Wang Yu
If you ask the audience's impression of Guangdong TV dramas, I believe that many viewers will say in unison "Public Relations Miss", "Love Full of Pearl River", "Hero Without Regrets" and other excellent TV series that have been popular all over the country. The Cantonese series of sitcoms "Foreign Daughter-in-law Local Lang" exceeded 2,000 episodes in the thirteen years since its launch, becoming the TV series with the longest broadcast time, the largest number of episodes broadcast, the highest ratings, the widest influence and the best economic benefits of the same type of program in the same period, these dramas not only came into being in response to the luck of the times, but also rushed the surging tide of reform and opening up to the whole country.
Coincidentally, with the production of TV dramas in Shanghai, Zhejiang, Beijing and other places entering a period of abundance, Cantonese dramas have entered a period of transformation and adjustment. In recent years, works such as "Latent", "Touching Life", "Mao Zedong", "Niang", "Bloody Military Banner", "Ridge of Taihang", "Top Secret Mission" and other works set up and jointly invested by Guangdong have maintained the popularity and influence of Cantonese opera to a certain extent.
To some extent, Cantonese drama has certain advantages and there are certain obstacles to development, but it has to be said that Cantonese drama needs to create more excellent dramas with deep ideological depth and cultural temperature in order to occupy a place in today's TV drama market.
Recently, the legendary blockbuster "Lush" was produced by Guangdong Radio and Television Station, Guangdong Satellite TV Cultural Communication Co., Ltd., Guangdong Guangshi Media Co., Ltd., Guangdong Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Cultural Industry Investment Fund, Foshan Cultural Development Investment Management Co., Ltd., Guangzhou Dongdong Zhen Cultural Media Co., Ltd., Beijing Dongdong Zhen Like Film and Television Media Co., Ltd., and jointly produced by Beijing Forbidden City Film Company, Yongkang Runaway Film Co., Ltd., Yunju Culture Media (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., and Dalian Tiange Media Co., Ltd. The official start-up not only represents Guangdong Radio and Television Station as the main investor to once again carry the banner of revitalizing Cantonese opera, but also builds a platform for transmitting Lingnan culture to the whole country and even the world, and reshapes a new model of Cantonese opera brand.
"Lush" is written by Gao Mantang as the chief screenwriter, directed by Wu Bin and Hao Wanjun, written by Liu Hua, and starring Yang Shuo, Zhang Han, Guo Xiaoting, Cao Jun and Yu Zhen, of which Yang Shuo plays the eldest brother Chen Shanhe, Zhang Han plays the second brother Chen Wei, and Guo Xiaoting plays the third sister Chen Lixia. Li Naiwen, Pan Yuchen and Zhao Hengxuan are specially invited to star.
Why is it said that the play will convey Lingnan culture to the whole country and the world?
Although "Lush" is set against the background of the failure of the 1927 Revolution, in terms of narrative structure, it relies on the three elements of "Cantonese medicine, Cantonese cuisine and Cantonese opera", through the sadness and joy experienced by the three brothers and sisters of the Chen family in the past 20 years, and the great achievements made in Cantonese cuisine, Cantonese opera, Lingnan traditional Chinese medicine and other industries, comprehensively showing the spiritual core of Lingnan culture,And the three brothers and sisters have interpreted a series of unforgettable legendary stories with industry ethics and national righteousness.
"What is impressive about 'Lush' is that the use of Lingnan traditional Chinese medicine, Cantonese cuisine, Cantonese opera materials, and the depth of the industry will surely make this drama occupy a place in Chinese TV dramas in terms of the freshness of the theme." Cai Fuqing, director of Guangdong Radio and Television Station, highly recognized the screenwriter and said that as a screenwriter who has grown and created in the northern cultural background for a long time, it is rare to work so Lingnan traditional Chinese medicine, Cantonese cuisine and Cantonese opera, and to be able to stand in the national market and industry to deal with the theme in depth.
The play not only presents the great national righteousness, but also the spiritual ethics and value pursuits inherited by Cantonese cuisine, Cantonese opera and Lingnan traditional Chinese medicine, etc., and also focuses on human fireworks and depicts the simple emotions of the people.
In order to ensure the original taste of the drama, the screenwriter and planning team consulted 20 million words of "three Cantonese" materials, carried out demonstration and research in Guangdong, visited famous chefs, big guys, medical experts many times, and went to Guangzhou Folk Cantonese Opera Society, Foshan Chen Ancestral Hall, Lu Bao ancestral temple, Shunde Chef Academy, Chao Cai Training School and other places to learn from the style.
In the play, the historical events are no longer a simple story background, but become a vivid symbol to interact with the characters, and the audience will be pleasantly surprised to find that history and the protagonists are zero distance. Their every move may seem insignificant, but they are traces of the wheels of history rolling by.
What is valuable is that "Lush" prints the fate of the country with personal destiny, reflects the revolutionary years with national feelings, and builds a Cantonese version of ink with traditional culture, just like a Cantonese encyclopedia, and lingnan style shows the screen.
"Lush" strives to meet the audience in the second half of 2022.