Nowadays, in their free time, people either read their favorite books, check Weibo on their mobile phones, cook a delicious meal, listen to music, or even just be in a daze and relax for a while. own brain. No matter what, you can always find your own way of entertainment. People in the Ming and Qing Dynasties liked to listen to operas, and the most common one was Peking Opera. Often the audience is full of spectators before the play begins.

As a form of entertainment that appeals to both refined and popular tastes, Peking Opera has been passed down to this day and has become a unique cultural gene of the Chinese nation. There are not many opera singers nowadays, but most of them are hardworking and diligent. Li Shengsu is one of the best, known as "the most beautiful woman in Peking Opera".

One minute on stage, ten years off stage

People often say that everything is difficult at the beginning, and nothing is easy at the beginning. Whether it is your first time going to school or your first love, when you step into a field that you have little knowledge or even no experience in, you will feel uneasy in your heart, even if you love this thing very much. Li Shengsu was just about ten years old when she first came into contact with opera. At such a young age, facing unfamiliar new things, we are indeed curious and expectant, but fear is always unavoidable.

But fear is useless. For the young Li Shengsu, all she can do is to learn and practice to make the unfamiliar become familiar and even proficient. Sometimes, it is not the hardest thing to start something, but it is the hardest thing to keep doing it. How many people give up halfway through and then fail. But Li Shengsu did it, she persisted and didn't leave even when it was the most difficult time, so she succeeded.

Some people will say, it’s just singing, how difficult can it be, what’s the big deal if you persist for a few years. In fact, the truth is not as simple as we think. To learn Peking Opera, you need to practice more than just singing and voice. "Sing, read, do and beat" is not just a simple four-character phrase. It may take more than ten days or even several months to practice a simple sleeve-flipping movement.

Repeating it again and again will always get annoying, not to mention that Li Shengsu was still a child at the time. But she didn't give up halfway. Naturally, she has troubles and times when she is tired, but she knows that in order to succeed and show her best side, countless repetitions are necessary. Such persistence is so valuable for a child.

Fortunately, all the hard work will pay off in the end. When she was 21 years old, after several years of hard training, she became the little girl who sang "Lian Jinfeng" on stage, and also became the national first-class actor later. No wonder the ancients often said, "One minute off stage, ten years on stage." As an audience, we can never guess how many times the little girl performing on the stage was exhausted behind her skillful movements.

Learn from famous masters

There are indeed people who are self-taught, but most of them slowly became successful under the guidance of their predecessors. Li Shengsu’s success is also inseparable from her The careful teachings of the masters. Between the ages of 13 and 20, her teacher Qi Lanqiu put a lot of effort into her. After she achieved some success at the age of 21, she was not complacent with the status quo. Instead, she became a member of Liu Xiurong and Mei Baojiu and continued to work hard.

Under the guidance of famous teachers, Li Shengsu’s performances continue to improve. But she does not just imitate blindly, but after thoroughly understanding all the things she uses, she combines them with herself and injects her own soul into them. In this way, she successively won awards such as the Chinese Drama Plum Blossom Award. Later, he entered the National Peking Opera Theater and gained a distinguished position.

Her fame spreads far and wide

Li Shengsu is undoubtedly the number one among her peers, and even some artists of the older generation are not as good as her. Her voice is classical and subtle yet elegant, full of gentleness and gorgeous. Just listening to her music is an auditory enjoyment, not to mention watching the performance. With such achievements, Li Shengsu is not only popular at home, but also brings Chinese opera abroad, taking opera culture to a new level.

When her unique voice came out from the Golden Hall in Vienna, Austria, when Jinghu, Yuexian, Qudi, Sheng mixed with drums and banshees sounded, China’s Peking Opera finally wiped away the clouds of time. The dust once again has its due glory and glory. And these are inseparable from the efforts of Li Shengsu and the efforts of people who are as obsessed with Peking Opera as she is. Li Shengsu's name has gained popularity abroad, and China's Peking Opera has also become famous overseas.

There is a very popular song on the Internet called "Red Ling", which sings about the patriotism of Pei Yanzhi, an actor during the Republic of China. There was Pei Yanzhi in front of him and Li Shengsu in the back. They all exchanged their efforts for applause and praise.

The actor industry has always been controversial, but in the author's opinion, not all opera singers are controversial, but only a very small part of them. Behind their heavy makeup, there are passionate and sincere hearts, just like Pei Yanzhi who sang "Peach Blossom Fan" in the firelight, and Li Shengsu, who is known as the most beautiful woman in Peking Opera.