Jiefang Daily·Shangguan News reporter learned from the Shanghai Peking Opera Theater that Zhang Xiaoshen, a veteran of the Shanghai Peking Opera Theater and a national first-class actor, died of illness on the evening of August 31 at the age of 77 due to ineffective treatment. On

Jiefang Daily·Shangguan News reporter learned from the Shanghai Peking Opera Theater that Zhang Xiaoshen, a veteran of the Shanghai Peking Opera Theater and a national first-class actor, died of illness on the evening of August 31 at the age of 77 due to ineffective treatment. On September 6, his farewell ceremony was held at Longhua Funeral Home in Shanghai.

In 1966, Zhang Xiaoshen graduated from the Shanghai Opera School and studied under famous masters such as Yang Xiaopei, Li Junting, Li Jilai, and Zhang Mingxuan. He also studied Yu, Yan, and Tan schools of opera from Zhang Wenjuan, Yan Shaopeng, Zhang Shaolou, and Tan Yuanshou, fully inheriting the cultural and martial arts of Peking Opera. Skills, has recorded aria album.

In 1981, Zhang Xiaoshen starred in the modern drama "Wedding on the Execution Ground" by the Shanghai Peking Opera Theatre. The play reflects the heroic deeds of martyrs Zhou Wenyong and Chen Tiejun during the Guangzhou Uprising. Zhang Xiaoshen plays Zhou Wenyong and Xia Huihua plays Chen Tiejun. The singing design and layout of the play strive to use the beneficial experience of traditional Peking Opera to create a flesh-and-blood revolutionary image on the Peking Opera stage. In 1982, the awards for the first Shanghai Theater Festival were announced, and Zhang Xiaoshen won the Young Actor Award. Zhang Xiaoshen has performed outstandingly in traditional plays such as "Oolong Courtyard", "Congratulations to the Queen and Cursing the Palace", and "Wolong Diao Filial Piety".

In "Wedding on the Execution Ground", Zhang Xiaoshen plays Zhou Wenyong and Xia Huihua plays Chen Tiejun

In 1995, the modern Peking Opera "Shajiabang" was revived with a strong lineup. Zhang Xiaoshen played Guo Jianguang, Ma Bomin who played Aqing's wife and Ma Bomin who played Grandma Sha. Wang Mengyun is a national first-class actor. Together with Zhang Dafa who plays Hu Chuankui and Wang Shimin who plays the translator, they are the original cast members of Shanghai's first-generation "Shajiabang" crew. In 2000, to commemorate the 55th anniversary of the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, the Shanghai Peking Opera Theater revived the modern Peking Opera "Red Lantern", with Zhang Xiaoshen playing Li Yuhe.

To commemorate the 55th anniversary of the victory of the Anti-Fascist War, the Shanghai Peking Opera Theater’s revival of the modern Peking Opera "The Story of the Red Lantern" premiered on the Shaw Stage. The picture shows three generations of ancestors and grandchildren, Li Yuhe (played by Zhang Xiaoshen), Grandma Li (played by Hu Xuan) and Li Tiemei (played by Shi Yihong), going to the execution ground with great vigor. Photographed by our reporter Jin Dinggen

Xun School Hua Dan Song Changrong and Zhang Xiaoshen star in "Sitting on the Tower to Kill Cherish". Photographed by our reporter Jin Dinggen

A military-civilian gala to celebrate the 73rd anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army was held in Huangpu Park. 2,000 Huangpu District citizens and military, naval and air commanders watched the performance. Soldiers and citizens watch the Peking Opera acapella "Shajiabang" performed by Hu Xuan and Zhang Xiaoshen of the Shanghai Peking Opera Theater. Photo by reporter Jin Dinggen

For Zhang Xiaoshen, the world of performance goes beyond the theater. In 1988, he performed "Xiao He Chasing Han Xin Under the Moon" for three consecutive days on the fourth floor of Shanghai World. The play is directed by Zhang Xingzhong, who has followed Zhou Xinfang for many years, and teaches Zhang Xiaoshen. It follows Zhou Xinfang's old script, allowing Xiao He to go to the Golden Palace three times and recommending Han Xin three times. The scene "Chasing Letters" showed Zhang Xiaoshen's basic skills. When Xia Houying rushed up to report that "Han Xin ran away," Xiao He, played by Zhang Xiaoshen, grabbed the riding whip and quickly mounted the horse. The performance was clean and neat. . In 1992, the Shanghai Peking Opera Theater and the Nanshi Theater jointly organized a student Peking Opera morning performance, and Zhang Xiaoshen was Yang Zirong in "Taking Tiger Mountain by Wisdom."

In the Shanghai Peking Opera Theater's "60th Anniversary of the Founding of the Academy·Looking Back" series of performances, Zhang Xiaoshen performed "Getting the Handsome Seal"

In September 1998, Zhang Xiaoshen was invited to the Babel Theater in Charente, southern France, to spread the art of Peking Opera. Zhang Xiaoshen purchased Peking opera costumes, knife and gun handles and other teaching supplies from Shanghai for the group. The French young people in the troupe, whose average age is 20 years old, are very enthusiastic about learning. They carefully learn the basic skills of Peking Opera from Zhang Xiaoshen from 1pm to evening every day, such as pulling the shoulder, cloud hands, kicking, bungee, stage steps, kite turn, round-up, etc. , and then there are one set each for Qiba, swordsmanship, marksmanship and sparring.Zhang Xiaoshen also performed scenes such as Sun Wukong in "On the Road to Prayer", Zhuge Liang in "Wolong Diao Filial Piety" and Zhou Yu in "The Return of Zhou Yu".

Zhang Xiaoshen's wife Wu Haiyan is well-known to the audience for her movies "Haixia", "Waiting for the Mountains with Red Leaves" and "White Lotus". She was also a Peking Opera actress. On January 20 this year, CCTV's opera channel "I'm in Charge" recorded a Spring Festival program at Xinye Square in Jing'an, Shanghai. Zhang Xiaoshen and Wu Haiyan sang "Tie the Red Headband" from the Peking Opera "The White-Haired Girl".

Zhang Xiaoshen and his wife Wu Haiyan sang "Tie the Red Headband" from the Peking Opera "The White-Haired Girl" Photo by Lu Wen

Have a good road!

Source: Shangguan News Author: Zhuge Yi