Tian Zhanyi - Secret Train (2CD)

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Features: In 1942, at the Beijing Qianmen Railway Station, Guo Yan, a weighmaster and Communist Party member, skillfully concealed superiors under the leadership of the Party's Jin-Chao-Ji Railway Work Committee. Betrayed by a traitor, Guo Yan was arrested but escaped, assuming the alias Yan Fei. During his tenure as the station master of Xizhimen Station, he completed the task of assisting our army in ambushing a Japanese military supply train through thrilling experiences such as burning a Japanese cotton warehouse, punishing traitorous collaborators, and infiltrating the secret of the "Kamikaze" train. Tian Zhanyi: In 1956, he apprenticed under the renowned crosstalk artist Wang Shichen to learn crosstalk performance. In 1978, he joined the Chinese Railway Literature and Art Troupe's storytelling troupe as a professional storytelling artist, also apprenticing under the famous storytelling artist Yuan Kuocai. Since 1982, he has collaborated with Shen Yongnian and others to create numerous long-form storytelling works, including "Secret Train," "Hu Men Xiao Yan," "Lin Xiangqian," "Republic of China Chronicles," "Palace Anecdotes," "Great Wall Treasure Hunt," "Li Zicheng," "Top Secret Mission," and "New Interpretations of Ancient Books—Comprehensive Mirror to the Times." For Tian Zhanyi's achievements in storytelling about modern history, experts such as Wang Jingshou, Wang Jue, and Zeng Huijie wrote in the book "Eastern Cultural Integration" and "Discussions on Chinese Storytelling Art" in the section "Commentaries on Famous Artists," stating: "Tian Zhanyi is one of the most accomplished storytellers of modern history in recent years."