192 1 year-old, when he was 1 1 year-old, he attended a party and improvised "Cut the Yellow Robe", which was well received by Yan present, so he officially started his career and learned a lot of Tan Pai () dramas. Later, he asked Yu Shuyan for advice on art, such as Lu Su in Heroes, which was taught by Yu Shuyan himself. He also absorbed the strengths of Shi, Wang Fengqing and others.
Xi Xiaobo has an indissoluble bond with Peking Opera. During his primary and secondary school years, he insisted on studying drama, and asked Jia, an old name of literary drama, to point out the maze and ask Yang Pai () for martial arts drama. Usually after school, I quietly go to the box office to study art, and sometimes I go to my uncle's Zen master to study drama. Be sure to go to the back door (underground gate) and shout loudly every morning. Even if you brush your teeth and rinse your mouth, you will spend a little time wasting your legs. After graduating from high school, Xi Xiaobo worked as a scholar in the Palace Museum, copying white pages, familiarizing himself with history books, practicing calligraphy, accumulating remuneration and dedicating it to teachers. He also often plays with friends Qin, Fan and others.
1929 officially went to sea. After going into the sea, I changed my baby's name "Xiaobai" to "Xiaobo", which means that people who love singing will realize their long-cherished wish.
After Xi Xiaobo went to sea, he made extensive contact with professors, scholars and painters, and increased his knowledge. At the age of 22, he became a professional actor in Yu Chengban. 1933 Hou, Shang, Ma Decheng, Xin, Xiao, Zhang Zhuoyun, Li Xiangyun, Xue Yanqin, Jin Youqin, Hu Bilan and other classes will sing two old students.
1933 collaborated with Shang Xiaoyun on Imperial Monument Pavilion, with Cheng on Famen Temple, and with Xun Huisheng on Rouge Tiger.
1935, Mei Lanfang took him into Chenghua Society, and went to Wuhan, Hong Kong and Mei Lanfang to perform plays such as Lotus Lantern, Third Mother's Godchild and Fisherman's Killing Son at the invitation of Mei Lanfang.
In the process of cooperating with the "four famous artists", Xi Xiaobo was deeply influenced by art and benefited a lot. He liked to rely on tricks and once told his best friend that Dingjun Mountain would learn for life without singing. "He really learned to audition with Xu Yuanshan. He plays the role of old Huang Zhong, who turns to get on the horse, shakes his beard and steps back, leaving his colleagues dumbfounded.
From 1935, he organized his own class and performed as the main actor in He Chun Theatre.
The following year, Mei Lanfang went to Tianjin China Grand Theatre to perform and invited her to cooperate. His plays include Visiting Mother, Fenhe Bay, Wang Baochuan, Sanniang's Godson, Famen Temple, Dragon and Phoenix, etc. In the same year, Li, a tea merchant, played Lu Su in Heroes, which made him gradually famous, and he was called "the four big students" with Ma, Tan and Yang.
1937, he took the lead in worshipping Li Hongchun as a guide. At that time, Li Debin, Fu Dewei, Zhao Deyu, Zhang Manjun and others performed on the same stage, and then, Qiu and others were invited to join us.
He said to people more than once: "My voice is not as good as Tan Fuying's and my appearance is not as good as Ma Li Anliang's." . However, he is unwilling to bow to the wind and dare to explore. Finally, he accumulated scientific vocal methods such as defining the cavity with words, expressing the cavity with feelings and sticking bones, and sublimated Seven Clothes and Human Life to a new height, forming his own unique style.
1940 when performing in Shanghai, the newspaper said that "Xi Xiaobo's articulation is short but not muddy, his singing method is new but not vulgar, his playing style is endless, his style is strong but not hot, and he is unique".
After liberation, Xi Xiaobo served as the head of the Fourth Peking Opera Troupe and the deputy head of Shijiazhuang Peking Opera Troupe, and was also very enthusiastic about the practice and creation of modern drama.
Unfortunately, during the civil strife in 10, Xi Xiaobo died in 1977, 12 and 10 due to paraplegia.