The words of Zhang Shanren made Yun Yanhui very interested in the folk artist from Zezhou. He liked all kinds of folk arts in Bianjing very much. He has been in contact with him since he lived in Daxiangguo Temple since he traveled, and he sincerely admires it. those artists.
And top artists like Zhang Shanren almost all have their own amazing things. Since Zhang Shanren said that he saw a young self in that person, Yun Yan naturally thought, at least meet that person and get to know him. .
Since Yunyan answered yes, Zhang Shanren took him to see the man.
"I'm not very young, in my twenties, my surname is Kong, Kong Ji." Zhang Shanren introduced Yun Yan back, "His team said they were a team, but in fact, only three or four people were left to go to Beijing. Now, Live at the Nine Mountains Book Club."
Yun Yanhui was quite surprised, "He joined the book club in just a short time in Beijing?"
The book club is an organization popular among folk artists. Because of the wide range of art such as speaking and drama at this time, such an organization came into being.
The calligraphers in the calligraphy club are all talented artists, such as Zhang Shanren, or literati without fame or aspirations. Most of the texts of the calligraphy books on the market come from their hands.
To ask Yunyan to come back to understand, this is similar to a modern industry association.
In such a place, there are certain requirements for absorbing new members.
Jiushan Book Club is the largest and most influential book club in Bianjing. This Kong Ji can join the book club so quickly, and he can still live in the book club's place. I think it is definitely not just for the appreciation of Zhangshan people.
The Jiushan Book Club has a long-term rental place for the members' activities. Kong Ji lives there temporarily. Because there is no performance activity yet, when Yun Yanhui and Zhang Shanren go there, he with everyone in his class.
Although they hadn't met, they knew that Kong Ji hadn't started performing, so Yun Yanhui drew a picture of him in his mind. This person has a lot of ideas. It can be said that he is a little down and out, but he does not go to the show. He can make people agree that he lives in the book club, and Zhang Shan people appreciate him. It is absolutely no problem to introduce a few performance opportunities. But he would rather rehearse at his residence rather than go, and he really had the idea of becoming famous in the first battle.
At the base of the Jiushan Book Club, Yun Yanhui saw three little ladies of fourteen or fifteen years old, and a young man in his twenties, who could only be said to be upright, and was teaching the little ladies to sing lyrics sentence by sentence. The content must be sent by Kong.
"Mr. Kong," Zhang Shanren shouted, Kong Ji raised his head, Zhang Shanren smiled, "I brought the person you want to see."
When Kong Ji saw Yun Yan returning, he was refreshed and asked the three little girls to find another place to practice on their own. He walked up and sang, politely, "I don't know if Mr. Yun is here. Zhou, I'm sorry."
So far, those who have a good relationship with Yun Yanhui have always called him Yan Ge'er. Those who are not familiar with him or do not know him are mostly called Xiao Langjun because of his youth.
That is to say, Shen Kuo and Kong Ji are not the same. Shen Kuo called Yun Yan Hui Yun Lang, and Kong Ji respectfully called Mr. Yun. The two have similarities.
And listening to Zhang Shanren's name, he also knew that Zhang Shanren also highly respected Kong Ji, Yun Yanhui returned the salute very politely, and also called him Mr. Kong.
Kong Ji asked them to sit down and poured some tea, "One cup of rough tea, please forgive me."
Zhang Shanren took a sip of tea, and his attitude was very casual, "Ah, I knew I would get some tea from Brother Yan."
Yun Yan replied: "Brother, half of the mixed flower tea in my place was stolen by you!"
Zhang Shanren said witty and authentic: "If the rich household's tea is not robbed, it will be a loss." He coughed twice, "Cough cough, don't joke, Mr. Kong, talk to Brother Yan about business affairs."
Yun Yan smiled back and said, "I would like to hear the details."
"Where do you start..." Kong Ji thought for a while, then said slowly, "Three months ago, I was still in Yang'er, where my team was only able to make ends meet."
"Yang A's quyi is very famous, it is very unusual to be able to establish a foothold in Yang A." Yun Yan replied sincerely.
Kong Ji smiled and said nothing, "I learned art when I was a child, and my teacher once taught me a lesson and told me that when I was 50 years old, I could master my skills. When I entered Beijing, I would definitely be famous all over the world. But that When I entered Beijing before, I would only smash the halberd and sink into the sand."
Yun Yan thought back to say something, but still shut up, okay, only his master is allowed to count the fortune-telling gods, and other people's masters are not allowed to count the fortune-telling gods? Let's assume that Kong Ji's master also has real skills.
Kong Ji added: "But three months ago, when I was doing fortune-telling for the people in my team, I noticed something was wrong, and I taught a lesson for myself, but I found that my time was ripe ahead of time. Therefore, I disregarded objections. , I'm coming to Beijing."
Yun Yanhui stared at him with wide eyes.
Kong Ji smiled bitterly and said: "I know, you may not believe it, but after I came to Bianjing, I asked again and again, and I forgot the fortune. I really think that you are my destiny. I'll probably have to wait until I'm fifty."
"I believe you!" Yun Yan smiled back and said, "Even if you don't count, you should know that I can help you. All the artists in Bianjing know it. Xiao Chang'e is the one who made her popular. "
Kong Ji was dumbfounded, "It's true..."
Having said that, Yun Yanhui was not completely unbelieving in her heart. If Kong Ji said that he had fortune-telling and that Yun Yanhui would be able to help him, it must be false, because everyone knew that Yun Yanhui could support people. However, Kong Ji mentioned that his own hexagrams have changed. Isn't that a response to Yun Yanhui's crossing
With the sudden arrival of Yun Yanhui, Kong Ji has the possibility of an early red fate. Of course, if this happened to be nonsense, there would be nothing to say.
