Red light substrate, falling flowers in the sky
On the stage,
The actors are dressed in costumes,
Painted with heavy makeup
Pick up your fingers,
Move your feet lightly and flick your long sleeves
Singing: Falling flowers cover the sky with moonlight,
Borrow a cup of phoenix on the table.......
Recently, the Research Center for Intangible Culture of Sun Yat-sen University hosted the Academic Forum on Cantonese Opera Inheritance and Theoretical Innovation and the launch of four new books.
▲The picture of the Cantonese classic drama "Zi Chao Ji"
The "Intangible Cultural Heritage Research Series" is a series of books on Chinese intangible cultural heritage promoted by the Research Center for Intangible Cultural Heritage of Sun Yat-sen University and published in cooperation with Sun Yat-sen University Press, and the editor-in-chief is Professor Song Junhua (Director of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Research Center of Sun Yat-sen University).
This series of books will be compiled and published in accordance with the theory of intangible cultural heritage protection, intangible cultural heritage protection cases, intangible cultural protection academic exchanges and other topics, while promoting the construction of China's intangible cultural heritage disciplines, providing academic support for promoting the traditional excellent culture of the Chinese nation and promoting the inheritance and development of China's intangible cultural heritage.
▲Academic Forum on Cantonese Opera Inheritance and Theoretical Innovation
Wang Tianqi, president of Sun Yat-sen University Press, and Wang Yanhong, planning editor of the Cantonese opera series of intangible cultural heritage research series, were invited to attend the meeting. President Wang Tianqi said in his speech: As a publishing institution mainly based on the publication of university textbooks and academic works, Sun Shan University Press will, as always, do a good job in cultural publishing and serve the teaching and scientific research of colleges and universities; it will continue to support the publication of intangible cultural heritage series, and make a modest contribution to the protection, dissemination and inheritance of Cantonese opera and even intangible cultural heritage; at the same time, it is also hoped that more academic works will be precipitated to the Sun Yat-sen University Press.
▲Cantonese classic drama "The Legend of the White Snake"
A high song, a low chant to the love and hate between Princess Changping and Zhou Shixian. What they sang on the stage was the classic Cantonese opera play "Emperor Girl Flower". The "Xiang Yao" of "Emperor Girl Flower" sent to "Makeup Table QiuSi" is sung to everyone, and even people who do not understand Cantonese opera will hum a few words.
▲ The "Xiang Yao" picture of the classic Cantonese opera "Emperor Girl Flower"
Cantonese opera has a strong Lingnan character, which is mainly reflected in the singing in Cantonese. Cantonese retains a large number of Elements of Old Chinese, with as many as nine tones. In the words of Professor Huang Tianji, self-contained and self-defeating; Cantonese opera performance artist Ni Huiying said that Cantonese comes with its own melody. In addition, the tone of Cantonese is low, especially the Yangping character is much lower than that of "drama studio official dialect" (referring to the ancient common Central Plains official dialect), so it has the characteristics of thick bass, heavy nasal tone, and strong sound. All these give Cantonese opera a natural personalized singing voice and unique beauty.
▲ Cantonese voice tune
As a cultural and artistic treasure of Lingnan, Cantonese opera has a strong Lingnan character, and its historical heritage such as complex and ancient art forms and precious repertoire has gradually been obliterated with the passage of time. For various reasons, it is particularly urgent to collect and sort out Cantonese opera materials, establish archives and file cases, and conduct research.
The reporter was pleased to learn that in order to rescue the historical materials of Cantonese opera and organize the formation of authoritative teaching materials for Cantonese opera performing arts, the compilation project of the five-volume "Cantonese Opera Performing Arts Encyclopedia" launched by the Propaganda Department of the Guangzhou Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Film and Tourism in 2017 was edited by Cantonese opera performance artist Ni Huiying, and the "singing volume" and "doing the scroll" have been published, and other volumes are in full swing.
Intangible Cultural Heritage Research Series:
The Cantonese Opera Series, a series of intangible cultural heritage research series launched this time, consists of four books: "Research on the Urbanization of Cantonese Opera in Guangzhou in the Late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China" (by Huang Chun), "Research on the Musical Form of Cantonese Opera Singing Cavity" (by Kong Qingfu), "Research on the Traditional Pomp and Circumstance of Cantonese Opera" (by Yang Di) and "Research on the Historical Materials of Opera in Qing Dynasty Export Paintings" (chen Yaxin).
A Study on the Urbanization of Cantonese Opera in Guangzhou in the Late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China
Huang Chun
Nakayama University Publishing Co., Ltd.
Huang Chun, Ph.D. in Intangible Cultural Heritage, Department of Chinese And Speech, Department of Chinese, Sun Yat-sen University. His main research interests are the history of Chinese opera.
With detailed literature, fluent text, comprehensive perspective and rich pictures, this book explains to the reader the process and flow of Cantonese opera in Guangzhou during the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, covering the class society, performance venue, aesthetic style, market mechanism, communication mechanism, function transformation, guild organization, management system and other aspects of Cantonese opera, and comprehensively and in-depth to show readers the historical process of Cantonese opera in Guangzhou from rural performances to urban performances in the late Qing Dynasty.
"Research on the Musical Form of Cantonese Opera Singing Cavity"
Written by Kong Qingfu
Kong Qingfu, Ph.D. in Intangible Cultural Heritage, Department of Chinese Chinese And Chinese Literature, Sun Yat-sen University, and teacher of school of art, Sun Yat-sen University. His research interests include Chinese folk music culture, opera culture, and non-genetic inheritance and dissemination.
Wherever there is seawater, there are Cantonese people, and wherever there are Cantonese people, there is Cantonese opera. Cantonese opera not only has an important influence in the Lingnan region and in China, but also has a huge influence overseas, and is one of the representative objects of Chinese regional culture and even Chinese traditional culture in the world.
"Research on the Traditional Pomp and Circumstance of Cantonese Opera"
By Yang Di
Yang Di, Ph.D. in Intangible Cultural Heritage, Department of Chinese and Chinese Literature, Sun Yat-sen University, Teacher of School of Culture and Communication, Guangdong Open University, Deputy Secretary-General of Guangzhou Literary and Art Critics Association, mainly focuses on the cultural heritage of opera, specializing in the history of Cantonese opera and performance research.
Cantonese opera pomp refers to the performance fragments that are composed of fixed character lines, gongs and drums, music, body segments, and stage scheduling to express a specific plot or situation.
Research on The Historical Materials of Opera in Qing Dynasty Export Paintings
Chen Yaxin
Chen Yaxin, Ph.D. in Intangible Cultural Heritage, Department of Chinese and Chinese Literature, Sun Yat-sen University, and Assistant Professor of Rao Zongyi Cultural Research Institute of Shenzhen University, is mainly engaged in the research of Chinese opera history and Chinese export painting.
This book reviews the existing research results of Qing opera painting and export painting, looks forward to its research prospects, and sorts out its own research content.
Text/Guangzhou Daily, New Flower City Reporter: Wu Bo
Photo/ Guangzhou Daily, Xinhuacheng reporter: Wu Bo
Video/Guangzhou Daily Xinhuacheng Reporter: Wu Bo
Correspondent: Gong Mingjuan
Guangzhou Daily New Flower City Editor: Liu Liqin