Lv Huixin in Lin Ying's caricature of Mei Lanfang

There was a real person in history, but it was adapted, not called Lv Huixin, but Xun Huixin, and the character's experience was changed

Xun Huisheng (1900-1968) was a male, a great Peking Opera danjiao performer, and the founder of Xun's school of art. Originally from Dongguang, Hebei Province, he was first named Bingchao, then Bingyi, and later changed his name to "Words" and his character Huisheng. In 1925, he co-starred with Yu Shuyan in the play "Fishing and Killing a Family," and changed his name to Xun Huisheng, with the number Liuxiang, and the stage name Bai Mudan.

Xun Huisheng was born on January 5, 1900, in Dongguang County, Hebei Province. She was also known as Bingyi and Bingchao, with the characters Huisheng, Liuxiang, and the stage name White Peony, which was later used as Huisheng. At an early age, she studied with her master Pang Qifa in the Yishunhe Clapper Class, learning the flower girl. He first performed at the Kui Xing Lou in Tianjin, and then entered Beijing in 1910, where he studied under the clapper actor Hou Junsheng, and later studied under many famous teachers, performing with many famous actors and actresses, making him famous for a long time. From the 1920s, he devoted himself to the exploration of artistic innovation in Peking Opera. Because of his deep knowledge and wide range of theater, and because he was born in the clapper class, he was able to draw on the art of the clapper Dan foot, melting the Peking Opera Qingyi, Huadan, Boudeng Dan, and Blade and Horse Dan performances into one furnace, and accepting the Peking Opera Xiao Sheng, Wu Sheng, and other skills, and carrying out reforms and creations suitable for his own conditions in all aspects, from the singing voice, the recitation, and the stance, to the make-up, and the costumes. By the 1930s, the Xun School had gradually developed into a new and unique style. [1]

The artist performed more than 300 plays in his lifetime, including "The Lantern Festival Mystery", "Yutang Spring", "Chess Board Mountain", etc. Together with Yang Xiaolou, Shang Xiaoyun, and Tan Xiaopei, he was known as "Three Little Ones and a White One", and was elected as one of the Four Famous Dancers twice in 1927 and 1931. In 1927 and 1931, she was twice elected as one of the "Four Famous Dancers", and was known as "No Dancer, No Xun". Birth: January 5, 1900, the fifth day of the twelfth month of the twenty-fourth year of the Guangxu reign; Death: December 26, 1968, the seventh day of the eleventh month of the year of the Wushen lunar calendar.

Artistic Experience

Born on January 5, 1900, in Dongguang County, Hebei Province (now Fucheng County, Dabai Township, Guzhuang Village), a twisting and selling incense handicraft family. At an early age, his family was poor and had no means of subsistence. （In 1907, he went to Tianjin with his parents to earn a living, and his father sold him and his brother Xun Huirong to the Little Peach Red Opera Troupe to learn opera. Soon his brother could not stand the beatings and scoldings and fled privately, leaving only Huisheng, who was later sold to Pang Qifa, the flower girl of Hebei Opera, as a private apprentice. Since then, Xun Huisheng was reduced to a domestic slave, and suffered a lot of hardships, but he still insisted on practicing every day with great endurance and perseverance. Wearing a cotton jacket in summer and a single coat in winter, with a big bowl on top of his head and icy water on his feet, he practiced turning his eyes, day after day and year after year, and practiced hard skills, singing, reading, doing and playing. 8 years old in Tianjin, he made his debut on stage in the "Shuang Guan Guan". In 1909, Xun Huisheng, under the stage name of "White Peony", accompanied her teacher to sing temple fairs and wild stage plays in the rural towns of Jizhong and Jidong. In 1910, Xun went to Beijing with her teacher, and was taught by Hou Junshan (the 13th dan) in such plays as Xin'anyi and Huatianqiu (The Error of the Flower Field). He successively played in such opera groups as Qingshouhe, Yishunhe, Hongshunhe and Tianqinghe. Before the Xinhai Revolution, he went to Tianjin and performed with the revolutionary dramatist Wang Zhongsheng in plays such as "Revolutionary Family" and "Hate of Black Slaves", playing a country girl in "Revolutionary Family". Later, he learned the art of Peking Opera from Chen Tongyun, Li Shoushan, and Cheng Jixian, and did not become independent until he was seventeen years old.

In 1911, she joined the San Le Ban (later renamed Zheng Le), where she studied Peking Opera with Lu San Bao and Xue Lan Fen, and was known as the "Three Jies of Zheng Le" together with Shang Xiaoyun and Zhao Tongshan. She studied with Wu Lingxian, Chen Delin and Wang Yaoqing, and was taught by Sun Yiyun, Cheng Jixian, Tian Guifeng, Cao Xinquan, Qiao Huilan and Li Shoushan.

In 1918, he joined the Xiqun Society and performed with Mei Lanfang and Cheng Jixian in Hongni Guan, and with Liu Hongsheng and Hou Xirui in Rouge Tiger, and from then on he specialized in Peking Opera. From then on, he specialized in Peking Opera. He cooperated with Yu Shuyan, Wang Fengqing, Gao Qingkui and Zhu Guifang, and studied under Wang Yaoqing. In 1919, Yang Xiaolou joined the Yongsheng Society. In the same year, Yang Xiaolou was invited to Shanghai by the Shanghai Tianchan Stage, together with Tan Xiaopei and Shang Xiaoyun, and invited Xun Huisheng to play the role of the sword and horse dancer, and the public performance caused a sensation. "Xun Huisheng's performances were vivid and vivid. Xun Huisheng's vivid and lively performances and handsome costumes were so refreshing to the Shanghai audience that she was praised as "full of honor in Chunshen". Later, she collaborated with Zhou Xinfang, Feng Zihe, Gai Zhaitian and Xiaodazi in the performances of Zhao Wuniang, Saving Mother by Splitting the Mountain, Nine Curved Bridges, and Yang Naiwu and Cabbage, which made the performances famous in Shanghai. Wu Changshuo, a master of Chinese painting in Shanghai, and Yan Duhuo and Shu Sheyu, well-known figures, also traveled around to publicize and expand Xun Huisheng's artistic influence.

Xun Huisheng liked to paint, and in 1924 he formally worshipped Wu Changshuo as his teacher, and he also sought advice from famous teachers such as Qi Baishi, Chen Bending, Fu Baoshi, Li Kuchan, Wang Xuetao, etc., which enriched his artistic life and improved his artistic quality. 1927, the Beijing newspaper held a selection of Peking Opera danxing, and he, along with Mei, Shang, and Cheng, was hailed as one of the "four famous danxing", which also marked the beginning of the "four famous danxing", the most important danxing in Peking Opera. "

In 1927, the Beijing newspaper held a selection of Peking opera danxing, and he was honored as one of the four famous danxing together with Mei, Shang, and Cheng, which also marked the maturity of his art, and was recognized by the society and appreciated by the audiences.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Xun Huisheng followed the instructions on opera reform signed by Premier Zhou, and did a great deal of work to reform the art of Peking Opera. During the Cultural Revolution, she was humiliated and died of depression.