Tian Jian was born in Chongqing to parents who worked in the opera industry, and he grew up singing and dancing, which he was very talented at. At the age of three, he practiced lowering and spinning on his own in bed; at seven or eight, Tian Jian began climbing onto his mother's dresser, smearing himself, and then imitating his mother's performances with a babbling rendition of Burial of Flowers.
Since school, Tian Jian has been the backbone of the school's arts and culture, often choreographing group dances for the class, although most of them are danced by girls, but Tian Jian always stood in the position of the leading dancer. In his first year of high school, Tianjian's outstanding talent for literature and art gradually made him a bit famous, attracting the attention of the Chongqing New Voice Theater Company, which invited him to join.
After careful consideration, Tian Jian agreed to join the troupe and quickly became involved, following the troupe around the country. At first, Tian Jian only sang pop songs, until a performance in Changsha, Hunan Province, where he was spotted by Xu Midi, a famous Meipai Qingyi of the Hunan Provincial Peking Opera Troupe, who asked him if he was willing to engage in the art of countertenor. At that time, Tian Jian had no idea what the art of counterpoint was, so Mr. Xu gave him a disk of Mei Lanfang's performances to watch. When he saw Mei Lanfang's performance of "The Drunkenness of the Concubine," Tian Jian was mesmerized, and from then on, he also had a love affair with the art of countertenor.
There's a reason why Xu Midi picked Tian Jian for his counter-starring work. He is a slender man with a very high level of understanding, and he has the prerequisites to perform counter-starring. However, for a seven-foot man to show off in women's clothing, it depends not only on his external conditions, but more importantly on his heart. Despite all the opposition, this stubborn Chongqing man is determined to give it a try, no matter how many hardships and misunderstandings lie ahead.
In 2001, Tian Jian said goodbye to his parents and went to the Beijing Dance Academy to specialize in classical Chinese music and dance. After graduating from the university, due to the rich theoretical foundation and solid dance skills, coupled with his very good at the "flying dance" and the reverse ancient palace consort of the ethereal dance skills, so that he in the Beijing dance performance industry fame, "Xin Fei" this unique stage name with his popularity throughout the circle. The name "Xinfei" was also popular with him inside and outside the circle.
The hard work of practicing makes a "beautiful woman"
Learning the art of counter-starring is no easy task. From the beginning of the practice to now, 13 years have passed, Tian Jian has to practice more than 5 hours a day. The practice of basic skills is even more difficult, hand, eye, body, law and step, each action is required to be in place.
For example, in order to train his eyes to be both the ancient woman's subtle, but also to be dynamic, Tianjian held up a candle in front of him, and stared at the flickering flame to practice subtle and dynamic eyes; the candle dripped on his hand and he didn't shake it, so as to practice the hand steady; to sing with an even breath, he sang to the candle flame, because an even breath won't blow it out; in order to practise a stable step, he In order to practice walking steadily on stage, he walks with a fan on his head every day; in order to practice Zhao Feiyan's palm can dance, Yang Yuhuan's small drooping hand, he spends a long time every day to press the joints of his hands, so that his hands become softer than a woman's, and such things as lowering the waist, pressing the legs and so on are even more of Tianjian's daily compulsory courses.
Day after day of "climbing uphill and falling down", finally created this mountain surrounded by "beauty", but this "beauty" is with the injury and The first thing you need to do is to get a good deal on your own.
But beauty is not only external, it is also a reflection of inner cultivation. Tian Jian understands this very well, which is why, in addition to his daily physical exercise, he spends a long time reading ancient books every day, both to improve his literary skills and to gain a better understanding of the background and psychology of the characters he plays.
Tian Jian not only practiced to look like a beautiful woman, but even better, he could use his own hands to dress himself up as a beautiful woman. For each performance, he spends four hours on makeup alone. When I asked him why he didn't hire someone to help him with this job, he laughed and said, "Other people don't know how my hair looks good and where to put it so it doesn't fall off on stage." Not only that, he even personally designs his own performance costumes, "Only I know what kind of costume I need on stage and change it according to the role." Perhaps it is Tian Jian's pursuit of perfection and meticulous attitude that allows the audience to see the delightful beauty "Xinfei" on stage.
An audience member once commented on Tian Jian's role: "On the stage, Princess Xin has a kind of irresistible noble temperament and a kind of classical beauty of a lady! For Tian Jian, this should be the biggest affirmation for him.
