Chen Yongquan ranks in the sixth generation in the cross talk circle. Chen Yongquan studied under Tan Boru.

Tan Boru is a master of the "Shou" generation. He studied under Guo Ruilin (Guo Rongqi's father). He is a fellow student with Hou Yichen, Tao Xiangjiu, Li Shoufang, Ma Sili and Hu Lanting. His apprentices include Chen Yongquan, Zhao Shizhong, Wang Chunhe, Zhang Chunwang, Wang Jiaqi, Kou Lianrong, etc. His famous saying is: Praising and teasing must understand and sympathize with each other, so that such partners can be happy.

Chen Yongquan, born in Beijing in 1932, is a cross talk actor and a national first-class actor. Grandfather Zhong Ziliang was a representative figure of the "Qingmen" crosstalk in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. He successively wrote the crosstalk "Eight Major Changes", "Selling Five Utensils", and "The Dumen Chronicle". His father, Chen Zizhen, was a famous crosstalk artist from the 1920s to the 1940s. His representative works include "Eight Cats", "On Wealth and Poverty", "Sheep on a Tree" and other works passed down to future generations.

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Early experience

Chen Yongquan attended Beijing No. 11 Primary School. When he graduated, he ranked 48th and was ranked fifth in Beijing. He was admitted to middle school and later studied cross talk with Tan Boru as his teacher. In 1951, during the "Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea" period, 14-year-old Chen Yongquan entered the cross talk industry and served as a clerk for the "Beijing Cross Talk Improvement Group".

In 1955, Chen Yongquan began to create cross talk, and successively published "I'm OK", "New Words Just Talk", "Ask the Doctor", "Pregnant Women Questionnaire", etc. During the "Cultural Revolution", Chen Yongquan was forced to leave the stage. At the age of 45, Chen Yongquan returned to the stage. He has created, adapted, organized and published more than 50 paragraphs (articles) of modern and traditional stand-up, dialogue, three-person cross talk, makeup cross talk, cross talk drama and cross talk theory.

He has traveled to the United States, Canada, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan and other countries and regions for cultural exchanges, performances and lectures. Together with Li Jindou, he recorded 6 cross talk albums on cassette tapes, which included 39 segments of various programs. A box of personal stand-up comedy albums.

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