2. Later, Yang Qichao, a disciple of Tang Yucheng, was called "Little Red King" because of his outstanding performance among his peers (to distinguish him from "Old Red King").
3. In the early 1980s, costume dramas were restored, and Liu Zhong and his red-faced dramas became popular. Because Liu was called "Master", he was called "Little Red King" or "Red King of Eastern Henan" at that time. But there was no mention of "several big red-faced kings" at that time.
4. In the mid-1980s, the audio-visual company published the audio and video of eight people, including Tang Yucheng, Zhang Zhimao, Liu Xinmin, Hong Xianli, Suo Wenhua, Zhu Kunfang, Chen Chuanming and Xie Qingjun, and released six VCDs called Eight Red Faces of Henan Opera. Since then, there has been a popular saying that "Henan Opera has eight red faces".
Gradually, the title of "Eight Red Faces in Henan Opera" evolved into the title of "Eight Red Faces King in Henan Opera".
6. Later, some people thought that it seemed inappropriate to merge the actors of the old "red-faced king" Tang Yucheng and his disciples into the "Eight Red-faced Kings" (for example, the "Six Famous Danes" urged by the Royal Guards to Ma Yansang and his disciples were merged into the "Ten Famous Danes"; Or is it feasible to call the old "Six Famous Danes" and "Ninety or Thirty Famous Danes" the "Sixteenth Famous Danes" of Henan Opera? This is a truth), so I removed Tang Yucheng from the list of "Eight Red-faced Kings" and added someone I thought was suitable. Due to different understanding standards, there are different versions of "Eight Red-faced Kings".
7. There are far more than eight actors in these different versions of the "Eight Red-faced Kings", so some people have comprehensively summarized the "Ten Red-faced Kings" and other statements. Others simply call any red-faced actor who thinks he can sing well "the red-faced king". In this way, the title of "Red Face King" has been abused.
In order to standardize the title of "red-faced king", some people put forward the following suggestions for improvement:
One opinion is: Leave the title of "Red Face King" to Tang Yucheng, and call the rest "Famous Red Face Actors".
Another opinion is: according to the teacher's seniority, it can be divided into: old red face king, second generation red face king, third generation red face king, fourth generation red face king and so on. But the problem to be solved by this stroke is how to properly (according to age? Age? ) is compared with the corresponding generation.
The third opinion is that eight people, including Tang Yucheng, Zhang Zhimao, Liu Xinmin, Hong Xianli, Suo Wenhua, Zhu Kunfang, Chen Chuanming and Xie Qingjun, have published Eight Red Faces of Henan Opera on six VCDs and continue to be called the "Eight Red Faces King" (regardless of seniority or age);
In addition, "Eight (or Ten) Red-faced Kings of Henan Opera Today" can be selected (exactly, it refers to the famous red-faced actors who were active at the beginning of 2 1 century, whose plays were well-known and performed well, and all of them were alive). This can be produced by holding the "Red Face King Art Festival", putting on a red face drama, adjusting performances, competing for red face actors, and voting. Netizens can also express their opinions on this.