Text | Kitten
Editor | Chu Yang
"Open the door! I'm Dashan. "
Looking at the foreign guy on the stage who speaks fluent Chinese, the audience focused in an instant.
You know, this is the stage of the CCTV Spring Festival Gala in 1989, which symbolizes the highest honor of actors.
What virtue and ability does this foreigner have? he is unexpectedly able to perform on this stage.
Ever since the Spring Festival Gala was founded, there had never been such a situation.
This also caused viewers to guess:
Could it be because the Spring Festival Gala director had been bribed? Or does he want to surprise the audience differently?
But no matter what he thought, the foreign boy's acting skills were unanimously recognized by the audience.
As a result, he gained the nickname "Mountain" and even gained the appreciation of Jiang Kun and Hou Baolin.
At that time, Dashan was full of scenery, just when everyone thought he could shine in the art industry.
However, because of Feng Gong's words, he bid farewell to the domestic stage directly.
What was going on? What did Feng Gong say to him that made him leave China decisively? All this had to start from the beginning.
Foreign guys on the stage of Spring Festival GalaAlthough Dashan speaks fluent Chinese, he is a native Canadian whose real name is Mark Roswell.
At that time, there were very few foreigners who could speak a little Chinese.
To be able to speak Chinese so fluently like a mountain was simply a rare existence.
Many people wonder why Dashan can speak such fluent Chinese.
In fact, Dashan also has a deep relationship with China, and he has been to China since his grandfather's generation.
Because Grandpa Dashan was proficient in medicine, he volunteered to come to China to save lives during the Japanese invasion.
Grandpa Dashan came to China in 1922 with his wife and three children and was assigned to Henan after simple training.
In the hospital, Dashan's grandfather worked conscientiously, always adhered to the duties and duties of doctors, and actively helped the injured.
But with the intensification of the war, Grandpa Dashan was forced to return to Canada.
However, during the return journey, their two sons died one after another, and one of them was buried in Beidaihe.
Looking at his daughter, who was only by his side, Dashan's grandparents hugged her tightly and cried.
After returning home, Dashan's grandparents gave birth to four more children, because Dashan's father is their youngest child.
So Dashan was spoiled by his grandparents from the moment he was born.
When Dashan was a child, his grandfather would often tell him some interesting things that happened in China, which also made him interested in China.
With the passage of time, Dashan also grew into a big young man.
In 1988, after graduating from the University of Toronto, Dashan went to Beijing to study in the Chinese Department of Peking University.
When he first entered Peking University, he named himself Lu Shiwei.
Some people wonder why he gave himself such a Chinese name. in fact, if you read it carefully, you will find it.
This Chinese name is a Chinese transliteration of his original name.
When he was a sophomore, he also joined a club of Chinese culture, in which what was discussed was basically traditional Chinese culture.
In order to further understand the breadth and depth of Chinese culture, Dashan applied to participate in the CCTV Spring Festival Gala performance.
The name of his sketch is "Night return", and his appearance also gives people a refreshing feeling.
After all, since the Spring Festival Gala stage was set up, there have been no foreign actors on the stage.
At this time, everyone is full of expectations for him, want to see what kind of skills this foreign guy has?
Mulan, open the door. I'm Dashan. "
With this sentence, all the audiences were stunned.
They didn't expect that the foreign guy could speak fluent Chinese.
With the continuous progress of the plot, the audience was also amused by his humorous expressions and exaggerated actions.
After the Spring Festival Gala was broadcast this year, Dashan became popular overnight and quickly swept the country.
Learn crosstalk from teacher Jiang KunWith the overnight fame of the Spring Festival Gala, Dashan not only ushered in the peak of his career, but also met the dignitaries in his life.
They are Dashan's teachers-Jiang Kun and Ding Guangquan.
It turns out that when Dashan first came to Beijing, he and his friends went to listen to Jiang Kun's crosstalk show.
Looking at Jiang Kun, who is free on the stage and constantly burdened, Dashan is also envious.
He thought: If one day he can stand on the stage to perform crosstalk, it will definitely not be a trip to Beijing.
So he came up with the idea of learning crosstalk with Jiang Kun, and waited until the end of the show to find Jiang Kun backstage.
He expressed his request for work to him, but when he saw the foreigner in front of him, Jiang Kun resolutely refused.
Because he believes that crosstalk is a traditional Chinese culture and cannot be learned by foreigners.
In this way, the wealth left by our ancestors will be passed on to outsiders. A good thing like this must be left to your family.
But Dashan was not discouraged. Seeing that Jiang Kun was unwilling to teach himself, he turned around and found crosstalk master Ding Guangquan.
Like Jiang Kun, Ding Guangquan did not agree to Dashan's request for teacher worship, but asked him to go home first and wait for himself to think about it.
In fact, this is an euphemistic way of refusal, for the Chinese, after hearing this way, they will certainly give up.
And Dashan itself is a foreigner, he does not understand China's modest culture, in his view, there is still a chance to think about it.
After seeing that Ding Guangquan did not reject himself directly, Dashan was also very happy. He thought he could learn his favorite crosstalk soon.
