"Suzhou has a 'taste'!" Peking Opera Kunqu Opera, one south and one north two people gathered in Suzhou to talk about opera.
On December 19th, Shang Changrong, a famous Peking Opera performing artist, representative inheritor of the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage (Peking Opera) projects, and honorary chairman of the Chinese Dramatists Association, and Chang Gu, vice chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Federation of Literary and Art Circles, chairman of the Shanghai Dramatists Association, and Shanghai Kunqu Opera Troupe, made a guest appearance on the program "Crowd Says Learning, Teachers Say", bringing suzhou citizens the theme of "When Peking Opera Meets Kunqu Opera" and talking about the future of opera.
"Jingkun does not separate families!"
Everyone from the north and south talked about opera
Picture from left Gu Haohao Shang Changrong
"I am a 'post-80s', a 'veteran' of the opera industry. I am very happy to come to Suzhou to meet with the majority of theater fans and friends! Shang Changrong, who is 81 years old this year, has a loud voice and a vibrant spirit.
"Hello everyone, I am Gu Haohao, and it is a great honor to be a guest of "Shi Said"." The tone is long and the voice is gentle. At the beginning, the introduction of the two opera masters, one south and one north, showed their extraordinary temperament and aura. The audience seemed to be taken into the Opera Theater.
"The cultural accumulation is long and profound, which provides rich nourishment for the production of Chinese opera." Shang Changrong told the story and introduced the history of Chinese opera. From the history of opera to the practice tips of "singing and doing", every sentence precipitates Shang Changrong's rigor and sincerity of opera.
"Beijing and Kunming are not separated from each other, we must learn from each other, work together to innovate, and go international." As a result, we also saw Shang Changrong go abroad with the opera films starring him, which were released on the world stage and won international awards. The precious images infected the audience.
"Stay unharmed, come and go more, and share Jiangnan." Kunqu opera "anti-epidemic video" with Gu Haohao's participation was "brushed screen network" before. She said, "When I saw such a beautiful word, I thought that I could use Kunqu art to express my determination to fight the epidemic." During the epidemic period, we must use culture to connect everyone's determination to fight the epidemic, which is what all our artistic workers should do! ”
Just after attending the 11th National Congress of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, Gu Haohao also shared his experience with the audience. She said that participating in the conference made her feel more proud and responsible as a dramatist. "Art must be with the people and serve the people!"
"I have a special affection for Suzhou, I have been in the Kunqu industry for 35 years. Kunqu opera originated in Suzhou, so it comes every year, and returning to Suzhou is like going home. Talking about the impression of Suzhou at the scene, Gu hao was very emotional, "There are many intangible cultural heritage features protected here, and there are strong humanistic feelings." Shang Changrong said: "Suzhou just has a 'taste'!" The dialect is good and the food is delicious! ”
"Peking Opera and Kunqu Opera, including each traditional opera, have similarities, and they can learn from each other and learn from each other's strengths."
"The times call for fine products, and every fine product must be honed for a long time."
"In the past year, the income from opera performances may have been only 300,000. Now our show, four nights can sell 1.5 million at the box office. This is the progress of the city's culture, and it also makes all of us artists feel that it is worth the effort. ”
At the scene, the two "opera masters" are also "frequently out of golden sentences", full of the persistence and love of opera people for art.
Sharing the scene, Gu Haohao also brought the Kunqu opera excerpt - "Journey to the West Borrowing Fan" to the audience, and many viewers shouted: "Feast your ears!" Teacher Shang Changrong was full of energy, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he attracted continuous applause from the audience. It can be said that the scene is both a classroom and an audiovisual feast.
"Propagating the culture of opera,
We have obligations and responsibilities! ”
In addition to being a famous opera artist, Shang Changrong is also an inheritor of traditional opera, he said: "The current opera education policy is good and the hardware is good. We must further create better conditions for the practice of the trainees. It is necessary to cultivate successors who have soul, blood, morality, and ability. To carry forward traditional opera, we have the obligation and responsibility. ”
Speaking of how opera people can carry forward traditional culture in the new era, Shang Changrong said: "We opera people should roll up our sleeves and work hard, and continue to refuel under the guidance of the correct and innovative literary and artistic policies! ”
Backstage, we met Teacher Gu Haohao, talking about the cultural construction of Suzhou, she smiled and said: "Culture and art can make a city more agile and more vivid. I am looking forward to the cultural construction represented by Kunqu opera in Suzhou getting better and better. The development of a drama genre depends on the 'national chess game', although the region is different, but the ambition and feelings of developing culture are the same. Under the strategic background of the integration of the Yangtze River Delta, Suzhou's cultural construction can make Kunqu and Jiangnan culture more vigorous. ”
"Teacher Shang Changrong has always been my idol, and I really benefited a lot today!" During the question-and-answer session, Li Bingchen, a student from Suzhou Art School, performed a Kunqu opera singing section on the spot, and also received valuable advice from Shang Changrong on "using the throat to hurt the throat".
