Bai: The Unfortunate Life of the "Queen of Pingju"

In the old society, the status of artists, especially female artists, was very low. On the stage, they danced in the air with sleeves, expecting to fly, but off the stage, they had to rely on others to be perfect. In order to seek asylum, many female artists have to bow to power and become playthings of powerful people. Bai, who enjoys the reputation of "Queen of Pingju", has been pursuing freedom and independence all her life, but she still can't escape this ugly rule. Under the ravages of the world, Bai, who was only 35 years old, lost her fragrance, which not only added a helpless regret to the emerging art of Pingju, but also confirmed the tragic fate of artists in the old society.

-"White: The Unhappy Life of the Queen of Pingju"

Bai-Pingju Performance Artist

Artistic features: Bai is a very representative actress in the history of Pingju. She gave full play to her strengths, boldly innovated under difficult conditions, and created a low-chord and low-singing singing method, which developed the past colloquial singing method into singing and lyrical music, vivid and sincere white art. Her fluent singing contains passion and strength, giving people a deep sense of sadness. Bai is known as the "Queen of Pingju", and some newspapers also call her "Kunqu master".

Representative plays: Qin Xianglian, Qin Xuemei's Mourning, Peach Blossom Pond, etc.

Stir up the girder

After Bai Hong became famous, her mother set up the Yushun Pingju Troupe in Laban, and the one who picked the big axis was Bai Hong. 1928, Bai used the old troupe to form the North China Drama Club, which was active in Beijing and Tianjin for several years.

deportation

Bai's drama became popular, people became famous, and troubles followed. 1934, the mayor of Beiping invited Bai to have dinner, but Bai politely declined. The mayor felt insulted, so he deported Bai on the pretext that the content of her play was unhealthy and unsightly.

Queen of Pingju

Bai came to Shanghai, and her artistic talent was fully exerted during this period. 1934, in Shanghai, Bai co-starred with Yu Lingzhi and Ailianjun in Flowers as Media, Empty Valley and Orchid, Peach Blossom Temple, Mourning the History of Ma Zhenhua and Pearl Shirt, and co-starred with Peking Opera actors in the Peking Opera Pan Jinlian and the movie Begonia Red, which was highly praised by Shanghai cultural circles and made Bai famous. Bai's singing art not only touched the audience in Shanghai, but also touched the literary and art circles. Famous dramatists, Hong Shen and Tian Han published articles on current affairs news, praising Bai as the queen of Pingju, and some newspapers called her a master of Pingju.

"movie star"

1936, the star company released the movie "Begonia Red" starring Bai, which caused a sensation in the north and south of the country, not only improving Bai's popularity, but also expanding the influence of Pingju.

Maturity

After 1937, he performed in Beiping for a long time, which made the young Pingju mature.

Artistic Features In the history of Pingju, Bai may be the only one who has both the title of "Film Emperor" and "Pingju Queen". It may be far-fetched to say that she is a movie star, but the "white school" art she founded has become one of the important schools of Pingju performance.

Bai's singing is deep and indirect, with pure timbre, good nasal sound, generous and round midsole and full of lyricism. At the same time, the singing method of low chord and low voice was created, which did not cater to the audience with high pitch and high voice, but moved the audience through performance and conveyed the thoughts and feelings of the characters delicately, and initially formed the "white school" performing art of Pingju.

Representative repertoires: Qin Xianglian, Qin Xuemei's Mourning for Filial Piety, Peach Blossom Temple, A Lonely Valley, Pearl Shirt, Li Xianglian's Selling Paintings, Being a Good Lady, Ma Widow's Opening a Shop, Two Butterflies, Yutangchun, Raining at Night in Xiaoxiang, Mom's Pounding, etc.

White precious stills

At that time, Beijing opera was called drama because it had been to the court, and Pingju was called "jumping drama". People often called watching Pingju "seeing things". In order to revitalize the art of Pingju, Bai first introduced the director system. Previous drama reviews paid little attention to the director, relying entirely on the actors to ponder. Bai used the experience of Peking Opera for reference, directed himself, and even hired Fu Liancheng's graduates as directors.

At that time, the lines of Pingju were very "water", and there were basically no fixed lines, so actors could play freely on the stage. Bai is firmly opposed to this. She demanded that the rehearsal must use accurate words and the actors should recite accurate words. In order to set an example for others, she took the lead in reading scripts and reciting lines, and asked if she didn't understand. Bai not only memorized his lines accurately, but also fixed the wonderful places of his performance. Last time he sang this play, where did the audience applaud? This time, it is still those places. When she played Qin Xianglian and sang "Hand in Hand with Children into the Yamen", because of her sincere feelings and good mouth, she was sure to win the lottery every time she went. She played "Matchmaker" and sang "Call me Little Matchmaker, I can't help it". It must be colorful. In the performance of "Yu Tang Chun", when she sang "Susan came here better than one", there was also constant applause.

