Cross talk is a traditional opera program, which originated from folk jokes and has evolved over the past hundred years.
In the last century, entertainment was relatively scarce.
People usually choose to listen to cross talk in teahouses, flyovers and Confucius Temples for entertainment.
One day in February 1983, the "Spring Festival Gala" entered thousands of households through TV, and the cross talk master Hou Baolin and his ** performed on stage, becoming the earliest language program on stage in the Spring Festival Gala.
The performance lasted a full 90 minutes and was warmly received by the audience.
However, with the rise of mobile phones, the Internet, and other entertainment projects such as sketches, cross talk has gradually gone downhill.
In order to make ends meet, many cross talk actors have no choice but to transform or change careers.
In the process of replacing the old and new actors, many cross talk actors quietly disappeared from the screen, until when they heard their news again, it was already the news of their death.
Among them, Niu Zhenhua (1955-2004) was 49 years old, that is, in 1995, because of drunk driving, he was in a car accident on the Baishiqiao section outside Xizhimen in Beijing and unfortunately died.
9 years later, in the same section of the road where there was only one stop away, another cross talk actor was also drunk driving, tragically rear-ended with a large truck, and died on the spot.
Niu Zhenhua, a national first-class actor, began to speak cross talk in 1978, and quickly emerged with his extraordinary talent, and entered the Quyi Troupe to work, worshiped Wanhua as a teacher, and created a lot of cross talk under the guidance of the master.
Rest assured to fly", "Mistake", "In front of the delivery room", "All the way", etc., there are two or three hundred performances every year, and they have won many awards in the National Cross Talk Competition, and the scenery is unlimited.
With the increase of fame, Niu Zhenhua began to slowly move from a small stage to a big screen in the 90s.
starred in film and television works such as "Stand Straight, Don't Lie Down", "Say Your Secret", "Ambush", "Back to Back, Face to Face" and other film and television works, and won the Best Actor Award in the main competition unit of the 7th Tokyo International Film Festival in 1994, and the Best Actor nomination at the 15th Chinese Film Golden Rooster Awards.
Many viewers know Niu Zhenhua through the characters in the movie.
Unfortunately, in the middle of the night on May 11, 2004, Niu Zhenhua's Daben crashed into a large truck, the body of which was seriously deformed, and by the time the medical staff arrived at the scene, Niu Zhenhua had died.
Coincidentally, on May 1, 2004, the traffic law had just clarified the definition of drunk driving, and the whole country was strictly investigating.
After the incident, because it was due to drunk driving, it was the party at fault, not only did not receive compensation but also compensated for the loss of the big truck, but also because it was a star, which had a certain impact on society, so after Niu Zhenhua's death, his wife publicly apologized for her husband's drunk driving.
The life of the rural queue gave Li Jianhua a lot of life experience, and when he was a worker, he created many cross talk works such as "Saying Erqi" and "A Day of a Worker".
Since then, Li Jianhua began to speak cross talk, has been working for more than 40 years, in the cross talk performance for a long time as a praiser, the style is humorous and simple, in 1986 won the first prize of the ** TV station national cross talk Grand Prix, the night of the award Li Jianhua worshiped Tang Jiezhong as a teacher, began to systematically learn Xi cross talk.
Li Jianhua has 3 fixed partners, in the early days of the Beijing Quyi Troupe and Liu Hongyi, after the two participated in CCTV's first national cross talk competition, Liu Hongyi won the second prize of comics, Li Jianhua won the first prize of praise, was described as a "dark horse", this is the highest moment of their artistic careers.
After the Grand Prix, with the halo of "First Prize" and the fame of the master, Li Jianhua entered the radio rap group to work, and became a partner with his senior brother Liu Quangang, and then cooperated for ten years, saying a lot of wonderful cross talk, "I Want to Have a Home", "Rap Huangmei Opera", "After the Brothers", "Participating in the Wedding", "Song Talk", "Spring Song" and so on.
In 1999, in order to make more money, Li Jianhua began to cooperate with Li Jindou, and the two have been partners for 24 years and have co-starred in many cross talks, such as "Red Lantern", "Polysemous Words", "New Night Travel", "Shooting Advertisements" and so on.
In addition to cross talk, Li Jianhua also participated in the filming of many film and television dramas, including "Sister Idler" and "Underground Transportation Station", which left a deep impression on the audience.
After the age of 50, Li Jianhua's blood sugar was high, and he was busy with work and neglected his body, which led to diabetes, which caused many complications as he aged.
