Ma Ji




This is a Chinese name; the family name is Ma.





























Ma Ji
Born 2 August 1934
Tianjin, China
Died 20 December 2006(2006-12-20) (aged 72)
Beijing, China
Occupation
Xiangsheng performer
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese 馬季
Simplified Chinese 马季










Ma Ji (traditional Chinese: 馬季; simplified Chinese: 马季; pinyin: Mǎ Jì; 2 August 1934 – 20 December 2006), born Ma Shuhuai (simplified Chinese: 马树槐; traditional Chinese: 馬樹槐; pinyin: Mǎ Shùhuái), was a Chinese xiangsheng comedian. He was one of his generation's most popular and influential xiangsheng performers and was mentor to many younger performers. His disciples include Jiang Kun, Zhao Yan, Liu Wei, Feng Gong, Xiaolin, Wang Qianxiang, Li Zengrui, Han Lancheng, Liu Xiyao, Peng Ziyi, Yin Zhuolin, Yao Xinguang, Zhao Longjun, Xing Yingying, Liu Lixin, and Hou Guannan.




Contents






  • 1 Biography


  • 2 Famous works


    • 2.1 Dialogues


    • 2.2 Monlogues




  • 3 Death


  • 4 References


  • 5 External links





Biography


Ma Ji was born in Tianjin on 2 August 1934. After the Communists took over mainland China, Ma started to work in Xinhua bookstore. He joined the Central Broadcasting Recitation and Ballad Troupe as a professional xiangsheng performer in 1956. He studied under Hou Baolin and became a seventh-generation xiangsheng performer. He got his stage name Ma Ji from the film Mattie the Goose-boy (1950 film), which is based on the poem of the same name by Mihály Fazekas.[1]


As a notable xiangsheng master and performer, Ma Ji created his own art style and made great contributions to China's Xiangsheng art.[2]


In the mid to late 1980s, together with his disciple Zhao Yan, he frequently travelled to Singapore on performance tours and proved to be very popular there as well.[3]


Ma Ji was also a member of the 5th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.[4]



Famous works



  1. "Ode to Mountain Climbers"

  2. "The Portrait"

  3. "Dispute of the Five Sense Organs"[1]

  4. Performed with many comedians together in “Five Officers Contend for Fame”[2]



Dialogues



  1. Ode to Friendship

  2. Storm on the State

  3. Multistory Restaurant [3]



Monlogues


  1. “The Universal Brand Cigarette” playing a cigarette salesman with a bad product and satirizing newly rich Chinese preoccupation with brand names.[4]


Death


Ma Ji died on 20 December 2006 at Beijing, China. The cause of his death was myocardial infarction. His death, of a heart attack, was reported by Chinese Central Television (CCTV). He is survived by his son, Ma Dong.[5]



References





  1. ^ 马季：我与侯宝林的恩怨是怎样结下的. Archived 2007-09-02 at the Wayback Machine


  2. ^ Mainstay in the Field of Comic Dialogue: Ma Ji Archived 2007-02-03 at the Wayback Machine


  3. ^ http://www.zaobao.com.sg/culture/arts/story20160308-590119


  4. ^ CPPCC member list


  5. ^ Xiangsheng master Ma Ji dies at the age of 72 (馬季去世，享年72歲)




External links



  • Ma Ji, Chinese comedian famed for satirical sketches, dies at 72, The Associated Press via the International Herald Tribune








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