So on the second day, he personally selected gifts to visit, hoping to let the teacher see his sincerity.
Ding Guangquan looked at the honest young man in front of him and was amused by his sincerity.
I did not expect that there was such a big cultural difference between China and foreign countries that his euphemistic refusal was mistaken for consent by him.
Well, if you don't accept it, you have to accept it, so Dashan was accepted as an apprentice by Ding Guangquan with his sincerity.
Under the guidance of Mr. Ding, Dashan also officially came into contact with crosstalk and realized the charm of crosstalk.
Since Dashan had not systematically studied crosstalk before, he could only be regarded as a novice in crosstalk.
You have to start with the basic skills. The so-called basic skills are talking, learning and singing.
If you want to speak crosstalk well, you must first straighten your tongue and speak. Only in this way can you make beads.
The audience can also hear what you are saying clearly. If you can't even hear what you are saying, what fun is there?
In order to practice the basic skills well, it can be said that Dashan made a lot of efforts and finally mastered the basic skills of crosstalk through his unremitting efforts.
The work performed on the stage for the first time is "count Noble", which has become one of his favorite works.
Although he became Ding Guangquan's apprentice, he did not forget his love for Jiang Kun.
I still have a dream of becoming Jiang Kun's apprentice.
So after Dashan made some small achievements in crosstalk, he turned to Jiang Kun and asked him to pay homage to his teacher again.
But Jiang Kun once again rejected Dashan on the grounds that he was an apprentice of Ding Guangquan.
Although he refused again and again, Dashan still did not give up and found Jiang Kun again and again.
Seeing Dashan's persistence, Jiang Kun was also moved by it. He didn't expect a foreigner to be so obsessed with Chinese crosstalk.
In order to carry forward Chinese crosstalk and let more foreign friends see the charm of crosstalk
Jiang Kun made an exception and accepted Dashan as his apprentice, and in this way, Dashan fulfilled his wish.
Unexpectedly, the news of Jiang Kun's apprenticeship alarmed crosstalk master Hou Baolin, and he even came forward to remonstrate Jiang Kun himself.
It is a smear of our ancestors to think that the descendants of Hou's cross talk cannot be appointed to foreigners.
However, Jiang Kun did not listen to Hou Baolin's advice, as long as it is what he believes, he will never go back on it.
He even put up his reputation and made a guarantee to the outside world, which shows how much Jiang Kun attaches importance to Dashan.
Under the guidance of Jiang Kun, Dashan's crosstalk skills have been further improved, but also formed their own performance style.
Awakened by Feng Gong's wordsIn 1990, Dashan once again appeared on the stage of CCTV Spring Festival Gala with his master in the name of Jiang Kun's apprentice.
This time he directly played the role of a "China hand" in crosstalk.
With his understanding and love of Chinese culture, Dashan is like a treasure when talking about Chinese culture.
The whole performance was relaxed without any nervousness at all.
This Spring Festival Gala directly brings Dashan's career to the pinnacle of life.
When the career is successful, love comes as promised.
In 1990, when Dashan was performing in Liaoning, he met the local staff, Gan Lin, and the two had an inextricable bond.
When it comes to the picture of two people meeting, it is like an idol drama of dog blood.
When Ganlin and his colleagues had conflicts, Dashan came directly to the rescue.
In this way, they successfully got their beauty back, and the two naturally fell in love, got married, and had children.
Since Dashan's career and family are in China, he naturally regards China as his second mother country.
I thought the peak of his life had begun, but there was something wrong with Dashan's career.
In the 1990s, great changes have taken place in the cause of literature and art in China, which makes many crosstalk performers face the situation of changing jobs.
In this case, Dashan also fell into confusion, he did not know where to go in the future.
At this time, a sentence from my good friend Feng Gong directly awakened Dashan: "if you want to succeed, you must jump out of the comfort zone."
After listening to Feng Gong's words, Dashan directly returned to Canada with his family and turned to the new track.
ConclusionLater, Dashan went directly into the hosting industry, not only appearing at parties held in China and Canada many times.
He also served as a special envoy of the Canadian Olympic Committee during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
In 2015, Dashan also directly launched the cultural exchange program of "talking about Dashan".
The purpose of all his efforts is to promote friendly exchanges between Canada and China.
So far, Dashan is still active on the stage.
But his stage is not only limited to crosstalk, but also has a new development in other fields.
He wantonly showed off his talent and humor at the talk show, and lectured at the Confucius Institute to promote Chinese traditional culture.
In order to bring Chinese culture to the world, Dashan also opened a special Weibo account.
It often shares some traditional cultural and historical reasons about China.
Although Dashan has been away from China for such a long time, he has not stopped studying and studying Chinese culture.
A song "the hut was broken by the autumn wind" was recited by Dashan with great emotion.
He will du Fu's old age and unwillingness to show incisively and vividly, as a foreigner, to be able to reach such a point is indeed valuable.
Even the official media of the people's Daily online rated him as a foreigner who was not an outsider.
For Dashan, he has regarded himself as a bridge of cultural communication and exchange between the two countries.
How can we not love foreigners like this?