Long story commentary MP3 -- Secret Train (39 episodes)

Author: Tian Zhanyi
Publisher: Beijing Tengtu Electronic Publishing House
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Features: The long narrative "Secret Train" narrated by the renowned storytelling artist Tian Zhanyi tells the story of Guo Yan, a scale operator and Communist Party member at Beijing's Qianmen Railway Station in 1942, who, under the leadership of the Party's Jin-Cha-Oi Railway Work Committee, skillfully protected his superiors. Betrayed by a traitor, Guo Yan was arrested but escaped and adopted the alias Yan Fei. During his tenure as the station master at Xizhimen Station after being transferred from Zhengding Station, he completed the mission of assisting the Chinese army in ambushing the Japanese military supply train through thrilling experiences such as setting fire to the Japanese cotton warehouse, severely punishing traitorous collaborators, and secretly exploring the Shinkansen train.
Tian Zhanyi: In 1956, he apprenticed under the renowned crosstalk artist Wang Shichen to learn crosstalk performance. In 1978, he joined the Storytelling Troupe of the China Railway Cultural Troupe as a professional storytelling artist, also apprenticing under the renowned storytelling artist Yuan Kuo to further hone his skills. Since 1982, he has collaborated with others like Shen Yongnian to create long narrative stories such as "Secret Train," "Hu Men Xiao Yan," "Lin Xiangqian," "Republic of China Chronicles," "Palace Secrets," "Great Wall Treasure Hunt," "Li Zicheng," "Top Secret Mission," and "New Interpretations of Ancient Books—Comprehensive Mirror to the Times."
For his achievements in narrating modern history stories, experts such as Wang Jingshou, Wang Jue, and Zeng Huijie have written in the book "Eastern Cultural Integration" and "Discussions on Chinese Storytelling Art," in the section "Commentaries by Renowned Artists," that: "Tian Zhanyi is one of the most accomplished storytellers of modern history narratives in recent years."