Li Haiquan (190 1 February 4th-1February 8th, 965), a native of Shangcun Village, Jun 'an Town, Shunde District, Foshan City, Guangdong Province, is a famous ugly little actor in Cantonese opera. In the late 1920s, he was a junior in New China Class, and his main performances were Golden Haired Mouse, Crossing Reed Flowers at Night, and sweeping the North by Luotong. In 1930s, Li Haiquan was famous for his "ragged dramas". He is versatile, and his performances of Wu Chou, net towel edge and Erhua noodles are exquisite and unique, especially famous for leading performances such as "Grab Yin Si Road" and "Smoke Sweeping Long Beach". In the early 1940s, Li Haiquan, Liao Xiahuai, An Banri and Ye Furuo were called "Four Famous Ugliness of Cantonese Opera". His performance is humorous and implicit, and his singing is rich and simple, which is well received by Cantonese opera audiences. He has performed overseas and is widely welcomed by mainland audiences. Li Haiquan announced his retirement from the stage on 1958, and died in Hongkong on February 8, 1965.
Chinese name: Li Haiquan.
Alias: Li Manchuan
Nationality: China.
Ethnic group: Han nationality
Place of Birth: Shangcun Township, Jun 'an Town, Shunde District, Foshan City, Guangdong Province
Date of birth:1901February 4th.
Date of death:1February 8, 965 (at the age of 64)
Occupation: actor
Representative works: Golden Rooster, Luo Tong Sweeping the North, Crossing Reed Flowers at Night, Snatching Yin Si Road, etc.
Spouse: Grace Ho
Daughter: Li Qiuyuan.
Sons: Li, Bruce Lee and.
Grandson: Brandon Lee Li Kaihao Li Weihao Li Jiahao
Granddaughter: Li Xiangning.
Performance experience
At the end of the 1920s, Li Haiquan was a junior in New China Class, and his main performances included Golden Mouse, Rotten Sweeping the North, Crossing the Reed Flowers at Night and so on. In 1930s, Li Haiquan was famous for his "ragged dramas". In the early 1940s, Li Haiquan, Liao Xiahuai, An Banri and Ye Furuo were called "Four Famous Ugliness of Cantonese Opera". His performance is humorous and implicit, and his singing is rich and simple, which is well received by Cantonese opera audiences. He performed overseas and was widely welcomed by overseas Chinese audiences. Li Haiquan retired from the stage on 1958 and died in Hongkong on 1965.
Li Haiquan 190 1 was born in Jiangwei, Shunde District, Foshan City, Guangdong Province on February 4th. Li Haiquan's father, Chen-Piao Li, was an escort in his early years. In his later years, he retired and returned to Jiang Wei to make a living as a short-term worker. In order to reduce the burden of life, Chen-Piao Li arranged for his two sons, Li Mantian and Li Manchuan, to be apprentices in the famous Xiaotianxia Teahouse (now a department store) in Foshan. Here, Li Manchuan met Xiao Shiyi, a famous Cantonese opera actress. With the consent of his parents, Li Manchuan formally worshipped Xiaoshengyi as a teacher to study drama. Xiao Shengyi gave him a stage name Li Haiquan.
In the late 1920s, he was a junior in New China Class. The main actors in the class are Liang Dongquan, Shao Xinquan, Zhang Li Xiao and Bai Yutang. The main performances are Golden Hairy Mouse, Luo Tong Sweeping the North, Crossing the Reed Flowers at Night, etc.
From 65438 to 0939, Yongshounian Troupe was an ugly student, especially famous for its leading performances "Rob Yin Si Road" and "Smoke Sweeping Long Beach".
From 65438 to 0939, Li Haiquan was an ugly student of Yongshounian Troupe, and he was famous for his rags, which reflected the life of grassroots people. He is versatile, and he has done well in Wu Chou, Wang Jin Yuan and Erhua Mian, especially the leading roles in Rob Yin Si Road and Smoke Sweeping Long Beach.
At the beginning of 1948, Li Haiquan, Liao Xiahuai, An Banri and Ye Furuo were called "Four Ugly Students of Cantonese Opera". His performance is humorous and implicit, and his singing is rich and simple, which is well received by Cantonese opera audiences. He performed overseas and was widely welcomed by overseas Chinese audiences.
1947 went to Bai Yutang to be an ugly student of Zhong Xing China Theatre, starring in the famous drama Begging for a Beggar to Raise a Champion, which caused a sensation in the Hong Kong art world. Together with Xue Juexian's Yuan Hong Hua Ran, Jintang Chen's Justin and Liao Xiahuai's Local Champion, this drama is called the "Four Top Scholars" and has been widely circulated.
