Sudden bad news!The Fujian Peking Opera Company announced a piece of unfortunate news.
Li Youbin, a national first-class director and a "Lifetime Achievement Award" of the Chinese Opera Society, passed away due to illness at the age of 86.
His departure is a loss to the entire theater world, and he will never be able to see his superb performances again, and he has lost an artist in the world.
Born in Beijing in 1938, he is the son of Li Shengbin, who has a high reputation in the Peking Opera industry and is known as the "Three Masters of Martial Arts".
Since he was a child, he inherited his father's artistic genes, and when he was less than 12 years old, he began to stand on the stage and perform.
Normally, children of this age are more playful, but he has a paranoid love for opera and is willing to leave all his time on the stage.
Every performance is not only a test but also a hone for him, and his acting skills are also accumulated in each performance.
After his acting skills matured, he joined the Fujian Peking Opera Troupe, which was founded by his father.
In the troupe, he is always the hardest working actor, and he will rehearse every play with all his heart, so that he has the opportunity to serve as a mentor in the school and lead everyone to make progress together.
Unexpectedly, this would be his opportunity to become a director in the future.
In the process of lecturing to everyone, he also has a new understanding of himself.
Soon, he got an opportunity to participate in the TV series "The Great Wall of the South China Sea", in which he played Ou Yingcai, cute and interesting.
not only showed his profound acting skills, but also was well-known by many audiences.
This opportunity to participate in the show made him discover his huge potential, and he hoped that his career could go wider and farther, so he began to develop in the direction of directing.
In 1982, Zhujiang Film Factory began to prepare for the production of Peking Opera films"True and False Monkey King"., he also prepared for this work and actively participated in the creation of the film, just to present the best film.
Fortunately, his hard work was not in vain, and the film was highly praised after its release.
Since then, he has never stopped creating, only hoping to create more classics.
He wears many hats, screenwriter, director, and actor He spared no effort, exuding his own strength, and successively directed "."Chuang Wang Hate", "Yang Men Female General", "Flaming Mountain".and other classic movies.
Among them, "The Female General of Yangmen" is a work that has been popular with the public so far, and his seriousness, dedication to art and the dissemination of art have brought an indelible and far-reaching impact.
Even when he has reached retirement age, he is still concerned about the teaching of Chinese opera, actively participates in various international cultural exchange activities, and continues to make outstanding contributions to the promotion of Chinese opera.
He has visited Japan three timesIt shows the unique charm of traditional Chinese culture to the world, and has caused quite a stir in the Japanese cultural circles.
In 1999, he was invited by Japan to perform in Japan, and won a steady stream of praise.
Even in 2002, at the age of 64, he still led a team to Japan to perform and spread opera culture, and he has always been duty-bound.
After his retirement, he continued to exude residual heat, inheriting the fire of opera in his heart, spreading it everywhere he went.
He has loved opera all his life, and he firmly chooses to dedicate everything to opera, which is a real champion in the opera industry, and the works he left behind will be the most valuable treasure.
It will influence generations of opera people and people who love opera.
The real departure is not death, but forgetting, believing that he will never leave, because everyone will never forget him.