The Life of the Characters in Ma Baoshan's Works

In 1930s, Ma Baoshan made seven records in Shengli Company, including Visiting the Sick by Master Tang (a personal story), Happy New Year to the Young Couple, Luo Cheng's Divination (a story of the past), Whipping Reed Flowers (a story of the past), Princess Remembering the Truth, Purple Robe and Visiting the Sick by Baoyu (a story of the Middle East).

Among them, "One True Fly" is based on children's books, which was formed earlier than the track of the same name of Jingyun Drum, and was basically sung according to the original text. There are two lines in the poem, "Saburo is willing to abandon her husband and wife, and she talks about a cow actress on Tanabata", which was later lost in the Jingyun Drum. This joke was recorded by Huo Shutang and Liu Lanfang, and it is an important material for studying the Northeast Drum. Because Ma Baoshan has been an artist in Tianjin for a long time, his singing is gentle and influenced by Pinggu tune to some extent. There are not many tunes, but he is very emotional.

Purple Robe is Sean's Ci Chao, which was adapted from Zidishu. Sun, a disciple of Ma Baoshan, has a good acting skill and has been recorded. This kind of record of horses is relatively rare, especially the oral part, which is a rare material for studying horse art.

Since the 1940s, he has mainly performed masterpieces in bookstores. In summer, he often performs great works on the roofs of Tian Xiang and China, such as Liu Xiu's Going to the Countryside, Five Women and Seven Women, etc. And he can tell stories with Chen Shihe on the same stage, which shows his great skill. In the past, only Chen, Ma and San were able to perform great books in Tianjin Acrobatic Garden. The main repertoires that are often performed are Legend of the Dragon, Romance, Lower South Tang, Three Heroes and Five Righteousnesses, Ten Golden Elixirs and so on.

After liberation, he joined the Heping District Book Band and left some arias in his later years. I have heard of Mijian Yougong, Yabajie Youchun, Pinggu Tiaolu, the eighth day of junior high school. Cao Fuqing accompanied him after the 1940s.