After turning 60 in 2016, his body became weaker and weaker, often dizzy, fatigued, and his heart also felt uncomfortable.
Yang Zhigang (1939-2022) was a famous crosstalk artist in Tianjin at the age of 83.
He began to learn Xi cross talk at the age of 13, and worshiped Bai Quanfu as his teacher at the age of 16, with solid basic skills, serving on the cross talk stage for nearly 70 years, and creating more than 50 excellent cross talk jokes.
From the initial master and apprentice to the final court, the two of them made a fuss.
One day in 1987, Guo Degang, who was interested in quyi at a young age, with the help of his police father, worshipped Yang Zhigang of the Cultural Center as his teacher.
This also became a disagreement over whether the two had a real master-apprentice relationship.
After apprenticeship, Guo Degang began to learn art with Yang Zhigang, and worked in the cultural center, responsible for the daily account work of the cultural center, and all the expenses were sorted out by Guo Degang and then asked Yang Zhigang to sign for reimbursement.
During the management of the accounts, Guo Degang took advantage of the convenience at his disposal to add some additional costs.
Later, Guo Degang "satirized" this past in his cross talk jokes, but after it was discovered, Yang Zhigang reported to the official.
Later, under the mediation of his father and the leaders of the Cultural Center, Guo Degang returned the excess fees, which led to the beginning of the conflict between Guo Degang and Yang Zhigang.
Around 1994, Guo Degang was expelled from the cultural center and went to Beijing to develop alone.
In order to be accepted by the cross talk world, he declared himself to be Yang Zhigang's apprentice and Bai Quanfu's apprentice.
In 2004, Guo Degang officially worshipped Hou Yaowen as his teacher, which became the dividing line between Yang Zhigang and Guo Degang.
However, in 2006, the conflict between the two erupted.
Yang Zhigang revealed the truth that Guo Degang was expelled during his time in the cultural center, and also disclosed the news that Guo Degang had been married and had a son, which caused an uproar among many **.
Although Guo Degang did not name him, the ** he happened to worship at that time was Yang Zhigang.
In the end, Yang Zhigang lost the lawsuit, which led to a cold relationship between him and Guo Degang, and the relationship between master and apprentice was gone.
They accuse each other of harming the mentor-apprentice relationship for fame and fortune, and their relationship is interrupted.
In Guo Degang's autobiography "Just Happened", he described Yang Zhigang's words and deeds back then: "He bullied others and provoked disputes;Pressing me step by step, framing me everywhere;There is no gentleman's talent, and he lacks the mind of a big man;He was greedy in the face of me, and he had evil intentions towards me behind his back. ”
These descriptions show Guo Degang's strong resentment.
In December 2022, Yang Zhigang passed away at the age of 83.
Yan Yueming (1945-2023) is a 78-year-old native of Hebei Province, born into a family of performing artists, whose father is Yan Yuchun, a famous Hexi drum artist.
Influenced by his father, Yan Yueming became interested in quyi since he was a child.
In the 70s, he and Wang Gang began to collaborate on cross talk.
Since the 90s, Yan Yueming began to work at CCTV, appearing in the Spring Festival Gala and programs such as "Variety Show" and "Gathering Together", showing his talent.
Programs such as "On Praise", "Laughing Star Persuasion", "Off topic", "New Year Music", "Good and Good", "Boiling Water to Feed Fish", "Quick Laughter Clinic" and other programs are deeply loved by the audience.
He is good at group comedy and is known as the "king of group talk", with peculiar ideas and a style close to "nonsensical", which is unique.
After the millennium, Yan Yueming's retirement, coupled with the sluggish market for traditional cross talk actors, Yan Yueming focused on his amateur hobbies of writing and painting.
In 2007, after the cross talk industry re-inherited the problem, Yan Yueming, who had never been apprenticed, officially asked the late cross talk performance artist Gao Yingpei to be a teacher.
Xiaolin (1956-2015) was a national first-class actor who studied under Ma Ji and was the same brother as Feng Gong.
He is talented and has won honors such as the Hou Baolin Golden Image Award, the second prize of the National Cross Talk Competition, and the second prize of the National Quyi Performance.
Since 1980, Xiaolin has cooperated with Li Guosheng, who is 17 years older than him, and the two have performed many classic cross talk jokes such as "Strange Voice Solo", "Marriage Variations", "Let's Try It", "Pair of Songs", "Recruitment", "Learning to Broadcast" and other classic cross talk jokes, more than 100 paragraphs, and won many important awards in the cross talk industry.