Li Bingchen, 17 years old this year, has been studying Kunqu opera for 5 years, "I want to become a 'horn' in the future!" He told the Suzhou reporter that after experiencing such a special "course", the next study of Kunqu opera will also be more motivated and more confident.
Shang Changrong was born in Beijing in July 1940. He is currently an honorary member of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, the honorary chairman of the Chinese Dramatists Association, and the representative inheritor of the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage (Peking Opera) projects.
Shang Changrong gonghua face, trained by Hou Xirui and other famous masters of Peking Opera. The traditional plays he is good at acting include "Serial Set", "General Xianghe", "Black Whirlwind Li Kui", "Overlord Farewell" and so on. In the newly created repertoire represented by "Cao Cao and Yang Xiu", "Zhenguan Event" and "Honest Officials in Jackie Chan", Shang Changrong explores human nature, activates tradition, and actively finds new cultural support for traditional art, and these three works are known as the "Shang Changrong Trilogy".
He has won the "Chinese Drama Plum Blossom Award" three times, the first winner of the "Plum Blossom Award" in the Chinese theater industry, and the "Magnolia" Theater Performance Award in Shanghai three times. In 2011, he was awarded the title of "World Theatre Ambassador" by the International Association of Dramatists. In 2013, he won the Lifetime Achievement Award of the 2nd China Art and Literature Award. In 2014, he won the 6th Shanghai Literature and Art Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2017, he was awarded the title of "Lifetime Achievement Dramatist" by the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles. In 2018, he won the Special Honor Award of the Annual Commendation Conference of the China Directors Association. In 2019, he won the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 15th Sino-American Film Festival. In 2020, he won the Lifetime Achievement Award of the 30th Shanghai Magnolia Theatre Performing Arts Award.
His 3D Peking Opera films "Farewell to the King", "Cao Cao and Yang Xiu", and "Zhenguan Event" have won many honors at home and abroad, such as the "Golden Lumiere" Award issued by the International 3D Advanced Image Association, the "Golden Angel" Award of the 14th Sino-US Film Festival, and the Best Opera Film Award of the 33rd Golden Rooster Awards of Chinese Film.
Gu Haohao, a national first-class actor, vice chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Federation of Literary and Art Circles, chairman of the Shanghai Dramatists Association, secretary of the Party Committee and president of the Shanghai Opera Art Center, head of the Shanghai Kunqu Opera Troupe, master of fine arts. Winner of the Chinese Culture and Art Government Award - Wenhua Performance Award, Chinese Drama "Plum Blossom Award", "Shanghai Magnolia Drama Performing Arts Protagonist Award", representative of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, representative inheritor of the National Intangible Cultural Heritage Project, enjoying special government allowances of the State Council, cultural masters of the Central Propaganda Department and "four batches" talents, national March 8th Red Flag Bearer, outstanding expert of the Ministry of Culture, leading talent of Shanghai Municipality, 2010-2014 Shanghai advanced worker, 2016 Shanghai Outstanding Communist Party Member, Glory and Strength - 2016 Moved Shanghai Person of the Year, Shanghai Municipal Literary and Artistic Artist Honorary Award, Shanghai Top Ten Outstanding Youth and other honorary winners.
She works on the knife Ma Dan and Wu Dan, and teaches Kun opera performance artist Wang Zhiquan, and is a young performance artist who enjoys the reputation of "a hundred changing swords and horses" in Kuntan today. In 2002, he won the "Promotion of Kunqu Opera Art Award" in the National Kunqu Opera Outstanding Young and Middle-Aged Actors Appraisal Exhibition organized by the United Nations Ministry of Culture, and won the Hongmei Award in the first "Chinese Opera Singing Competition". In 2007, he won the "Top Ten Actors Award" of the National Kunqu Outstanding Youth Exhibition, and the Kunqu opera "The Legend of the White Snake" starring in the Kunqu opera won the French Senna Award. In 2009, he won the Outstanding Performance Award of the 4th China Kunqu Opera Arts Festival. He was awarded the "First Shanghai Cultural Newcomer", the "March 8th" Red Banner Bearer of Shanghai, the New Long March Commando of Shanghai, and was a representative of the 8th, 9th and 10th Party Congresses of Shanghai.
Representative works include "Blocking Horses", "Hujiazhuang", "Borrowing Fan", "Zhaojun Out of the Plug", "Jinshan Temple", "Please God Descend demon", "Mu Lian Saves Mother", "Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea", etc., as well as the newly compiled Kun opera "A Piece of Peach Blossom", "White Snake Afterword", "Red Mud Pass", "Leifeng Pagoda", Tin opera musical "Green Snake", Peking Opera "Life and Death", "White Snake Legend", "Baolian Lantern" and so on. Editor: Li Junfeng (New Media Operator, Senior Photographer)