"After slaughtering the mule and selling the horse, I also want to see the white crispy melon", "If you want to listen to it, you can listen to the song of Bangzi, and if you want to see it, you can see the cabbage heart". This ballad reflects the love of the masses in the past for Sun Yande, a generation of Henan Opera grandmasters and one of the founders of Henan Opera auspicious tunes. In 1947, Sun Yande, a pioneer of Henan Opera, died of illness in his hometown of Fengqiu, Henan Province, at the age of 82.
According to public information, Sun Yande, born in 1865 in Shaozhai Village, Yingju Town, Fengqiu County, Henan Province, with his milk name "Xiaolin", stage name "White Crisp Melon" and "White Crisp Melon", his voice is high-pitched and loud, his performance is strong and free, and his martial arts are outstanding.
Fengqiu is known as the hometown of drama, is one of the birthplaces of the mother tune of Henan opera "auspicious tune", because of the county's Caogang Township Qingheji Village Xu Men Keban founded the Henan opera singing tone, by later generations called "auspicious tune".
The auspicious note tune is the standard Zhongzhou rhyme, and it is the most authentic Henan opera singing. The song sings: "There are 100 bends in the Yellow River, and the 99th is in Fengqiu County, and the land in Fengqiu County is saline, and there are 180 Xiaowo ......."”
Speaking of auspicious notes, it is inseparable from Tianxing Banhe Sun Yande. He is one of the founders of the auspicious tone of Henan Opera, but also an outstanding opera educator, he played a variety of roles in the performance of Henan Opera, such as Dan, Sheng, Jing, etc., well-known in Hebei, Shandong, Henan and other provinces, has trained more than 400 Henan Opera actors, known as a generation of Henan Opera masters. He also set a precedent for Henan Opera to recruit actresses, and Chen Suzhen, Si Fengying, Ma Shuangzhi and other female actors of Henan Opera are his protégés.
In 1947, Sun Yande, the pioneer of Henan Opera, died of illness in his hometown at the age of 82. On April 6, 2006, the Fengqiu County Cultural Bureau erected a monument in front of the tomb of Mr. Sun Yande to commemorate this artist with both virtue and art.
The tomb of Sun Yande is located in the east of Shaozhai Village, it looks quite desolate, there is a monument next to the tomb, and the words "the tomb of Mr. Sun Yande, a performance artist and opera educator of Henan Opera", are written on it.
In the former residence of Sun Yande, a master of Henan opera in Shaozhai Village, Yingju Town, Fengqiu County, there are ** and used drama boxes during his lifetime. There are two layers of theater boxes, with theatrical props on the top and stationery on the bottom.