Beijing News (Reporter Liu Zhen) On April 14, the family of Chen Yongquan, a famous crosstalk performer from the Beijing Folk Art Troupe, issued an obituary. Chen Yongquan died in Beijing at 8:48 am on April 14, 2024 due to ineffective treatment. He died at the age of 92.
Chen Yongquan information picture.
Chen Yongquan was born in Beijing in 1932. His maternal grandfather Zhong Ziliang was a representative figure of the "Qingmen" crosstalk in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. He successively wrote the crosstalk "Eight Major Changes in Careers", "Selling Five Utensils", "Dumen Chronicle" and so on. His father, Chen Zizhen, was a famous crosstalk artist from the 1920s to the 1940s. His representative works include "Eight Cats", "On Wealth and Poverty", and "Sheep on a Tree". In 1955, Chen Yongquan began to create cross talk and published "I'm OK", "New Words and Old Words", "Please Call the Doctor", "Pregnant Women Questionnaire", etc. In the 1960s, Chen Yongquan created and adapted a number of crosstalks such as "So Passionate", crosstalk dramas "Who Do You Look Like", "Miss City", etc.
After Chen Yongquan returned to the stage in 1977, he collaborated with Li Jindou for a long time. Their cooperation was tacit and they were called a model of cooperation and a golden partner in the cross talk industry. The two have collaborated for nearly 30 years and have performed more than 100 cross talk works together. Among them, "Wu Song Fights the Tiger" is one of their most representative works and has won many awards. In addition to his cooperation with Li Jindou, Chen Yongquan also participated in the creation and performance of many other cross talk works. In 1995, Chen Yongquan won the "Outstanding Contribution to Crosstalk Art Award" in the first national "Hou Baolin Award" TV crosstalk competition.
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