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.
Chen Yongquan was born in Beijing in 1932. His maternal grandfather Zhong Ziliang was a representative figure of the "Qingmen" cross talk in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. He successively wrote the cross talk "Eight Major Changes", "Selling Five Weapons", "Dumen Jiluo", etc. 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 came back to the stage in 1977, he cooperated with Li Jindou for a long time. They had a tacit understanding and 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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Source: CCTV News, Tianjin Broadcasting, China News Network
