Where was Chen Shoushan born?

Chen Shoushan, Chaozhou opera actor and makeup artist. Born in Zhao 'an, Fujian Province, 1954 was born in Singapore, and 1973 began to perform Chaozhou Opera.

Chinese name: Chen Shoushan

Nationality: Singapore

Ethnic group: Han nationality

Place of birth: Singapore

Date of birth: 1954

Occupation: Chaozhou opera actor, makeup artist

Representative work: Peach Blossom Dream

Ancestral home: Zhao 'an, Fujian

Singapore Chaozhou Opera Actor and Makeup Artist

Chen Shoushan, Chaozhou opera actor and makeup artist. Born in Zhao 'an, Fujian Province, 1954 was born in Singapore, and 1973 began to perform Chaozhou Opera. At that time, he was just 19 years old, in the prime of life, at a time when the people of all ethnic groups in Singapore were ambitious and created an economic miracle that attracted worldwide attention. He faces many good opportunities. He could have found a job in tourism, commerce, service industry, or electronics and information technology industry to give full play to his talents, but he just fell in love with Chaozhou opera, an industry that has been depressed in the local area since the war. This is because, "I was born and raised in Singapore. Since I was a child, I have witnessed that Chaozhou opera has a large audience among Chinese in Singapore and is very popular with them. I am one of them, so I chose to play Chaozhou opera. "

Personal work

However, Chaozhou opera is an art, and you can't pretend to love it. So, in order to master the real skills of performing Chaozhou Opera as soon as possible, he took the initiative to worship Xing Linxi, a famous local Chaozhou Opera artist, as a teacher when he joined the league, followed him as a teacher in advance, and then changed to studying ugly girls, and learned from his teachers the sayings of Yang Lingpo, Xiang Luopa, Xian Opera Engagement and Yang's Courtship. 199 1 year, Chen Shoushan attended the Kuching International Art Festival sponsored by the government and the Ministry of Social Development of Sarawak, Malaysia, starring in two plays, The Debate on Yanglingpo and Xianglupa. Because it "closely combines the application of skills, art and spirit with characterization to achieve both form and spirit", it is in the audience. In particular, The Debate of Yanglingpo, originally the first play and housekeeping play of Hong Miao, a famous performing artist of Chaozhou Opera, has become a masterpiece. However, when performing this drama, Chen Shoushan's portrayal of Yang Lingpo is "like a Hong Temple, not a Hong Temple", and he often shows his own personality characteristics in the kneading of performance skills and stage emotions, so he is favored and praised by people. Some people say that his plays usually combine the skills of "acting" and "singing", and are full of freehand brushwork and realistic vividness, so they have the style of "solid outside and solid inside, round and refined". The old Dan and the ugly girl he plays are also good at overcoming the difficulty of taking men as women, paying attention to developing intelligence and hiding others, and the range of body movements is just right. Therefore, in "Xiangluo Pie" and "Yang's Courtship", he plays the role of wife and wet nurse, and his performance is also "better than others", which constantly wins applause from the audience. All this is his humility, eagerness to learn, and determination to forge ahead. In addition to performing arts, Chen Shoushan is also a slightly famous makeup artist in Singapore Chaozhou Opera. He has worked as a headdress designer and stage figure makeup in several troupes. This ability is also gradually acquired through continuous learning and endeavor. From the very beginning, he looked for a teacher to study drama, and at the same time, he took the famous local makeup master as his teacher and learned from him about makeup artist. After that, I continued to learn and communicate with the stage stylists and makeup personnel of Chaozhou Opera groups from the mainland, learning from each other's strengths and enriching myself. He is also passionate about the makeup of Chaozhou opera, and has spent a lot of thought and energy. After careful and repeated study and understanding, he has learned to weave headdresses independently, make beads and beads by himself, and mastered facial makeup techniques in all walks of life. He is also familiar with the operation of the "big back" headdress unique to Chaozhou Opera, and also familiar with the costumes, hats, shoes, props and fixed chairs on the stage worn by children in early Chaozhou Opera. He also collects it carefully, and refuses to let anything go, let alone sell it. It can be seen that he has a strong interest in all aspects of Chaozhou opera stage art, just like makeup, which also shows that he cherishes the historical development of Chaozhou opera and attaches importance to everything used in the past on the Chaozhou opera stage. Therefore, in his own words, "the purpose is not to collect antiques, but to help him take better care of traditions in his practical work and strive for transcendence on the basis of grasping artistic traditions." This is obviously an artistic person.

Social assessment

Because I am diligent in practice and good at learning, I have also made outstanding achievements in stage modeling design and makeup. Recently, it has gained high popularity in the Chaozhou Opera Festival in Singapore, and its influence is growing. She has been hired by several troupes as Peach Blossom Dream, Butterfly Dream, Yellow Song Against Beauty, Princess Durando, Red Silk Cuo and Hanwu Love, and participated in the International Chaozhou Drama Festival held in Shantou and the Anatolian Drama Festival held in Turkey on 1993 and 1998 respectively, with her excellent headdress.