Yun Yanhui couldn't say what was in his heart, he just spread his hands.
"Cough, isn't it bad to just say that it's not a good job? If you don't talk about hexagrams, you have real skills. No matter what hexagrams, Brother Yan will help you." Zhang Shanren was anxious, and felt that Kong Ji was putting the cart before the horse. , If you want to talk about fortune-telling, just like Brother Yan said, you don't need to fortune-telling to know that he is a noble person, "Mr. Kong is indeed very powerful, and he is proficient in speech, music, and drama."
Kong Ji said sullenly: "Well... I recently completed a book."
Kong Ji took out his notebook and showed it to Yun Yan.
Yun Yan looked back at the book, and turned the first page to see nothing, but after reading a few pages, she realized that something was wrong, she felt a little excited, and asked tentatively, "This book of yours is different from ordinary words. It's so the same."
"This is not a script," Kong Ji said honestly, pointing to the passages in the script, "this is a script I wrote before. After the adaptation, there are songs and words in it. My idea is to put They are connected in series to present this story with Qu and Bai, and in the way of performance, they draw on Guzi Ci, Daqu and other methods. Several of my disciples have performed two performances in their hometown, and the response... is not bad.”
"Looking at the lyrics, these tunes are all in different palace tunes?" Yun Yan asked again. After so many years in the temple fair, he still knows a little bit of this knowledge.
It's easy to see, Kong Ji nodded, "Yes, there are also some folk minor and major tunes." After all, his team originally played those, and in Yang'a, he could collect a lot of tunes.
Zhang Shanren squinted, "I think this is very good, it will definitely be popular."
Of course it will be a big hit!
Yun Yan thought back to her heart.
"Let's play it." Yun Yan stopped and asked Kong Ji to give it a try.
It is also necessary to inspect the goods. Kong Ji beckoned and called his disciples. Because there were not enough manpower, he and two disciples brought pipa and zheng to accompany them together. One disciple stood there with a graceful posture , began to sing.
The sound of the pipa is clear and moving, and the female disciples sing the song, sometimes accompanied by some corresponding movements, and there are some narrations inserted in the middle. After the whole set of songs is sung, it can be heard that it is the historical story of Zhaojun's departure from the fortress.
- But from the beginning to the end, this female disciple is singing alone, and only sings a story from a third-person perspective.
After the performance, Yun Yan smiled back and stroked her palm.
Zhang Shanren nodded, "Mr. Kong also played it to me before, but listening to it again, it's still so beautiful."
"This... This form of performance, did Mr. Kong have a name?" Yun Yan asked back.
Kong Ji shook his head, "Not yet, in fact, I think... it still needs to be sculpted." This is probably the reason why his master said that he would need to be fifty years old to be famous in the world despite his talent and intelligence. I also want to know, is it possible that Yun Yan's praise is so powerful that even seven points can be praised as twelve points
Unexpectedly, Yun Yanhui spoke astonishingly.
"You use a lot of palace tunes in this piece, and you mainly use pipa as accompaniment. It's called Zhugong tune or Tanci, which are all good." When Yunyan returned to this point, Kong Ji and Zhang Shanren already agreed. I think it's very appropriate, but what he said next is amazing, "And I also think that your words need to be refined and improved!"
Kong Ji was stunned for a moment, and he heard clearly. Zhang Shanren also said that although Yun Yanhui knew how to think about the stage, it was not suitable for performances, and sometimes he would even fall asleep listening to slower songs.
Now, he's going to have to give his opinion on the technique of danci - that's where the name comes from -
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Why not
After Yun Yanhui and Kong Ji talked a few words about the book, they confirmed that this was the original form of Zhugong Diao.
Zhugong Diao, also known as Tanci, was formed by absorbing the essence of various folk arts, mainly singing, supplemented by Bai, and performing long stories with tunes. Although it declined later, it inherited the poetry of Tang and Song Dynasties and inspired operas from the north and the south. Later generations of opera art opened the way.
Yuan Zaju, to a large extent, draws on the success of Zhugong Diao.
The reason why operas and operas are operas is because they use "qu" to perform "drama", and this is the innovation of Zhugong tune, which introduces music into stories, combines the two, and lays a good foundation for the birth of opera.
Yun Yanhui understands that, as a noble person calculated by Kong Ji, although he can hold people up, he can't hold the twenty-year-old Kong Ji's artistic achievements at the age of fifty.
His usefulness lies in the fact that he has seen those mature modern drama arts, Peking Opera, Kunqu Opera, Yue Opera, Huangmei Opera...
If someone can send some inspiration to Kong to improve or even improve his performance art of Zhugong tune in advance, that person must be Yun Yanhui.
The opera, which has been brilliant for many years since its birth, appeared in advance on the folk stage of the Northern Song Dynasty where hundreds of flowers bloomed? Yun Yanhui felt that she was very happy to see such a scene!
Yun Yanhui stood up and said confidently: "First of all, I suggest you to read the popular lectures of our Daxiangguo Temple, the common lectures here may not be the same as the ones you have seen - you have to let the audience integrate into your story. , more immersive. Secondly, look at the performance of the Zaxi and integrate it into it.”
"..." Kong Ji only felt that a thunderbolt had struck his Tianling cover, and a new world had opened in his head, causing him to lose his voice for a while.
Looking at the door, Yun Yan replied with just a few words, but before he said it in detail, Kong Ji was already thinking, don't say 12 points, he felt that he could run for 120 points!