178 years ago today, on April 23, 1847 (March 9, 1847 in the lunar calendar), a generation of capital "Ling King" Tan Xinpei was born. Stills of Peking Opera "South Tianmen". Tan Xinpei as Cao Fu (right). Tan Xinpei (1847.4.23~ 1917.5.10) actor, a working old student, once played Wu Sheng. His real name is Jin Fu, the word Wangzhong. Because of the hall name Yingxiu, people are also known as Yingxiu. A person from Jiufu Village, Tan Zuowan, outside the Dadongmen Gate of Jiangxia District (formerly Wuchang County), Wuhan City. His father, Tan Zhidao, a working old Dan and an old student. Tan Xinpei is his only son, born on the ninth day of March 27th, Qing Daoguang. At the age of 10, he went to Beijing with his father. At the age of 11, he entered the small Jinkui class to practice martial arts and ugliness, and later changed to martial arts and civil and military seniors. He left the school in 1863. At the age of 23, he took the Sanqing class and starred in martial arts dramas such as "Shenzhou Boxing", "Sanchakou", "Baishuitan" and "Badana". He once played the horse boy in "Qingshi Mountain" by Cheng Changgeng, and was appreciated by the "big boss" and entrusted to the head of martial arts. In the painting "The Thirteen Absolutes of the Same Light", Tan Xinpei was the only martial arts actor. It was ten years after Guangxu that the old students enjoyed the famous drama scene. In 1905, Fengtai Photography Studio filmed a clip of "Dingjun Mountain" for him at the Land Temple of Liulichang, which became the first black and white silent film in the history Tan Xinpei is unstoppable in art and can play a lot, among which the representative repertoire is: "Empty City Plan", "When the mace sells horses", "Li Ling Monument", "Drumming and scolding Cao", "Catch and Release Cao", "Hongyangdong", "Mulberry Garden Shizi", "Shiro Exploring Mother", "Wujiapo", "Fenhe Bay", "Dingjun Mountain", "War Taiping", "Lianying Village", "Nanyang Pass", "Bead Curtain Village", "Fishing and Killing Home", "Eight Hammers", "Qionglin Banquet", "Rouge Pleated", "South Tianmen", "Sitting on the Building to Kill the Treasure", "Qingfeng Pavilion", "Zhan Wancheng", "Other Mother" Arrows "and so on. Tan Xinpei created a large number of artistic images in his life. Because he is good at perceiving the identity, character and spiritual temperament of the characters, he plays all the characters. Chen Yanheng, a famous fan familiar with Tan's art, said: "Tan Xinpei plays Kong Ming with Confucian style, plays Huang Zhong with veteran style, Bai Huai of" Rouge Folds "is actually an old official, Zhou Wenyuan of" Five Righteousness "is just a stubborn man in the market. The flow of products is unique and each has a god-like appearance." When he shapes characters, he not only pays attention to the authenticity of the image, but also emphasizes the beauty of art, and has his own unique creation in all aspects of singing, reading and doing. In the "Three Heroes of Old Students" at that time, Sun Juxian's singing made good use of "rifling sound" and won with impassivity; Wang Guifen made good use of "back of the head sound" and won with bravery; Tan Xinpei did not take Sun, Wang's real loud pet, full palace full tone strength singing, but used the voice of "Clouds cover the moon", melodious and melodious in tone, good at lyricism to win, but sometimes a little sentimental. The same repertoire such as "Wenzhaoguan", "Catch and Release Cao", "Yuchang Sword", etc., the three of them performed, each with its own characteristics. Tan's singing not only integrates Cheng Changgeng, Yu Sansheng, Zhang Erkui, Wang Jiuling, Lu Shengkui, Feng Ruixiang and other singing methods, but also widely absorbs the singing methods of Tsing Yi, Lao Dan, Huayan and the tones of Kunqu Opera, Bangzi and drums. It skillfully blends into the old student's singing without revealing traces, and can be unified in its own unique style, making it a family of its own.