His ancestral home is Jianrui Camp in the western suburbs of Beijing. When I was young, I studied martial arts in Jianruiying Workshop, and attacked Manchu in private schools. In the meantime, I often go to the octagonal drum box office not far from home to listen to the rehearsal. When I was twelve or thirteen years old, I would sing some songs, such as anti-lovesickness (beating the maid), stepmother beating the children, the twelfth floor, sighing Qingshuihe, Luo Zhang kneeling on the ground and so on. Later, he asked the famous octagonal drum tickets Hou Qing An and Gao Junshan for advice, and learned to sing tea songs, play Killer, Julian's fast books and disassemble octagonal drums, as well as three strings and pipa. A few years later, he became a rising star among the octagonal drum fans in Jianrui Camp. He often goes to the city to ask for advice from famous tickets in the city. His distant brother, Deruntian, a famous ticket for Xicheng octagonal drum, gave him a lot of help in art and accompanied him. Through Deruntian's introduction, he got to know Kui Songzhai, a giant of octagonal drum ticket industry and a famous Julian fast-writing artist. He studied under Kui, followed Kui to watch many famous ticket performances, made friends with a group of artists, and gradually made his mark in the octagonal drum ticket industry in the city.
In the 27th year of Guangxu reign in Qing Dynasty (190 1), Rongbai was at the gate of Ming Yongshun in Xicheng, and became the first disciple of Ming Yongshun to open the door of Danxian Paizi Music. Since then, he has officially performed. In the early years of the Republic of China, it moved from Jingxi to Beixinqiao in the city. At this time, it was the heyday of Danxian Paizi Qu and Julian Kuaishu, and their hands were as strong as a forest. Rong can only perform in a small restaurant and a church party, with little money and barely make ends meet. He devoted himself to writing new songs, and with the selfless help of his best friend Xie Ruizhi, with the help of Deruntian, Li Yishan and Pang Yushan, he designed musical vocals for him. He adapted ten chapters of Wu from four to ten, Cuiping Mountain from two to five, Butterfly Dream from one to four and Du Shiniang from two to five, which gradually gained the appreciation of the audience after the performance.
In about three and four years of the Republic of China, he went to Tianjin twice to sing, but both failed. Therefore, he made up his mind to learn from the famous Dan Xian beat songs, carefully ponder the subtle plot of each track, and strive to sing the charm and complex inner activities of the characters and vividly introduce the audience into the artistic conception. He refined the Peking Opera performance and put it into the music performance of Danxian Paizi, which divided the body movements into civil and military, young and old, pure and ugly, and the facial expressions into emotions, worries, sadness and fear. He moved the stage more than two feet to the left of the platform and one foot behind it, so that he stood in the center of the stage and expanded the performance area. And add a chair, so that the actors can sit and stand, thus strengthening the expressive force of the actors' rap stories. For example, when singing "Wu", he sang Wu Dalang alive with the small steps of Peking Opera, and at the same time set off the tall image of Song Wu, making the characters lifelike.
Rong also innovated the brand music of Danxian. With the help of stringed players, he strengthened the melody and made its rhythm more rigorous. In addition to relying on Shandiao, Yun Sutiao and Diced Books, it retains the singing style of "speaking and singing", and has unique artistic treatment in the singing style of Qupai, such as four-board tune, overlapping broken bridge, Huguang tune, Cheng Nan tune, Taiping Year, Qianqianlianluo, Luojiang resentment, rhyme and running water board. In order to enrich Danxian's signature music, he absorbed the military music songs circulated in Beijing into Danxian's signature music. He went to Laoting County twice to ask Yang Baosheng, an old drummer in Laoting County for advice. After returning to Beijing, he repeatedly learned from the string masters, and integrated the singing of "Laoting Tune" into Danxian Paizi, forming Rongpai [Laoting Tune]. It is also his creation to add "rattle" to the qupai. Because of his constant artistic innovation, people call his "Playing String and Beating Music" "Rongpai".
Around 926 AD, Rong went to Beijing for the third time and performed in Shengping. It became an instant hit and was known as the "King of Immortals".
