Zeng Xiaomin, the "spokesperson" of traditional culture: Young people are the most real future of opera art

Zeng Xiaomin, the "spokesperson" of traditional culture: Young people are the most real future of opera art

Beijing, May 28 (China News Service) (Reporter Tang Guijiang Suo Youwei) "The new media economy is popular, and the ability of the Internet celebrity economy to carry goods and sales has become a hot spot sought after by young people. In the new media economic environment, it is also important to strengthen the traditional culture education and guidance of the younger generation. Zeng Xiaomin, a deputy to the National People's Congress and president of the Guangdong Cantonese Theatre, told the China News Agency reporter on the 28th that young people should be traditional culture and the most real future of opera art.

Zeng Xiaomin, deputy to the National People's Congress and president of the Guangdong Cantonese Opera Theater, provided a picture from the interviewee

Zeng Xiaomin is the winner of the Chinese Drama Plum Blossom Award and the spokesperson of "Famous Celebrities Endorsing Excellent Traditional Culture" in Guangdong Province. Last year, Zeng Xiaomin put forward a proposal to promote the socialization of opera at the National People's Congress, which attracted attention from all walks of life. Zeng Xiaomin also led the team to start the socialization examination of Cantonese opera, set up a team of experts in one year, completed the compilation and revision of corresponding teaching materials and regulations, and established a "Cantonese Opera Examination Committee", which plans to comprehensively roll out the examination of the social and artistic level of Cantonese opera within two years.

Zeng Xiaomin said that the Outline Development Plan for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, issued in 2019, requires the cultivation of the cultural heritage of the same origin, continuously enhances the sense of identity and cohesion of Hong Kong and Macao compatriots, and clearly points out the importance of the promotion of Cantonese opera to the construction of the humanistic bay area.

"Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao have the same roots, similar regions, and close cultural contexts. Especially under the system of 'one country, two systems', Lingnan culture based on Cantonese is the natural internal glue of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, for young people in Hong Kong and Macao, loving Cantonese culture is also a manifestation of love for Chinese culture, and promoting the inheritance, protection and promotion of Cantonese opera is a powerful measure to accelerate the integration of Hong Kong and Macao into the mainland, enhance the sense of identity with the motherland and the sense of pride in the culture of the motherland. Zeng Xiaomin said.

In 2020, affected by the new crown pneumonia epidemic, Guangdong Cantonese Theatre turned to the Internet online, planned and launched a series of online activities such as "Online Spring Class", "Cantonese Opera Online Mini Game" and "Cantonese Opera Classic Online" at the fastest speed, and took the initiative to cooperate with major live broadcast platforms to launch a series of unique online live broadcast evenings. Only the "Cantonese Rhyme Online" series of online concerts has accumulated more than 5 million online views worldwide.

Zeng Xiaomin said that from the theater forced to switch to online, from facing hundreds of audiences under the stage to facing millions of fans on the screen of the mobile phone, we have fully planned and promoted and found that the influence of the construction far exceeds the overall performance of popular entertainment performances in the same period.

"The sudden outbreak of the epidemic has become a touchstone for testing the rapid adaptability of our traditional cultural institutions. It can be seen that young people do not dislike traditional opera, but there are no more channels to see the superb performances of professional theater troupes and opera workers. In the new way of communication, we have taken the first step, and we have also firmly explored a new path to adapt to the changes at this stage, although the task is heavy and the road is long, but the future is infinitely bright. Zeng Xiaomin said. (End)