After 1945, he became one of the pillars of Jintianhua Opera Troupe, and performed such famous plays as kowloon cup the Three Thieves, The Array of Copper Nets and Two Smokers Sweeping Long Beach. Li Haiquan and Chen Tiejun, the master of Yongshou New Year Painting Class, co-edited a new drama "Flocculation on the Cliff". In the play, Ju plays a girl who has gone through difficulties and obstacles, and tells a sad song about a bumpy life experience at the edge of the cliff, which makes the audience shed tears of sympathy. He also cooperated with Xue Juexian to perform such plays as The Magistrate of Mei Mansion, and participated in performances such as Ten Years of Personnel Change, Seven Characters Strange and Uneven, Pink Military Adviser, Butterfly Genie, Fossil Wang Fu, etc.
Li Haiquan retired from the stage on 1958 and died in Hongkong on 1965. One of his sons is Bruce Lee (Lee), an internationally famous martial arts movie star, and the other is a famous artist (Sensen's husband).
Family relations
Li Haiquan has a wife Grace Ho, sons Bruce Lee, Li Zhenhui, father-in-law He Gantang and grandson Brandon Lee.
Main work
Dashiyinshi Road (1939)
Anemone huoshanensis (1947)
Begging for food to raise the champion (1947)
A hundred birds flock to the phoenix (1947)
Two smokers swept the long beach (1948)
Golden World (1948)
Four Heavenly Kings (1948)
Tokyo Five Rats (Episode II finale) (1948)
A little red in the industry (1948)
Colorful (1948)
Convenient and quick (1948)
Rich clouds (1948)
Authentic champion (1948)
Five Mice Noisy in Tokyo (Part I) (1948)
Garbage paradise (1949)
Scarab in hell (1949)
Smallpox Dragon and Phoenix (1949)
Four happiness (1949)
The Seven Heroes of Shaolin Five Visits to Mount Emei (Episode II finale) (1950)
Love between Baoyu (1949)
Three thieves in kowloon cup and Five Rats in Tokyo (three episodes) (1950)
Anecdotes of characters
Bai de Shi Ming
Trace the history of the Li family. At the end of Qing Dynasty, there was a famous martial artist in Shunde, Guangdong. He is Li Haiquan's father, Chen-Piao Li. Chen-Piao Li works as an escort in Foshan Escort Agency, escorting valuable goods for banks and merchants. Li Haiquan was originally named Li Manquan, and he has a brother named Li Mantian. Chen-Piao Li doesn't want his son to become a martial artist when he grows up: he is desperate and turbulent. He hopes that future generations will live a plain and stable life. When Mantian was 9 years old and Man Quan was less than 7 years old, his father sent them to Little Chen Huan Teahouse, a famous restaurant in Foshan, as apprentices. Laughing dust ring not only provides dining table, but also provides morning and evening tea. Ask the waiter in the old teahouse to "sing the menu", that is, sing the dishes, wine, refreshments and the amount of money to be paid by the customers. The song used for "singing the menu" is Cantonese opera. The two brothers studied hard and practiced hard, especially Quan Quan, who was born with musical talent and clear pronunciation. Singing a song often won the house applause.
19 1 1 year, Li Manquan met Xiao Yi, a famous Cantonese opera actress who changed his life. Xiao Shengyi and his friends met in the teahouse. When he heard Li Manquan's Song List with clear articulation, mellow melody and sincere expression, he suddenly felt good and asked Li Manquan to try out a Cantonese song. After listening, he boasted happily: "The roots are not bad, but great!" Xiao Shengyi asked Li Manquan if he would like to perform with his troupe. Li Manquan readily agreed, and later said that he would ask his parents for permission. Mr. and Mrs. Chen-Piao Li are firmly opposed to their son joining the troupe. In the old society, performers had low status and low social status. But Li Manquan insisted on studying drama, and his brother Li Mantian also pleaded hard for his brother. His parents finally let go and let him go. Li Manquan formally worshipped Xiao Shiyi as a teacher, and Xiao Shiyi took his stage name Li Haiquan. Xiao Shengyi is a famous martial artist. Li Haiquan learned drama from him and practiced martial arts. He traveled all over the country and became more and more popular. Later, it became one of the "Four Famous Corners of Cantonese Opera".
