"Fan Jin Zhongju" debuted at the Chinese Theatre Festival
Quanzhou Network October 16 news (reporter Chen Zhiyong correspondent Zhou Jianxing text / photo) on the evening of the 14th, the High Jia drama "Fan Jin Zhongju" created by the Quanzhou Gaojia Opera Inheritance Center was performed on the Wuhan Jingyun Big Stage and appeared at the 17th Chinese Drama Festival. The drama is full of clowns, groups of ugly people competing for glory, and witty and humorous performances have opened the eyes of audiences who are not familiar with this genre and won the applause of the whole hall. It is reported that Gaojia opera is the only type of drama participating in this year's Chinese Drama Festival in Fujian Province, and "Fan Jinzhongju" is hailed as "a successful example of creative transformation and innovative development of excellent traditional culture".
The performance scene of Gao Jia's play "Fan JinZhongju"
The crowd of ugly people won the applause of the whole hall
"Fan Jin Zhongju" is adapted from the story of Fan Jinzhongju, which is well known to the audience, and uses exaggerated, repetitive and satirical techniques to use concise, novel and bold living language and the unique artistic expression of Gaojia opera to vividly display the impact of environmental changes on the characters, showing the corrupt image of the ups and downs struggling in the feudal society examination system.
In the play, Fan Jin was extremely embarrassed when he appeared on the scene, and the audience saw it sadly, but he could not help but be amused by the details of Fan Jin's catching of chickens and writing a deed of sale for the chickens, and in the congratulatory sound after Fan Jinzhong's lifting, it also made people sigh in the world. "I always thought that opera was very old, I didn't expect it to be so humorous, and it was quite beautiful." The music is also very suitable, every time there is a chicken chirping, I can't help but look at the stage to see if there are really chickens. Wuhan audience member Yang Heng praised.
"'No ugliness, no drama', Gaojia opera is unique in the opera industry with its very distinctive clown plays." Zhou Jiejun, director of "Fan Jin Zhongju" and director of the Quanzhou Gaojia Opera Inheritance Center, said that the play interprets the gaojia clown to the fullest, in addition to Fan Jin, hu butcher, Zhang Ergou, Baozi and other roles are interpreted as clowns, showing different kinds of clown performances such as gaojia puppet ugly, cloth bag ugly, long shirt ugly, broken shirt ugly, lao Dan ugly, Mao Jing ugly, and the group of ugly people has its own characteristics and is quite rich.
Contemporary interpretation of traditional classics
"Fan Jin Zhongju" is an example of a tribute to the study of classic works. Chen Yunsheng, the screenwriter of the play and assistant director of the Department of Drama and Literature of the China Academy of Performing Arts, said: "The creation of "Fan Jin Zhongju" is a contemporary interpretation of traditional classics. In the past, the public and the academic community mostly looked at the story of "Fan Jinzhongju" from a critical point of view, but Chen Yunsheng saw the impact of environmental changes on people, and "a very vivid and image-rich Fan Jin is worth digging deeper."
"Fan Jin is very suitable for the interpretation of Gao Jia drama, and the role and actor, theme content and formal expression can be well matched together, thus creating a unique artistic image." Zhou Jiejun said that on the other hand, the profound clown performance art of Gao Jia Drama also condenses all the sharp edges of the "Book of Irony" of "Ru Lin Wai Shi", which can portray the most wonderful character image in Wu Jingzi's novel.