After 2000, due to Li Guosheng's poor health over 60 years old and gradually withdrawing from the cross talk stage, Xiaolin began to look for a new partner, but it has not been smooth.
Coupled with the recession of the cross talk industry, Xiaolin began to focus on hosting and recording variety shows, as well as commercial performances and endorsement activities.
Xiaolin once presided over an event of elderly health care products, and with his appeal, the sales of this elderly health care product were booming and had a great impact.
However, soon after, this product was reported as a typical case by CCTV's "Economic Half Hour" program because of its quality problems, and Xiaolin was also implicated.
After that, Xiaolin came forward to explain that he had not endorsed the merchant's products in any form, nor had he received a penny of remuneration.
He once complained to his old friend Li Guosheng: "I'm so unlucky, how could I encounter such a thing." ”
After that, Xiaolin learned a lesson, cherished his feathers even more, rarely appeared on such occasions, worked hard to develop his career, and made great achievements in the business field, and the business became bigger and bigger.
Unfortunately, in 2015, Xiaolin suddenly fell ill and was sent to the hospital for examination and learned that it was advanced leukemia.
Wang Ping (1962-2013) 51-year-old national first-class actor, born in Liaoning, when he was a child, he became interested in cross talk after hearing Hou Baolin's cross talk "Night Travel", and then worshipped the famous cross talk artist Li Boxiang as his teacher and became his protégé.
In 1992, Wang Ping was invited to participate in the performance of the Spring Festival Gala, and cooperated with Li Jianhua and Yan Yueming in the three-person cross talk "On Praise".
After finishing talking about the New Year's bell, he won the second prize of the "audience's favorite Spring Festival Gala program" with this program.
With the influence of the Spring Festival Gala, Wang Ping quickly became a well-known cross talk actor.
In this upsurge, Wang Ping came to Beijing alone to develop, acting in cross talk, performing sketches, serving as a host, and his career is booming.
In the Spring Festival Gala of 2008, Wang Ping collaborated with Cai Ming and Guo Da in the sketch "Dream Home", revealing the hardships of buyers.
Among them, Cai Ming's line "Why is this" became the top three buzzwords in 2008, and Wang Ping was also well-known to more audiences.
In addition to cross talk and sketches, Wang Ping has also participated in many movies and TV series, such as "A Family in the Northeast", "Diamond Giant", "How to Be Good", "Speak Well" and "Ma Dashuai 2".
At the funeral, Jiang Kun, Cai Ming, Li Jindou and many other friends in the entertainment industry, as well as hundreds of fans, spontaneously came to bid him farewell.
Xie Tianshun (1946-2018) was born in Tianjin, worshiped Guo Rongqi as his teacher, and is a sixth-generation "Bao" generation cross talk actor, good at playing roles, and became famous in the 80s.
His hilarious style is not stage frightening, just right, and often amuses the audience in unexpected ways.
In 1987, when the Quyi Troupe evaluated the title, Ma Zhiming was one level higher than Xie Tianshun, which led to a disagreement between the two and then broke up.
Since then, Ma Tianming has been living by selling houses, and he can't talk about cross talk anymore, while Xie Tianshun has played roles for Chang Baofeng, Liu Junjie and Liu Xiyu, but his reputation is not as good as before.
In the context of the recession in the cross talk industry, Xie Tianshun joined Deyun Club in 2007 after retirement, and continued to perform cross talk with Guo Degang, Gao Feng and others.
His son Xie Jin became a cross talk actor in Deyun Club under his training.
In October 2018, Xie Tianshun died of a heart attack at the age of 73.
Chang Guitian (1942-2018) is a 76-year-old national first-class actor, the eldest grandson of cross talk master Chang Lian'an, worshipping Zhao Peiru as his teacher, enlisted in the army in 1958, and was promoted to major general in 2012, becoming the first general in the cross talk industry, and enjoying deputy military treatment.
Several of his uncles Chang Baolin, Chang Baoting and Chang Baohua are celebrities in the cross talk industry.
Since 1954, Chang Baohua has been performing cross talk on stage, and he often performs with his uncle Chang Guitian, including "Hat Factory", "I Wish You Success", "Power Research" and "The Sound of the Trumpet".
On November 30, 2018, Chang Guitian passed away in Beijing at the age of 76.
On September 7 of the same year, his uncle Chang Baohua also died of illness.
In addition to the above-mentioned cross talk actors, there are many masters, artists and first-class actors in the cross talk industry, who have passed away silently unconsciously, and we can still recall their demeanor on the screen in our memories ......