Away from home
1940, the Japanese annexed more than half of China. The war was raging, the people were miserable and the theater was deserted. As a famous Cantonese opera actor, Li Haiquan's family fled from Guangdong to Hong Kong under the pressure of the Japanese army. Hong Kong is in a corner. However, the Japanese army has become the crab claws of Hong Kong. Li Haiquan and his wife went to the United States, all the way to Wan Li. At that time, the United States was far away from the war of World War II and was a safe haven for refugees from all over the world. Li Haiquan went to the United States not so much to escape the war as to develop Cantonese opera, which he regarded as his life. At that time, more than ten cities such as new york, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Chicago had formed stable Chinese residential areas, and the community area was called Chinatown. Chinatown is full of China cultural characteristics, and most of the early immigrants came from Guangdong, so this culture is also full of Guangdong characteristics-Cantonese opera is a cultural entertainment that China people talk about. In the United States, in order to make a living, Li Haiquan had to leave his pregnant wife Grace Ho to travel with a tour group.
1940165438+1On October 27th, Li Haiquan's wife Grace Ho gave birth to her son Bruce Lee at the Chinese Hospital in Chinatown, San Francisco, USA. When his wife gave birth, Li Haiquan was still performing at the China City Theatre in new york, 9,000 miles away, which contributed to his Cantonese opera career. At that time, Li Haiquan only stayed at home for a few days, and then went to the United States with the group in a hurry. His wife and family stayed in San Francisco's Chinatown.
194 1 At the end of March, Li Haiquan saw that there was not much room for the development of Cantonese opera in the United States, so he decided to return to Hong Kong to develop his career and family. The reason is that the audience of Cantonese opera is mostly confined to the Chinese circle of Guangdong nationality, and the world is too small; In addition, despite the confrontation between Japanese and British forces, Hong Kong is still peaceful. Japan has cast a smoke screen of peace and deceived many Hong Kong people, even the British authorities in Hong Kong. Hong Kong people still live in their own way, and Li Haiquan is still busy performing.
194 1 1 The Pacific War broke out at 4: 45 am on February 8, and Li Haiquan's family did not leave. His family has gone far away, ready to bear the pain of being moved from one place to another. He believes in Buddhism and Buddhism will protect the safety of his family.
From 65438 to 0950, Li Haiquan became a famous clown of Cantonese opera, and his income was gradually enriched. Besides, his wife was born in a noble family, and Li's family is an upper class in Hong Kong. Family life is stable and comfortable.
A masterpiece of fame
Begging for food to raise the champion (1947) Region: Hong Kong. Language: Cantonese. Movie genre: costume. Actors: Li Haiquan, Man-lei Wong, Luo Pinchao, Violet. Production company: Cosmic Film Company. Production company: Taishan production company. Li Haiquan went to Bai Yutang to play the ugly student of Xing Zhonghua's troupe, starring in the famous drama Begging for a Scholar, which caused a sensation in the Hong Kong art scene. Li Haiquan's main role is to beg for food and raise the champion-Fu Duo.
Role interpretation
Fodor, played by Li Haiquan, is a farmer who "cultivates his own land and eats his own food". He thinks that "tea is fragrant and rice is soft" because "he has held his position". Later, his family of three fled to Kyoto and became beggars. Fodor begs for food with a long title and aims to ascend to heaven. Although he was old and accomplished nothing, he pinned his hopes on his son, eating leftovers and attacking his son for teaching, in order to gain fame and achieve the goal of "making a name for himself and showing his parents". Fodor lived at the bottom of feudal society, lived a wandering life and tasted the pain of "fighting for food". But he had no complaints about the feudal rulers and was bent on climbing from beggar status to literati class. He believes in imperial examinations and seems ambitious. In fact, he is just a little slave who wants to be a big slave, and a hungry slave who wants to be a slave manager. Li Haiquan's plays can be regarded as shaping an ambitious slave. The image of the slave is portrayed as "penetrating", and his singing is rich and simple, which is deeply loved by the audience. The play was premiered in Hong Kong, which caused a sensation in the art world in Hong Kong. Together with Flower Dye, it was also called the "Four No.1 Scholar", forming the local No.1 Scholar of Hong and Liao Xiahuai and spreading widely. Li Haiquan achieved great success with this play.
Li Haiquan devoted himself to the cause of Cantonese opera all his life, and didn't quit the stage of Cantonese opera until 1958, which made immortal contributions to the cause of Cantonese opera in China. He is not only a famous clown actor in Cantonese opera, but also has studied Tai Ji Chuan for decades and achieved a lot. Bruce Lee's first teacher, Bruce Lee, began to learn from his father Tai Ji Chuan when he was a few years old. Tai Ji Chuan, whom he studied, later played an extremely important role in Jeet Kune Do.