1. I am determined to love Peking Opera

Today, Wang Peiyu started live broadcasting, played barrage, and appeared in variety shows. After a series of operations, she not only has a huge fan base and Weibo Super talk, tickets are extremely difficult to buy.

But if we look back many years ago, Wang Peiyu’s journey to Peking Opera was full of thorns.

In 1978, Wang Peiyu was born in a water town in the south of the Yangtze River. Her father was a member of the Chinese medical team in Tanzania, and he hoped that his daughter could study medicine or law.

The hibiscus is not as beautiful as the beauty, and the wind in the water palace brings the fragrance of pearls and green. Her mother, who was very artistic, sent Peiyu to learn vocal music, pipa, playing and singing.

"The two of them competed, and my mother won, so I went on the road."

Wang Peiyu's uncle is a Beijing fan. One day, he joked about this versatile niece: "You If you don't even know how to do Peking Opera, how can you be so good?"

Little Peiyu was not convinced, "How good can Peking Opera be?" So she turned around and looked for a teacher. After many twists and turns, she found Jiang Wenmei, a famous old Dan artist. .

"God has opened his eyes." This is a line from the Peking Opera "The Golden Turtle Son-in-law".

Teacher Jiang first asked Peiyu to try it out by herself before singing. In contrast, Xiao Peiyu was shocked. It turns out that Peking Opera is so difficult. From then on, he bowed his head and practiced martial arts with his master. That year, Wang Peiyu was nine years old.

Daily practice is only the first step. If you really want to make steel, you have to go to a professional place. Wang Peiyu set her sights on the Shanghai Theater Academy.

I passed the waist and leg, body shape, vocal, imitation, and written examinations one by one, but the admission notice was still delayed. On the day when the results were announced, Wang Peiyu learned that the School of Drama did not recruit female senior students at all.

The first difficulty was due to gender. Wang Peiyu was not convinced, so she picked up a pen and wrote to the Academy of Drama: "I love Peking Opera, and I am determined. Regardless of success or failure, I will dedicate my life to Peking Opera." Career."

Later, with her daughter's determination and hope, the mother waited at the door for three hours before delivering the letter.

Later, in the admissions brochure, after the sentence that no female senior students were admitted, the sentence "except for those who are particularly outstanding."

Wang Peiyu, who was less than 20 years old, asked everyone to do it for her. The rules have been changed.

2. How many beatings do you have to take before you can become a role player?

The first play after entering school was "Wenzhao Pass". Wang Peiyu wore a public beard for the first time, and she became an actor. The rancid smell of unwashed music made Wang Peiyu almost forget her lyrics.

My mentor Wang Siji said that if you practice hard and become a "jiao'er", you will have a customized beard.

Wang Peiyu remembered this sentence for more than 20 years.

But for Wang Peiyu at this time, what is more important than Cheng Jiaoer is that although the school has changed the admission brochure for her, it has also made a rule for her: if she fails to pass the exam after one year, she will still be admitted. Have to drop out of school.

That year, Wang Peiyu was afraid that her teacher would think she was short-sighted, so she secretly saved money and bought contact lenses to wear. A year later, after the assessment period, she dared to wear glasses openly.

Wang Peiyu's body was not flexible enough, so she tied her legs with those of her classmates when she pressed her legs. In this way, if one person fell, the other would suffer. For the sake of the other, both of them supported themselves.

Studying opera is a "seven-year prison". The living expenses provided by the family are all deposited with the class teacher for safekeeping. The money is ten yuan a week and can be taken out on the weekend day.

A group of children studying opera made an appointment to buy a pack of clove hawthorn from Caizhizhai, a piece of Napoleon from the milk shed, send a letter home, and go to the cinema opposite to watch a movie. They had a great time. One Sunday.

It was not until 1993 that "Farewell My Concubine" was released. The words "How many beatings does it take to become a hero" and the sentence "People have to perfect themselves", symbolic words made Wang Peiyu, who was enduring the "torture" of drama school, fell in love with Peking Opera again.

3. Hey, isn’t this little Meng Xiaodong?

The opera singers all dream of becoming actors. Before she was 16 years old, Wang Peiyu became a "corner".

Once, Mr. Tan Yuanshou watched Wang Peiyu's performance through the curtain backstage and said, "Hey, isn't this little Meng Xiaodong?"

The story was passed down by ten, Shanghai Theater Academy Rumors about a "Little Donghuang" are getting bigger and bigger.

With the support of seniors, Wang Peiyu herself strives for success. During one performance, Mr. Mei Baorun had a temporary problem with his voice. His teacher Wang Siji recommended his student Wang Peiyu to perform as the top performer. In that performance, Wang Peiyu won the favor of Peking Opera master Mei Baojiu.