Behind the success and flowers are countless sweats and sorrows. He did not know how much pain and sweat he had suffered in his practice. In order to open the joints of the whole body, enhance flexibility, flexibility, he practiced at least 8 hours a day, every day sweating, back pain and leg pain, but he is more than ordinary perseverance over. In addition, the Dan role in the singing practice to do fighting, hand, eye, body and other action essentials he carefully figure out, repeatedly practiced, without hundreds of times off-stage training, he did not have to brighten up the stage of the wonderful.
Xinfei believes that to play a good role, not only to have solid basic skills, but also to have a deep cultural heritage. He is very grateful to his father, in his silent and subtle, cultivated him in the artistic performance can be more truly appreciate the ancient life, especially the ancient beauty "Palace grudges" of the mind, so that he is not just a simple "imitation" in the stage performance, but the spirit and form "but rather the art of both God and form" re-creation ". Reporters have watched his live performance many times, that he is with a passion to "carve" art, with true feelings to interpret the deepest joys and sorrows of a woman. It can be said that his performance has already exceeded the general performance of real women. His constant pursuit of beauty and his persistence and love of art are reflected everywhere.
Fei Xin did not shy away from saying that in quite a number of performances, he also encountered a lot of misunderstanding, misunderstanding and ridicule, many people were very skeptical about whether he was a man or not. Many people even flocked to the backstage after the show to see if he was a man, and even more, he was harassed by homosexuals more than once. In the face of all this, Xinfei said that as a person who dedicates his life to art, he can face it with complete candor, because the art of counter-strike that he performs is an elegant art, and he himself refuses to be lowly and vulgar in every performance, and at the same time, he can't tolerate the audience's desecration of the art. He believes that real art is accepted and welcomed by people, and that his counter-argument is more likely to arouse the ****ing of his audience friends. Therefore, he hopes that the audience will have "more understanding and less discrimination." He confessed that he would carry on the counter-story art to the end, "firmly believe that one day, I will also become a dazzling star, in the art starry sky continue to shine."
To be a "beautiful woman" on the stage and a handsome man in life
Xinfei especially told reporters that although she is a woman on the stage, but art is different from life, Xinfei thinks she can grasp this "degree". Do the stage beauty, do life in the handsome man. "Everything has a measure in mind, I always think that a good grasp of the role and timely conversion of thinking is very important. Because a competent performing artist is often too obsessed with their own portrayal of the role and cause some double character, such as Zhang Guorong in the interpretation of the "Farewell My Concubine" after the tragedy of the life role distortion, will never be repeated!" Princess Xin emphasized as such.
"My girlfriend looks like the stage image I portrayed, and her voice is as sweet as my singing voice" On the streets of the city, Tian Jian thinks the most romantic thing to do is to hold his girlfriend's hand and walk casually.
Tian Jian's girlfriend is a teacher, "She is very pretty, her image is like the stage image I portrayed, and her voice is as sweet as the voice I sing on stage. I like pretty girls." Ken Tien said. "The most important thing is that she has a classical temperament."
Girlfriend and Tian Jian is not in the same city, once, Tian Jian went to a city to perform, after the show by a group of fans "chasing", which has her in it, but the other people asked for autographs, asked for photos, she did not move, a person far away from the periphery, "I I saw her then, she was beautiful, and I asked her, do you want an autograph? She said, 'No, I just want your phone number.'" That's how the two got to know each other, and slowly they came together. Usually Tian Jian often joke with his girlfriend tortured her: "Say, is not the first time you see me fell in love with me." Girlfriend always laugh and do not answer. "In fact, I may be in the first time to see her when she fell in love with her." Last year, Tian Jian's birthday, his girlfriend from the field to pick up his parents and friends, secretly prepared a birthday party for Tian Jian, the guys suddenly appeared in front of, Tian Jian and surprised and happy. Joy is that the girlfriend dares to recognize themselves in front of their loved ones, shocked, for see the future in-laws, did not make any preparations. Fortunately, his girlfriend's parents liked him very much. "It's okay to learn this, thirty-six lines, the line is good." Tian Jian admired Zhang Guorong. "Unfortunately, he failed to separate theater from life." Tian Jian thinks he is a person who separates life and theater. "Maybe I still have some dancing-like postures when I walk, but when I get off the stage, I'm really just an ordinary man who likes his girlfriend and likes to look at beautiful women." "I'm actually quite macho in life." Tian Jian said. He asked his girlfriend to quit her job and he supported her while she took care of some of his chores. "Sometimes when I don't do a good job, he gets angry and is very mean." Girlfriend pouted and interjected from the sidelines. Her girlfriend is also a teacher and is particularly understanding. Leisure time, Tian Jian hobby fitness and reading books, and then is to buy a variety of his favorite discs and in the twilight quietly enjoy, preferably with a pot of fragrant tea as a companion.
