梁荫棠Liang Yintang

梁荫棠Liang Yintang（1913年—1979年10月18日），本名梁荫洪，广东南海人，省港著名粤剧演员。他精通小武同旦角行当，南派武功，刚柔兼济，当时人称粤剧界的「武探花」，戏行人尊称「一哥」。他首本戏是《赵子龙催归》、《盗御马》、《周瑜归天》。1913年在佛山普君墟出世，初时叫梁荫洪。他很小便无父亲，母亲织纱维生。7岁就在茶楼打工。10岁，母亲也逝世，五叔梁炳介绍他去广州一间店铺做杂工。 他的堂哥是著名喉管演奏家梁秋，发觉他声喉不错，还会吹喉管，于是两年后，叫他跟自己的「新春秋」班学音乐。后来，转去跟男花旦冯小非，跟着在「钧天乐」剧团做马旦。14岁做包尾花旦，起了艺名叫“梁荫棠”，当时人称「鸡仔荫」。金牌小武桂名扬好赏识他，收他做入室弟子，他后来也成了粤剧「桂派」的代表人物之一。15岁转入男女班，做正式「拉扯」，拜武术家陈斗为师。20岁在「锦添花」班同陈锦棠合作，拜陈锦棠做师傅，未有一年就做正印小武。跟着又入「日月星」班，同桂名扬合作。后来又跟武生少达子学《六国封相》公孙衍的「坐车」功架。又拜薛觉先为师，学各种戏路。又跟周锋、周标这些名武师学武。把三节棍、罗汉拳、醉拳、单刀耍得出神入化。因此他演戏多以南派武功取胜，演技刚柔相济、稳中透劲，被誉为“武探花”。 1952年至到1958年，入「胜寿年」、「冠南华」、「新世界」剧团，还做了正印小武。1959年，入佛山地区粤剧团，做过佛山地区粤剧团副团长、佛山地区粤剧院院长，培养了曾慧、梁广洪。梁荫棠的唱腔继承了桂名扬的“桂腔”特点，还吸收了新马师曾的韵味、何非凡的悠扬。他演《武松》中“飞云浦”一节戏时，参考了京剧名小武李少春的演技，内场唱一句[首板]，再出场唱高腔，一亮相已威遏全场。演出时他显出与众不同的真功夫，如在《智女戏懵王》中表演“睡钉床”、“心口碎大石”、“铁板夹颈”及“火烧背”等绝技，大受观众赞赏。1978年，重新整理再做《赵子龙催归》。1979年9月，梁荫棠在佛山逝世，享年66岁，葬在八和公墓。 Liang Yintang 梁荫棠(1913-October 18, 1979), whose real name was Liang Yinhong, was a native of Nanhai, Guangdong, and a famous Cantonese opera actor in Guangdong and Hong Kong. He was proficient in the role of Xiaowu Tongdan, Southern martial arts, strong and soft at the same time. At that time, he was known as the "Wu Tanhua" in the Cantonese opera world, and was respectfully called "Yi Ge" by opera practitioners. His first plays were "The Return of Zhao Zilong", "The Stealing of the Royal Horse", and "The Return of Zhou Yu". He was born in Pujunxu, Foshan in 1913. His first name was Liang Yinhong. He had no father since he was very young, and his mother made a living by weaving yarn. He started working in a teahouse at the age of 7. When he was 10 years old, his mother also passed away. His fifth uncle Liang Bing introduced him to work as a handyman in a shop in Guangzhou. His cousin was the famous harp player Liang Qiu. He noticed that Liang Yintang had a good voice and could play the harp, so two years later, he asked him to learn music from his "New Spring and Autumn" class. Later, turn to follow the male lead actor Feng Xiaofei and later became a matron in the "Jun Tian Le" troupe. At the age of 14, he became a female actor and took the stage name "Liang Yintang". At that time, he was known as "Chicken Yin". The gold medalist Xiao Wu Gui was so famous that he appreciated him and accepted him as his disciple. He later became one of the representatives of the "Gui School" of Cantonese opera. At the age of 15, he transferred to the men's and women's class, did formal "pull", and became a disciple of martial artist Chen Dou. At the age of 20, he cooperated with Chen Jintang in the "Jintianhua" class and became a master of Chen Jintang. Within a year, he became Zhengyin Xiaowu. Then he joined the "Sun Moon Star" class and worked with Gui Mingyang. Later, he learned the "sitting in a chariot" form from Gongsun Yan in "The Prime Minister of the Six Kingdoms" from Wusheng Shaodazi. He also worshiped Xue Juexian as his teacher and learned various opera styles. He also learned martial arts from famous martial arts masters such as Zhou Feng and Zhou Biao. He is master of Sanjiegun, Luohan Quan, Drunken Boxing and single sword. Therefore, most of his acting skills are based on southern martial arts. His acting skills are strong and soft, stable and thorough, and he is known as the "Martial Arts Flower". From 1952 to 1958, he joined the "Shengshou Nian", "Guan Nanhua" and "New World" theater troupes, and also acted as Zhengyin Xiaowu. In 1959, he joined the Foshan Cantonese Opera Troupe and served as the deputy director of the Foshan Cantonese Opera Troupe and the director of the Foshan Cantonese Opera Troupe. He trained Zeng Hui and Liang Guanghong. Liang Yintang's singing inherits the characteristics of Gui Mingyang's "Gui Opera", and also absorbs the charm of Xinma Shizeng and He Feifan's melodiousness. When he performed the "Feiyunpu" scene in "Wu Song", he made reference to the acting skills of Li Shaochun, a famous Peking opera actor. He sang a line in the infield and then sang a high tune, which intimidated the entire audience as soon as he appeared. During the performance, he showed his unique real kung fu, such as "Sleeping on a bed of nails", "Heart-breaking stone", "Iron plate clamping the neck" and "Burning the back" in "The Wise Girl Plays the Blind King". Appreciated by the audience. In 1978, he reorganized and made "Zhao Zilong Urgent Return". In September 1979, Liang Yintang died in Foshan at the age of 66 and was buried in Bahe Cemetery.