On April 14, the family of Chen Yongquan, a famous cross talk artist from the Beijing Folk Art Troupe, issued an obituary. Chen Yongquan died in Beijing at 8:48 on April 14, 2024, due to ineffective medical treatment. He was 92 years old.
Mr. Chen Yongquan was born in Beijing in 1932. He is a famous cross talk artist and a national first-class actor. He was born in a cross talk family. His maternal grandfather, Mr. Zhong Ziliang, was a representative figure of the "Qingmen" cross talk in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. His father, Chen Zizhen, was born in the 1920s. Famous cross talk artist in the 1940s.
Mr. Chen Yongquan studied under the famous cross talk master Mr. Tan Boru. In 1951, Mr. Chen Yongquan entered the cross talk industry and served as the clerk of the "Beijing Cross Talk Improvement Group". In 1955, Mr. Chen Yongquan began to create cross talk, and successively published "I'm OK", "New Words and Old Words", "Ask the Doctor", "Pregnant Women Questionnaire", etc. In the 1960s, a number of makeup crosstalks were created and adapted, such as "So Passionate", crosstalk dramas "Who Do You Look Like", "Miss City", etc. Over the decades, Mr. Chen Yongquan has created and published works, including dialogue comedy, stand-up comedy, makeup comedy, theoretical articles and adapted and compiled plays, totaling more than 50 paragraphs (pieces).
Mr. Chen Yongquan has comprehensive skills, can praise and amuse, and is good at stand-up comedy. His performance is crisp and clear, his voice is loud, he can speak and sing, his style is positive, his language is vivid and clean. He has long-term cooperation with Mr. Li Jindou, and they have a tacit understanding of each other. They are a perfect match and complement each other. They are called a model of cooperation and a golden partner in the cross talk industry.
In 1986, he collaborated with Li Jindou to perform the cross talk "Wu Song Da Hu", which won many awards. After his retirement in 1992, he gradually faded out of the stage and devoted himself to the summary and research of cross talk theory. He published works such as "Descendants of the Qing Dynasty". In 1995, Chen Yongquan won the "Outstanding Contribution to Crosstalk Art Award" in the first national "Hou Baolin Award" TV crosstalk competition. In 2016, he was awarded the honorary title of "Lifetime Achievement Folk Art Artist of China Federation of Literary and Art Circles".
Mr. Chen Yongquan's cross talk masterpieces include: "Wu Song Fights the Tiger", "Plint Qi", "Fenhe Bay", "Ellipses", "Pet Fever", "Send Spring Couplets", etc.
Have a good trip, Mr.
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(CCTV reporter Yu Yue)
