Chen Xiaofeng was an influential Cantonese opera performer in Lingnan area at home and abroad in the 20th century, who initiated the "Feng Qiang" school and influenced Guangyuan. For more than half a century, he has worked diligently and quietly in the Cantonese Opera Garden, and has successively performed a number of influential plays such as Death of a Mountain Man, Faithful Soul in Guangdong Sea and Gate Six. His performance is broad, civil and military, elegant and vivid, and he enjoys the reputation of "the emperor's niche".
Chen Xiaofeng was awarded the "Second Guangdong Literature and Art Lifetime Achievement Award" successively by Guangdong Professional Literature and Art Performance Award, Guangdong Arts Festival Performance Award, Guangdong Cantonese Opera Hundred Flowers Award Best Actor Award and Guangdong Provincial People's Government Outstanding Achievement Award.
Chen Xiaofeng pays more attention to singing while paying attention to performance. He created the famous school "Feng Qiang". Feng Qiang is unique, euphemistic, unrestrained and fluent, full of sound and emotion.
As he himself said, "I pay great attention to singing because I sing a lot of literature and drama." None of my voices are exactly the same. After all, singing is about shaping characters. Have a good impression first, then sing. It is' from emotion to sound, and then to sound expression'. "
Chen Xiaofeng's painstakingly managed vocals, with its deep feelings and pure charm, swept the Cantonese opera art world and gradually became a unique school of "Feng Qiang" with far-reaching influence. His songs, such as "Jinjiang Poet", "The Last Death of the Mountain Man" and "Selling Children at Gate 6", have been sung for a long time.
He also performed many plays with Xian Nvhong, such as Qu Yuan, Sou Shen Yuan, Princess Zhaojun, and Princess gaffe, which are all classic plays on the stage of Cantonese opera.
Chen Xiaofeng once formed a troupe with his wife Leung Sui Bing, sister Chen Xiaocha, Chen Xiaohua and other famous actresses, which became a much-told story for a while. Chen's eight brothers and sisters, under the guidance of their fathers and brothers, all joined the Cantonese opera circle, and most of them married their peers in the circle. "The Chen family put on a play behind closed doors" has become a legend inside and outside the industry.
When Chen Xiaofeng won the Second Guangdong Lifetime Achievement Award in 20 15, he was interviewed by Nanfang Daily reporter and reviewed his career as an artist: "I have been an artist for more than 70 years. I want to talk about my experience, first of all, I have to work hard. Either don't do it or try your best to do it. Cantonese opera is really competitive. As soon as they appeared, the audience knew at a glance whether it was good or bad and whether the pace was beautiful. So if a person wants to achieve something, he must really work very hard. "
He also said: "Another point is innovation. Every character I play has a different personality background. Even in the same role, he has joys and sorrows, and his heart is changing all the time. Therefore, when singing, you can't generalize. You should use different "cavities" to make the characters vivid and rich in levels. For example, I sometimes add some circuitous timbre to music to add a little euphemistic charm, and become different in these details, so that people will think that I sing very well and have new ideas. "
With full enthusiasm and sincere heart for Cantonese opera art, Chen Xiaofeng, who is over 80 years old, is still diligent and diligent in studying, and can still perform on stage at the age of 90.
He not only actively devoted himself to promoting Cantonese opera culture and supporting the rising stars of Cantonese opera, but also served charitable organizations for a long time and held many fund-raising benefit performances at home and abroad. His rich artistic achievements, humble and upright manners and gentle demeanor have made him widely respected inside and outside the theater and respected as a generation of masters.