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It was painted by Shen Rongpu, a painter in the late Qing Dynasty, into the painting score of "Thirteen Wonders of Tongguang". He used to be the leader of Sanqing class, and his colleagues respected him as the big boss. He used to be the head of Jingzhong Temple and the general manager of Class 3 of Sanqing, Chuntai and Sixi. He is knowledgeable and can perform more than 300 plays. He, together with Zhang Erkui of Sixi Class and Yu Sansheng of Chuntai Class, are three outstanding talents of the first generation of Peking Opera actors. Although they are later than Yu and Zhang Xiangming, their prestige is extremely high, and they are called the three heroes of the old students and the three tripods of the old students. Cheng Changgeng ranks first among the "three tripods". Known as the leader of Hui class and the originator of Peking Opera.

Cheng Changgeng, named Chun, named Cheng Wenxi, named Wen Han, named Yushan (named Yushan), named Rong Chun, and named Chang Geng. When he entered Beijing during the Daoguang period, he once lived in Shitou Hutong and Baishun Hutong in Xuannan, and lived in a famous residence named Sizhen Hall. His ancestral home was Shipai Town, Huaining, Anhui Province. He was born in Chengjiajing, Wanghe Town, Qianshan County, on the seventh day of the tenth lunar month in the 16th year of Jiaqing of the Qing Dynasty. He is the 51st generation grandson of the Cheng family. When he was a child, he studied in the Huizhou Class (Sanqing Class). In the second year of Daoguang (1822), he followed his father north to Beijing. He began to make a mark with performances of "Wenzhao Pass" and "Battle of Changsha", and later became the chief actor of the Sanqing Class senior students. Tongzhi was the leader of the Sanqing Class during the Guangxu Period, and his peers called him the "big boss." He served as the head of the "Jingzhong Temple" and the chief manager of the three classes of Sanqing, Chuntai and Sixi. He is a veteran of civil and military workers, has a profound belly and can perform more than 300 plays. Representative plays include "Wenzhao Pass","Capturing and Releasing Cao","Battle of Changsha","Huarong Road","Battle of Taiping","Heroes Hui","Taking Chengdu","Dragon and Tiger Fight","Zhentanzhou","Eight Hammers","Famen Temple","Tianshui Pass" and Kunqu Opera "Chai Xun Da Trial". Together with Zhang Erkui of the Fourth Xi Class and Yu Sansheng of the Spring Tai Class, he was called the three heroes of the elderly and the three top heroes of the elderly. Cheng Changgeng ranked first among the three tripods.

It has made important contributions to the formation of Peking Opera art. He died on the 13th day of December lunar calendar in the fifth year of Guangxu, Qing Dynasty, and was buried on the north side of the stone road outside Zhangyimen (now Guang'anmen).

As a result of the trial, he learned the same characteristics of the trial actor, that is, the art of the army is unstoppable, ten characters can take it. Because he has such a solid foundation, so can play a very rich drama, not only the old life's true role, he will, but also the army play, net role play can also play. That is, in his relying on the trick, five colors on the role, he can play.

Cheng Changgeng's singing was born out of the "Hui Diao" and was based on the Chu Diao. It also absorbed the strengths of Kunqu Opera and Shanshan Bangzi tunes, and merged into the "Pihuang Diao", but the Hui pronunciation was the main one. At that time, it was called Hui School. In "Old Words in Liyuan", the tired and wandering man said that he "played and sang the B character indiscriminately, piercing the clouds and cracking the rocks, and the lingering sound lingered around the beam and was sonorous, but also had a unique majestic tone." The jargon in his voice is called "behind the head." He emphasizes that the words are correct and round, not fancy, straight, straight, and cheerful. His singing and reading method is that softness lies in rigidity; when he speaks and speaks, the local accent of Anhui is stronger.

As a result of his work, he followed the style of the old band, never exceeding the rules. His wristbands (single wristbands), wristbands, wristbands and other small parts of the body, and he did not ask for "the end of the band".

Representative plays include "Wenzhaoguan","Capturing and Releasing Cao","Battle of Changsha","Huarong Road","Battle of Taiping","Gathering of Heroes","Taking Chengdu","Fighting between Dragon and Tiger","Zhentanzhou","Eight Hammers","Battle of Fancheng","Yuchang Sword","Channan County","Rang Chengdu","Ju Ding Guan Painting","No. 1 Book","Famen Temple","Anwu Road","Tianshui Pass" and Kunqu Opera "Chai Xun Da Trial", etc. He was able to show off his face, and sometimes starred in "Xiaohei" for He Guishan's performance of "Bai Liang Pass". When he performed Guan Yu's operas, he paid special attention to his singing skills. His style focused on his majesty and dignity, and his figure was not much. He was extremely strict in his choice of plays to perform, which he believed was unreasonable and resolutely refused to perform plays that were too unfounded in history, such as "Wujiapo" and "Returning to the Dragon".

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In his late years, in order to cultivate the second generation, he organized a three-year-old gymnasium. His educational methods, such as spring wind and rain, were applied everywhere. "Kyoto" old-fashioned three-year-old gymnasium, Wang Guifen, Sun Kyushu were all his disciples. He had founded a four-year-old gymnasium, and trained the Kyushu actors, such as Chen Daejeon, Wang Qing Fu, and Yang Pei's Yong Moon Building (the father of Yang Dao), not only as a tourist, but also as the master of the three-year-old gymnasium.