Later, the movie "Mei Lanfang" was filmed. In the play, Mei Lanfang was naturally played by Mei Baojiu. Who played Meng Xiaodong? Mr. Baojiu stretched out his hand and asked Wang Peiyu to come.

By the way, Meng Xiaodong is played by Zhang Ziyi.

Being famous at a young age is unknown.

25-year-old Wang Peiyu entered the Shanghai Peking Opera Theater and became the deputy director of the first troupe of the Shanghai Peking Opera Theater in just one year.

What is unexpected is that the next year, she left the system and entered the world. At that time, she thought she was Zhuge Liang, Qin Qiong, Mi Heng, that kind of hero.

But soon, Wang Peiyu ran out of money. From renting water and electricity to being a theater actor, the world is far from simple.

Back to the starting point again, Wang Peiyu understood, "I can't do it. I need help. I am my own worst enemy."

Most of us can't be unparalleled heroes, so Just work harder.

Wang Peiyu said that she became famous early, and before the age of 30, she relied on her talent to make a living.

But after she developed a problem with her vocal cords, she suddenly realized that besides singing with her original voice, she had not learned any other vocal skills.

This made her realize that “frustration and doubt are opportunities left by God for serious people. Everyone has different starting points, talents, and luck. The only thing we can hold in our hands is—— Take it seriously."

4. When acting, be a human being first

There are many rules in the Liyuan. Teachers cannot sit down while standing. He must also cover up his colleagues' mistakes on stage...

In 2008, before Wang Siji, his mentor at the School of Drama, passed away, Wang Peiyu called his beloved disciple to give him advice.

“Interpersonal relationships are a very important thing for Peking Opera actors. No matter whether it is your fault or not, you have to stand up and admit your mistake. Only when your interpersonal relationships are round enough can you Do what you want to do."

Being a person before acting, Wang Peiyu brought the propriety of being in Liyuan to a bigger stage:

She always said that it is not a matter of youth. If we love to listen to Peking Opera, we should use the language of young people to match the rhyme and Bai.

After going around in circles, she still longs to be a bigger actor, still yearns for the era when Peking Opera flourished and the life of a actor supporting a troupe.

But with every babbling, she gradually understood that Peking Opera is not only a stunt, but also a law of steady flow.

Before every performance, grandma always said to her granddaughter, "Peiyu, grandma is waiting for you to become an instant hit."

But Wang Peiyu told grandma, "Grandma, there has never been anything I became famous instantly, and what I am today is the result of the help and efforts of many teachers. You also have to accept the fact that maybe one day, I will not be famous.”

5. I wanted to survive. Mortals will eventually be saved by mortals

But Wang Peiyu, who persuaded her grandma to accept that "she is not popular", has become popular.

According to Baidu Encyclopedia, Wang Peiyu participated in eight variety shows last year, but no matter how many shows she appeared on, her purpose remained the same: to let more people see Peking Opera.

She once sighed sadly, "There is a sentence in "Farewell My Concubine" that says, 'If it's a human being, he has to listen to the play, but if it's a cat or a dog, it doesn't need to "Listening to the opera, I burst into tears, and I thought, why wasn't I born in that era?"

Nowadays, the predecessors are gone one by one, the audience is getting older, and the theater is getting smaller and smaller. Empty.

The day she walked through the door of the Drama Academy, she stood on the stage to spread Peking Opera culture.

One day in 2018, Wang Peiyu went to the Peking Opera Theater to rehearse and saw four or five girls in the practice room learning the moves of Hua Dan. One of them looked very familiar.

Without waiting for Wang Peiyu to greet her, the girl ran over to her and said, "Teacher, I am Beibei, and I am now in fifth grade. I have been learning Peking Opera, and I like Peking Opera very much."

It turns out that seven years ago, Wang Peiyu was teaching Peking Opera in a small open class with 300 people. A mother born in the 1980s brought her daughter who was less than three years old to the stage and said, "Teacher Wang, can you teach my daughter?" ?"

Wang Peiyu casually taught me "Let's drink the celebration wine today." Three months later, Wang Peiyu held an open class on a larger occasion, and the little girl came up and said "It hurts today." "Drink the Celebration Wine" was sung once.

A seed planted that year later sprouted.

The ending of "Spring Water Crossing" is open. Fahai originally wanted to cross the mortals, but was finally crossed by the mortals.

Wang Peiyu also said, "You need to understand some things and step off the stage before they can be fully presented on the stage." .

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After all, making people laugh, isn’t that what Liyuan Xing has been used to do for hundreds of years?