Explore life. On the 11th floor where Jiang Kun lives, the walls are covered with the words "Jiang Kun" and "Uncle Jiang Kun" written by children. This childish way of worship is really hilarious.

Jiang Kun lives in a one-and-a-half-room unit. Looking out from the window of his house, the view is very broad, and our conversation started without restraint.

"I have been interested in literature and art since I was a child, and I like singing, musical instruments, and drama. But I really fell in love with cross talk in the winter of 1974." At that time, he was in a propaganda team of the Heilongjiang Construction Corps.

One day, he and several comrades took a train to Jiamusi to watch a cross talk show. The performances by Hao Aimin and Li Wenhua particularly attracted him.

Jiang Kun listened and memorized several cross talk segments.

That night, they squatted in the waiting room of the train station for the night. Next to the crackling stove, Jiang Kun made a lifelong ambition to talk about cross talk.

In September 1976, Jiang Kun returned to Beijing and was admitted to the Central Radio Rap Troupe.

He was already 26 years old at that time.

In order to break out of his own way as soon as possible, he was determined to "kick around and kick his head a few times."

In early 1977, Jiang Kun, who had been married for only 13 days, went to Taoyuan County, Hunan with a group to live in depth.

I heard and saw many touching things there, such as a female captain of the "March 8th Movement" who postponed her wedding three times to work; there was also a girl who worked on water conservancy and worked in a tunnel for a long time, and her hair turned white. She came out to rest for a while.

Continue to go into the hole... With the help of Comrade Ma Ji, he wrote the cross talk "Spring Flowers Bloom", which enthusiastically praised new people and new things.

For this reason, he did not even go home during the Spring Festival. In a letter to his wife, he wrote, "...my debut novel is the first life after our union." Later he wrote "Happy Events", "Red Gardener"

" and other crosstalks with the theme of praising new people and new things, but he was not satisfied.

One day, in the photo studio, the photographer told him about all the ridiculous things that happened in the photo studio during the ten years of turmoil. This was like a spark that ignited the spark in his mind and reminded him of his own experiences.

During the Cultural Revolution, he and his brother went to the buying station to sell rabbits.

Everyone who sells junk is subject to scrutiny.

"What's your origin?" "Worker." "Fifth red category, take it!" "What's your origin?" "Landlord." "Bastard, I won't take it." "What's your origin?" Jiang Kun was asked.

"My dad is a teacher," his brother replied.

"You half-hearted bastard, stop it."... "Times have changed. Looking back on the past, I can see what a blind state I was in at that time! These all inspired me to create "Photography Like This". I want to lash out against these extreme leftist things." "Photography Like This"

"The performance aroused great repercussions. This was a crucial step for Jiang Kun in his career.

In order to explore broader themes, Jiang Kun came to Xinjiang with the group in October 1978, which happened to catch up with the grand "Kurban Festival" celebration. He participated in the wedding of ethnic minorities and the "Aken Playing and Singing Concert".

Aken means "singer" in the Kazakh people.

The singers gathered together and sang many songs from the 1950s such as "People's Communes are Bridges and Communism is Paradise".

When they welcomed the guests from Beijing and gave a speech, Jiang Kun stood up and said: "I heard that singing is the wings of the Kazakh people. I hope to hear you singing about a rich life and singing about beautiful love..." At this point, Jiang Kun found that many old people

The singer's face glowed with youth.

"Okay? Let me sing?" "Let me sing!" In the thick Mohe smoke, four or five pairs of Aken sang a love song.

That time, Jiang Kun collected a large volume of folk songs in one go.

Later, he used this as material to write the popular "Poetry, Song and Love".

Over the past four years, Jiang Kun's path has become wider and wider. The more than 40 crosstalks he has created and performed are all realistic themes, touching on a wide range of social issues, and have been enthusiastically praised by the audience.

Jiang Kun is not satisfied: "The audience's requirements for art are getting higher and higher, and we cannot cater to a few people with low-level and vulgar things. Adhering to high style and highlighting individuality is still the direction of our efforts.