun Society", which was still during the Anti-Japanese War.
At that time, the troupe often did not have enough to eat, and it was only after singing for a day that they could barely maintain food and clothing. Not to mention the attendance, there are more than 200 people in good times, and only a few people in bad times.
Thanks to the wonderful performances of the actors, the troupe is also gradually making a name for itself, among themLi Shengbin's monkey show is even more unique.
Li Shengbin, Li Shaochun, and Li Wanchun are even called by Beijingers"Beijing Sanli"., and later with Gao Shenglin and Yang Shengchun, he was called by the audience in the "Sheng" character family of Fulian Chengshe"Three Heroes of Martial Arts".。In the sonLi Youbin has been teaching him to learn drama since he was a child, and he appeared on stage when he was 12 years old.
Li Youbin was also very competitive, in June 1949He followed his father to participate in the Peking Opera Troupe of the Third Field Army of the People's Liberation Army as a soldier actor, can be said to be famous at a young age, not losing his father Li Shengbin at all. After thatIn 53, he transferred to the Fujian Peking Opera Troupe as a martial arts actor.
He has starred in many dramas, such as "Pick a Pulley", "Earn Licheng", "One Arrow", "Qianyuan Mountain" and many other dramas. In 59 years, he worked as a teacher and actor at the Fujian Peking Opera Academy founded by his father.
In 65, he was seconded to the Shanghai Youth Kunqu Opera Troupe and the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage projects, Li Bingshu, the representative inheritor of Peking Opera, and Qi Shufang, a Peking Opera Danco-starred in the drama "The Great Wall of the South China Sea" and starred in the role of "Ou Yingcai".
Within a few years, Mr. Li Youbin began to expand and develop his own businessbegan to move towards the journey of actor and opera director, everHe has choreographed and directed "True and False Monkey King", "Little Wuyi", and "Flaming Mountain".and other dramas, which are deeply loved by the audience.
At the time of '82,The Fujian Peking Opera Company's "True and False Monkey King" was also filmed as a Peking Opera film by the Pearl River Film Studio。Among the three Peking Opera films filmed in the same year that reflected the monkey opera of the Monkey King, this drama was the last to be filmed in the studio, but it was the first to meet the audience.
not only took the lead, but also attracted the attention of many audiences because of its exquisite pictures and wonderful content and performances of powerful actors. The Peking Opera film has received a huge response at home and abroad, and the cost of overseas distribution alone is enough to recoup the cost
As an excellent opera film, this theater starred in the movie "The True and False Monkey King" alsoIt is often broadcast on the opera channel by CCTV, I believe that people who like opera can often see it on TV.
In the eighties of the last century,This opera is even more difficult to find in the capital。And the behind-the-scenes story of this drama, Mr. Li Youbin told reporters on November 19, 09.
Before the liberation, his father had rehearsed an excerpt called "Double Star Fight", which was very popular but not long, only 30 minutes. At the time of '79,His father helped his son and another screenwriter adapt "Double Star Fight" into a 160-minute Peking opera.
is the "True and False Monkey King" we saw before, this drama relies on the advantages of the plotIt has been performed more than 600 times across the country。At the end of the 80s, the play went to Beijing to be performed, and because it was so popular, there was a scene where tickets were hard to find.
At that time, there were three kinds of tickets that the people of old Beijing liked the most, one was the monkey ticket "True and False Monkey King", and the rest were ball tickets and dance tickets. among othersMonkey tickets are the most prominent, and often you can't grab a ticket
There is a clip in this drama that has become a small "unique activity" of that era, and there is a scene where the fake Monkey King wants to show his manaThe scene of blowing on the "customs clearance documents" and burning the "documents".
Many Peking Opera troupe actors feel very strange about this scene, how can they spontaneously combust the "paperwork" without using matches?The Shanghai Peking Opera Company even set up a research group to crack this "unique skill".
However, after more than a month, Mr. Li Youbin couldn't hold back the excitement and joy in his heart and took the initiative to solve this little mystery. It turned out that during the rehearsal of this play, a friend in Hong Kong gave Mr. a lighter.
In those days few people had ever seen a lighterMr. Li Youbin let the fake Monkey King secretly hide a lighter in his hand, while blowing, quietly press the lighter, and the "customs clearance paperwork" is "spontaneously combusted".
And Mr. Li Youbin also bought a lighter and gave it to his counterparts in Shanghai, which was not cheap at that time. A lighter on the "black market" costs 16 yuan, but the average worker's monthly salary is only 36 yuan.
From the above, it can be seen that Mr. Li is a person who is very willing to make selfless contributions. He is also very keen on cultural exchange, and has traveled to Japan three times to participate in cultural exchange activities。Every time I went, I shocked the Japanese audience again and again.
Mr. Li YoubinIn '95, he went to Japan with two famous works that he choreographed and directed, which was warmly welcomed by the audience. Four years later, he was invited by Mr. Tadahiko Tsuda and the China International Performance Company to perform in Japan again for the new director of Shandong Mountain Peking Opera Company's "Yang Gate Female General".
Three years after "The Female General of the Yang Gate", many dramas such as "Zhang Sijie Descending to Earth" and other dramas directed by him went to Japan for the third time, and people who like comedians in Japan are likedI love and have a high evaluation of the dramas adapted and directed by Mr. Li Youbin
Mr. Li Youbin also taught a number of students, like several martial arts actors of the third and fifth generations of Fujian Peking Opera Company, they were taught "Fa Zidu", "Wu Song Fights the Tiger", and "Baishuitan".
Mr. Li Youbin was also hired to teach in TaiwanHe was hired as the art director of the Peking Opera film "Havoc in Heaven".。is also the director of the youth version of "The True and False Monkey King".Entered the Fujian Provincial Famous Old Artist Salary Program, teaching the fifth-generation young actors Sun Fengkun and Li Xianke's dramas "Battle Jizhou" and "Jiepai Pass".
After Mr. Li Youbin retired, he continued his opera teaching work, which was his lifelong passion and hobby. Teach students "Wu Song Fights the Tiger".It was also awarded the "2000 Ministry of Culture".The second prize of the National Outstanding Young Actor Competition".
"White Water Beach".It won the "2005 CCTV Fifth National Young Actor TV Competition".Silver Award, it can be said that a famous teacher produces a high apprentice, and one generation is better than a generation.
Mr. Li Youbin's love for Peking Opera and his dedication to passing on the torch have made him walk in the forefront of Peking Opera art all his life。He is also a witness to his own theater and has contributed many works to its development.
He has been diligently committed to the inheritance and development of Peking Opera art all his lifeIt has made outstanding contributions to China's traditional excellent culture. Mr. Li Youbin not only dedicated himself to Peking Opera, but also taught many students, which can be said to be all over the world.
The death of Mr. Li Youbin is a regret for the art of Peking Opera and the inheritance of traditional Chinese culture。Here, we would like to express our deep condolences to this veteran artist!