Rong constantly listens to the audience's opinions and corrects and improves his art. Because a Tianjin audience criticized him for not singing enough kung fu, he
He studied dumb mouth seriously, and got to know Master Maolin of Hongmen Temple and Master Tan Yue of Xiang Jie Temple successively in Beijing, and learned dumb mouth skills from these two eminent monks for two years. Later, when performing "Cuiping Mountain" and "Wu", the string master played drums and hung cymbals. He struck his chin and wooden fish while reading, which made the audience feel refreshed. Once, several monks went to the theater to listen to his performance. After the performance, they crossed their hands and praised him, even calling him "verve".
In 1930s and 1940s, his music of playing strings and arranging strings reached its peak. Besides Beijing and Tianjin, he also performed in Nanjing, Wuhan and Shenyang. In 1930s, three records were released, including Du Shiniang, Aquilaria Bed and Modern Regret. In the 1940s, he planned to raise funds to open a Quyi Garden "little shanghai Entertainment Club" in Beijing, but was forced to close due to serious losses. Because of this stimulation, he suffered from mild mental illness and was treated for three years. After his illness, he re-entered the Qutan.
Regarding the composition of the repertoire, Rong put forward in the article Sixty Years of Performing Arts in Qutan: "Only when selecting materials, seeking the source, making words neat, correcting the mind, punishing evil and promoting good, and making up for the lack of social education, can art be valuable."
He wrote and performed Zhuo Erniang, Queen of the West, Frog God, Lotus Fragrance, Qiao's Taishou Chaos, Qian Xiucai, Jade Girl Beats Lovers, Liu's Twin Son, Oil Merchant's Exclusive Flower Queen, Aquilaria Bed, Storm and Five.
After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), Rong was full of artistic youth. On the first anniversary of the National Day ceremony, he took the lead in compiling Ode to Tiananmen Square. During the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, he also compiled Ode to Volunteers Heroes and Revenge on the Yalu River. Later, traditional songs, such as Matchmaker, Fighting in the West of the City, Burning Grass Yard, Song Wu Fighting Tiger, and White Ape Stealing Peach, also had new editing ideas.
1952 Rong joined the Central Radio and Rap Troupe as an art consultant. During his work in the Rap Troupe, he also gave lectures and lectures in the Central Experimental Troupe, the Cultural and Art Troupe of the General Political Department, the Nanjing Frontline Cultural and Art Troupe, the China Peking Opera Theatre, and the Art Teachers College. He has recorded the Danxian brand tracks such as Brokeback Mountain in Wang Zuo and Du Shiniang, and several radio songs. 1957, Rong was politically persecuted in the anti-rightist movement. As soon as he took the stage to perform, the audience booed off, and their self-esteem was greatly hit, and they were driven out all day. 1958, Mr. Rong couldn't stand persecution and hanged himself.
Yang Dajun composed his own songs into a book, which was compiled into the Collection of Rongcha Songs for internal distribution. He also sorted out the experience of singing the brand songs of Danxian, and wrote the article "Sixty Years of Performing Arts in Qutan", which was included in the book "Experience of Danxian Art" published by China Quyi Publishing House 1982.
Rong's voice is sweet, crisp and bright, high and low, with beautiful timbre, and she is good at using all parts. The Rongpai aria he created is characterized by melodious, mellow and full of charm. It is not only different from the hearty of the regular school, but also different from the funny humor of the Xie school. He has his own unique use of each tune of Danxian, especially the ending and drawling of each sentence, which is obviously different from other factions. His singing is full of charm, whether it is full of work or half-talking and half-singing, it makes people feel like "walking around the beam for three days".
Rong's existing music works include Du Shiniang (one or two), Brokeback, Fighting the West of the City and so on. His disciples are Xie Shuyang, Xin and Kan Zeliang, and his private disciple is Shi Liancheng. In addition, Shi Huiru also imitated Rong's singing and became a generation of "Empress of the Immortal Immortal".
It's a pity that Li Zhipeng is old, rarely comes to power, and his reserve force is insufficient. The authentic Rong Pai immortal has disappeared from the stage. Only some voters in Beijing and Tianjin can sing some traditional songs of Rong Pai, such as "Zhuo Erniang" and "Western Empress".