"Yu Tang Chun" starring Bai

"Yu Tang Chun" starring Bai

In order to improve their singing level, we should break the rules and learn from others. She likes watching movies, watching all Chinese and foreign movies, in order to learn the acting skills of movie actors. Whenever famous actors perform, especially the four famous corners of Peking Opera, she goes to the theatre with the main actors in the group as soon as she has time, and applies it flexibly to the performance. She added some forms and contents such as fast books, drums, pendants and Hebei Bangzi, which were deeply loved by the audience.

At that time, in order to cater to the audience's taste, there were many "pink" characters in the script, which was also the key to being elegant. Therefore, Bai constantly deleted the yellow and vulgar things in the original script, thus making the style of Pingju elegant and healthy.

Take pictures at will

It was not until Bai came to Shanghai to perform that the young art of Pingju really matured. 1934, Bai led the North China Drama Club to Shanghai, and for the first time, Bai cooperated with Zhi Yu Ganoderma lucidum and Ai Lianjun to perform Flowers as Media, Lonely Orchid in the Empty Valley, Peach Blossom Temple, Ma Zhenhua and Pearl Shirt. Later, he co-starred with the famous Peking Opera actor Zhao Ruquan in the Peking Opera Pan Jinlian and Review.

Bai He will take a group photo in memory of Pan Jinlian.

The white dress is beautiful, and the performance is hot, delicate, vivid and vivid. She reformed the traditional singing method of Pingju, paid attention to singing and lasting appeal, and developed oral singing into singing and lyric music with her generous and sweet voice. Smooth singing contains passion and strength, giving people a deep sense of sadness and successfully creating a unique white singing method. At the same time, adding erhu to accompaniment instrumental music has many innovations in makeup and clothing, which is deeply loved by the audience. Bai's singing not only touched the audience in Shanghai, but also touched people in the literary and art circles. Famous dramatists, Hong Shen and Tian Han published articles in Current Affairs News, praising Bai as the queen of Pingju. 1936, the star company also released the movie "Begonia Red" starring Bai, which not only caused a sensation in the north and south of the country, but also expanded the popularity of Pingju.

The movie "Begonia Red" stars Bai.

People will think of Bai when they mention the Pingju "Begonia Red". To understand and learn the "white school" art of Pingju, Begonia Red is an unavoidable masterpiece. Begonia Red is the pinnacle of Bai's artistic career, and it is also the first drama in the history of Pingju to be made into a film. This novel "Begonia Red" pushed Bai to the peak, and the art of Bai Pingju was widely spread, which promoted the progress and development of Pingju.

The road of real life in "Su San's Interpretation" is bumpy

At that time, in order to attract the audience, some "flowers" were added to the scripts and performances of Pingju, such as "shooting a little mother" and "opening a shop by a horse widow", which was a common phenomenon in local operas at that time, and white nature could not be exempted from customs, but attracted the name of coquettish and lewd. In fact, it is a bit unfair to her, and Bai often wants to reform the lyrics that are too "pink". She deleted the vulgar "pink words" and made a good change, but the social atmosphere did not support her to improve, and soon restored the old lyrics on the stage.

White pearl shirt

Even so, some so-called "gentlemen" in society still make things difficult for her. The most sensational thing is that she was expelled from Beijing by lyna, the mayor of Beiping, on 1934. At that time, Bai was performing "Tears of Poor Women". Suddenly, several policemen with guns came, saying that the mayor wouldn't let Bai play in Beiping because her play was "indecent", so it was impossible for Bai and others to be put on the train and driven out of Beijing. She often plays a female prisoner in plays, just to experience it again in real life.

"Hate" is no match for white.

All the Pingju actors who have been in the White Troupe know that Bai hates acting-that is, he hates acting carelessly. As a result, some people say, "It is not easy to act in the White House class. You have to sharpen your head first. " . Sometimes, when some actors miss the scene, Bai will "punish incense" according to the regulations, and let this person apologize for lighting incense at the ancestral tablet.

White and security-Du Shiniang

The fact is just a dream.

Bai's mother, seeing her growing popularity, was afraid that she would get married. She often said, "Don't get married. When the singer marries someone, no one will join in the fun. " She regards her daughter as a cash cow. But Bai is also an ordinary woman. She is also eager for a true feeling and needs the nourishment of love. For this true feeling, Du Keke's teacher niang in the play left the troupe with her beloved Li Man Changsheng and returned to her hometown in Li Changsheng to live a free and carefree life in a paradise. After half a year, Bai was recovered and returned to the stage of Pingju. This half year is probably the happiest day in Bai's life. In order to survive, Bai has dealt with many men, but the only one who really touched her. After that, Bai never talked about getting married again.