In life, return to the truth; on stage, shape the art. Tian Jian says it is important to recognize the difference between life and performance. He was particularly puzzled by the tendency of Hong Kong movie star Leslie Cheung to have gender "fission" after filming "Farewell My Concubine", "There is a measure for everything in the heart, and I always think that it is important to grasp the role and change the mindset in time, because a competent performing artist is often too obsessed with the role he or she is portraying, which results in some of the dual roles. Because, a competent performing artist is often too obsessed with the role he or she is portraying, resulting in some dual personality, which is also possible. Life is always real life, it will not be just a play."
Perhaps, there are really a lot of such people around us, who have their own dreams, who have chosen to struggle step by step, sometimes not being understood, and sometimes even have been ridiculed.
Because they are always working hard and smiling towards their goal, they reach the other side of their heart.
There are times when success is often so simple, go forward, do not look back.
Life, there is a close and loving family
Tian Jian was born in Banan District, Chongqing City, is the family's third in line, above the older siblings are older than him for some years, pregnant with him, his mother recalled to this day is still remembered, although it is the third child, but did not have the slightest reaction. The mother was a pillar of the Banan District Sichuan Opera Troupe, the performing arts in the local area is red beyond measure. By the time the mother found out that something was wrong, has missed the best period of abortion, this time, still in the mother's belly has been 7 months he was protected by the "fetal" inculcation.
Tianjian said, brother and sister mother and father are very pampered him, especially the grandmother, is the most painful to him this "closed grandchildren". Originally, in the mother's hesitation, but also the grandmother's insistence, only to have today's "Xinfei", until today, the grandmother is often proud.
Perhaps the influence of childhood is the most profound, an educator once said, what kind of family atmosphere breeding what kind of fruit. My father had a passion for poetry, and he was a poor scholar all his life. When Tian Jian was a child, he could recite hundreds of poems from the Tang and Song dynasties under his father's tutelage.
To this end, his parents also had a heated argument over the direction of his future education, and in the end, his father compromised. Because of his mother's many years of experience as a stage performer, she saw in young Tianjian an extraordinary natural temperament, including physical potential and spiritual enlightenment, which is definitely hard to find in a million people. Tian Jian says he is even more grateful to his father, it is this silent cultural essence of ancient Chinese poetry, so that he can later in life more y appreciate the ancient characters, especially the ancient beauty of the "palace grudges" of the mind, and so that he is not just a mere "imitation" on the stage. "He said that he is doing this on stage. He said, he is in the "carving" the art, as master Mei Lanfang, inheritance of tradition, the courage to innovate, with his own seven-foot male body, interpretation of the great Peking Opera art of the Dan role in many beautiful and unforgettable role.
Tian Jian bought almost all of Mei Lanfang's DVDs, studying his knitted brows and even his every gesture, although Tian Jian studied modern dance at the Beijing Dance Academy. He says he is grateful for those three years of study in Beijing, which, along with his mother's years of teaching, laid the solid foundation for today's dance.
Now, Tian Jian has decided to save up for a master and future further education, his wish is to be a real Mei school disciple, even though there are professionals and senior people in the performing arts community in Beijing who have already recognized his performances, but the lack of an authentic name has always been a knot in his heart for Tian Jian. "You Hunan's Dabing is not also worshipped Hou Yaohua as a teacher, although the stage gives me to show my talent and continue to learn the garden. But, after all, I'm only twenty-two years old, there is still a long way to go, if I can learn from Mr. Mei Baojiu's teacher, I have no regrets in this life."
Family members are also strongly in favor of Tian Jian's life choices, although he now performs all over the country, and is no slouch when it comes to performing on the same stage as the biggest stars. If it's just about money, that's enough, if it's about a dream, the road has just begun ......
The family's phone calls have always followed Tianjian around during the days when he was performing all over the country, including a number of invitations to perform abroad.
Some people say that life is like a play, but in Tian Jian's eyes, family love is like a song.