The Master of Jin Opera Has Gone for 50 Years: Remembering Fanghua has "Aftersound"

Taiyuan, March 26 (China News Service) -- Nearly half a century has passed away from the world for The Jin opera "Su Sheng Taidou" Ding Guoxian, but her artistic creation is still blossoming and bearing fruit.

In the spring rain, the descendants of the "Ding Pai" of Jin opera and many opera fans gathered in Taiyuan, Shanxi on the 26th to reminisce about the master Fanghua in the video and taste the rhythm of the aftersound around the beam.

On the same day, the "Fanghua Yongzai - Jin Opera Master Ding Guoxian Historical Video Exhibition" opened in Taiyuan City, Nanxiao Wall Guandi Temple. In the spring rain, the Guandi Temple, which is one step away from the bustling commercial street, is low-key and rustic, and the poster with a sense of the times at the door shows a unique temperament.

Among the more than 100 pictures exhibited on the day, there are not only Ding Guoxian's makeup photos, but also life photos and activity commemorative photos. Stopping in the exhibition hall, a picture that exudes a sense of age pulls the viewer back to the past: "Ding Guoxian, who painted oil paint and put on a costume, was heroic and beautiful", "took off the costume and changed into civilian clothes and looked gentle and gentle", "Bai Qi Baishi learned to paint and interacted with Peking Opera celebrities such as Mei Lanfang and Cheng Yanqiu".

Shanxi is the cradle of Chinese opera, and Jin opera is one of its representatives. Ding Guoxian, who became famous in the 1920s, became an indispensable figure in Jin opera because he created the art of "Ding Pai". Since his death in 1972, Ding Guoxian has been gone for 49 years, but the "Ding School" art has been passed down from generation to generation, and the afterglow is around the beam.

On the same day, Ding Guoxian's apprentice, the 82-year-old Wu Zhong, took the stage to perform and commemorate his mentor.

"My mentor left too early, and if she could have lived a few more years, we would have inherited more of her precious art." Remembering the mentor, Wu Zhong choked up several times.

Standing on the simple stage that was temporarily erected, Wu Zhong trembled and shouted, "Your disciples have come to visit you!" "Then I can't help myself.

While comforting the elderly on the stage, the audience issued a request to "sing a paragraph", and Wu Zhong did not disappoint the fans. After stabilizing his mood a little, Wu Zhong joined hands with a Jin opera ticket holder to present a piece of "Five Daughters Worship Shou".

The spring rains are falling finely, and the performance continues. In the "Ding Sect" lineage, the ancient adage of "drama is bigger than the sky" is still continuing. At this time, the originally bustling commercial district is sparsely crowded, or the high-pitched or gentle singing voice is spreading far and near in the rain.

"The 'Ding Pai' art created by Ding Guoxian boldly innovated Jin opera from the aspects of singing, recitation, and performance, pushing Jin opera to a new peak." Xie Tao, president of the Taiyuan Jinju Art Research Institute, said that in the past half century, there have been successors to the Art of Jinju Opera, and a large number of young and middle-aged actors have stood out. (End)

Source: China News Network