White and neutral

/kloc-in the summer of 0/927, a trafficker named Sun Liu led a four-or five-year-old girl into Tianqiao Hutong and was called the Li family in Li Nainai. The little girl's name is Xiao Dezi, a native of Shandong, and later became Li Zaiwen-Xiaobai Yu Shuang. After she entered the Li family's gate, she was first taken home by Li's mother-in-law. Later, Li called her Bai Niang, which is Bai's daughter. She secretly studied drama from Bai and formally took to the stage at the age of fourteen. She sings with Bai, learning from her mother everywhere, and the eyebrows of the two girls really look a bit like each other. People who don't know the inside story really think that she is Bai's own daughter!

Bai He took a group photo.

She became famous in February 1937 and 10. On the 29th night of the twelfth lunar month, after Bai eloped, the troupe hung up in Shanghai. Desperate, someone in the troupe had an idea, adding small print before the listed three words of white, and launched a small white jade cream, headed by white fairy gas. Unexpectedly, Xiao Bai Yu Shuang's "Drilling Pot" was really successful (in the old troupe, the improvisation was called drilling pot), and Xiao Bai Yu Shuang's stage name was called from then on.

Xiaobai Yu Shuang-Qin Xianglian

Memories of White Mother —— Li Zaiwen (Yu Shuang)

Bai died of uterine cancer in Tianjin on June 29th, 1942/kloc-0. He went to Beiping German Hospital twice to bake electricity, and finally died. Shortly before her death, she was still performing "Persuading a Husband in a Boudoir", which was revised because "spinning cotton" was banned. After the play, sewage has been flowing to the legs because of cancer. According to Li Yifen and Hua Xiaoxian who performed on the same stage with her, when they came to the theater, they were all helped out of the car and put on a sad expression. But as soon as she came out, she was full of energy. Singing when it is time to sing and crying when it is time to laugh, she is deeply involved in the play. I saw in the newspaper that I went home to attend the funeral, and only the actors in the same group gave her a funeral. Bai, who has been tired on the opera stage for more than 20 years, said goodbye to the audience, colleagues and our family. Grandma 1960 passed away. When she was alive, she always said regretfully to her family: How happy she would be if Yu Shuang was liberated alive. ...

Life is like a flash in the pan.

All the actors who have participated in the White Troupe know that Bai hates drama most, which makes her lose the true feelings of the world-family, friendship and love. She is willing to be bullied by her adoptive mother, willing to give up her love and not abandon the stage.

After becoming famous, she lived a hard and lonely life. In order to compete with her adopted daughter "Xiaobai Yu Shuang", she did not hesitate to end her short pastoral seclusion with her beloved Li Changsheng and return to the stage. Later, when she learned that she had uterine cancer, she seized all the time and rehearsed a new play with tenacious perseverance. When people knew that there was not much time left in her life, they advised her to rest. She said she was a singer and would die on the stage.

Bai Yu Shuang

Finally, Bai really died on the stage. On that day, the actress who shared the stage with Bai ran away. Suddenly, she found that the white dress was red and the carpet was red. White drew a crooked circle on the stage with blood. Before a scream, Bai suddenly fell on the stage and never stood up again.

Eternal "Queen of Pingju" Pingju "Queen of Pingju"

The play was created by China Pingju Theatre and premiered in 1980s. Written by Guo Qihong and directed by Li Jing, a famous drama director, and starring Liu Ping, Mattei and Liu Shuping, Liu Ping won the Second Plum Blossom Award for Chinese Drama, the Outstanding Performance Award for Beijing New Drama and the Special Award for Young and Middle-aged Performances in Beijing, and won the reputation of "the Third Generation of White School".

The play describes the bumpy life path of Bai, a famous actor and founder of Bai School, who is known as the "Queen of Pingju". Bai is a famous Kunqu opera in the region. After arriving in Shanghai, she won the audience with her unique singing, provocative performances and simple scenes. With the encouragement and support of progressive intellectuals, she starred in the new drama Begonia Red, which made a sensation in one fell swoop and became the "Queen of Pingju". However, flattery and abuse, falsehood and frivolity also follow. Bai suddenly found himself in an awkward position. In order to win the right to be a human being, she resolutely eloped with Li Changsheng, who played the cymbals in the troupe. However, Bai can't rest. She didn't give in to evil forces, and she couldn't stand the loneliness in art. Soon, she returned to Guinness and used pastel ink again. Bai has been in the contradiction and pain between singing opera and being a man, and finally passed away with a bleak dream in his prime.

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