常香玉是我国杰出的豫剧表演艺术大师、常派艺术的创始人。在1952年的全国戏曲观摩演出大会上,我第一次看到她演《花木兰》,她的唱腔热情奔放,做工深刻细腻,我很喜欢。以后接触多了,渐渐了解她热爱艺术、尊重观众,用她自己的话,叫做“戏比天大”,叫做“观众不爱看你的戏,你的饭碗就成了问题”,正是这两句看起来十分简单的话,使她顺境不骄,逆境不馁,成了推动她克服困难不断前进的动力。听河南的同志说,在文化大革命中,香玉同志处境十分困难,但常香玉没有消极,没有灰心,在长期被隔离和下放的劳 Chang Hong-yu is an outstanding master of opera performing arts in our country, often the founder of art. At the 1952 National Drama Show, the first time I saw her playing “Mulan,” her singing was passionate, his work was profound and delicate, and I really liked it. More contact later, and gradually understand her love of the arts, respect the audience, in her own words, called “drama than the sky,” called “the audience does not like to see your show, your job has become a problem,” it is these two Sentence looks very simple words, so she not bad times, adversity not hungry, has become to promote her to overcome the difficulties continue to move forward. Listen to comrades in Henan said that in the Cultural Revolution, Comrade Xishu very difficult situation, but Chang-yu no negative, no discouragement, long-term isolation and decentralization of labor