Wang Xiao, secretary of the party group of the Guangdong Provincial Federation of Literary and Art Circles
From a small town in Guangdong, the Wutiao ren and jiulian real people band.
Sponsored by the Guangdong Provincial Federation of Literature and Literature, the Guangdong Provincial "Star of the New Century" art exhibition and performance activity is a brand that promotes outstanding young and middle-aged literary and artistic talents in Guangdong Province. Since 1996, it has been held for 11 sessions, and has sent a large number of outstanding young and middle-aged writers and artists in various art disciplines to Guangdong Province.
The 12th Guangdong Provincial "New Century Star" art exhibition is about to start, and Nandu interviewed Wang Xiao, secretary of the party group and full-time vice chairman of the Provincial Federation of Literary and Art Circles, on the development status of Guangdong's literary and art circles. Wang Xiaojun shared his thoughts on themes such as the holding of the New Century Star, the emergence of Cantonese films, and the new phenomena in Guangdong's literary and art circles.
In Wang Xiao's view, the selection of the "Star of the New Century" is a biennial centralized review of the artistic creation and spiritual outlook of the young and middle-aged literary and artistic contingents in Guangdong Province. The recent emergence of many Cantonese films stems from the fact that these films make more Cantonese elements "happen naturally".
It is worth noting that in addition to the Guangdong elements, Wang Xiao also pays attention to the "earthy" works created by Wutiaoren and Jiulian Zhenren.
"Now there are several very popular bands in Guangdong, Wutiaoren, Jiulian Zhenren and so on. Small town singers can also sing very 'fried' songs. Although Gojo people come from a small town, the town also has enough courage to compete with urban life. If you find this kind of confidence, you can stand up equally. Sticking to your own style will earn you respect. In addition to Gojo, there are many such bands. Jiulian Zhenren sang in Hakka dialect, and Liujia Fan Band sang in Teochew dialect. It's a small trend: small-town youth become stars, small-town youth are the protagonists singing, and metropolitan youth listen to songs. This shows that the literary and artistic youth of the town have made great achievements, and the literary and artistic youth of the metropolis are cheering. Wang Xiao shared.
Star of the New Century
Light up the starry sky of literature and art
Nandu: What does "Star of the New Century" mean to Guangdong's literary and art circles?
Wang Xiao: At the opening ceremony of the 11th National Congress of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, the general secretary stressed that "youth are the future of the cause." Only when young literary and art workers become stronger can our literary and artistic undertakings form a vivid situation in which the back waves of the Yangtze River push forward. At the opening ceremony of the Eighth Congress of the Guangdong Provincial Federation of Literary and Art Circles, Li Xi, secretary of the provincial party committee, hoped that better outstanding talents would be condensed into the prosperity and development of the party's literary and artistic undertakings, and strive to build a large-scale and influential "Literary and Artistic Cantonese Army".
The selection of the "Star of the New Century" is a biennial centralized review of the artistic creation and spiritual outlook of the young and middle-aged literary and artistic teams in our province, a vivid practice of the literary and art workers in the province to conscientiously study and implement General Secretary Xi Jinping's important expositions on literary and artistic work, and a specific action to implement the decision-making and deployment of the provincial party committee and the provincial government on literary and artistic work. The selection of outstanding young and middle-aged literary and artistic talents can unite and encourage the vast number of young and middle-aged literary and artistic workers to further carry forward the promotion of virtue and art, and more consciously make greater contributions to the construction of a culturally strong province in Guangdong.
Nandu: The "Star of the New Century" has been held for 11 sessions, what role will it play in promoting Guangdong's literary and artistic undertakings?
Wang Xiao: "Star of the New Century" is a brand activity to discover, cultivate and promote outstanding young and middle-aged literary and artistic talents in our province, which has been successfully held for 11 sessions since 1996, and has discovered and launched more than 200 outstanding young and middle-aged writers and artists (such as Xu Qinsong, Li Jinkun, Li Xianhua, Ni Huiying, Tang Biao, etc.), many of whom have become leading figures and representative figures in Guangdong's literary and artistic circles.
Each year's inductees were outstanding young and middle-aged talents who were active in the frontline of Literary and Artistic Creation and Performance in Guangdong at that time, with high artistic achievements and a high sense of social responsibility, who had a good reputation in the society, established a good public image, launched many excellent works, and made positive contributions to the prosperity of Guangdong's literary and artistic undertakings.
Nandu: In addition to the "Star of the New Century", what other measures can promote the development of Guangdong's literary and artistic circles and cultivate Outstanding Literary and Artistic Talents in Guangdong?
Wang Xiao: The Provincial Federation of Literary and Art Circles has united and led the literary and art workers in the province to continue to play the role of "passing on the help" of the older generation of literary and artistic artists. Establish benchmarks and models in the literary and art circles, cultivate a good trend of advocating virtue and art, do a good job in the selection of guangdong literary and art lifetime achievement awards, Guangdong province young and middle-aged moral and artistic shuangxin literary artists and artists, Guangdong Lu Xun literary and artistic awards, vigorously publicize and promote young and middle-aged moral and artistic artists and artists, and vigorously publicize and promote representative figures and representative works of various art disciplines. Vigorously promote the "teacher and apprentice", "one recommendation and one" and "one push" talent training model, focus on the training and training of top literary and artistic talents, middle-aged and young literary and artistic talents, and new literary and artistic groups, establish a normalized training mechanism, and strengthen the construction of the echelon of literary and artistic talents.
Cantonese films are out of the loop
Let the Guangdong elements occur naturally
Nandu: This year, Guangdong films have achieved remarkable results, and in the recently announced list of winners of the 34th Golden Rooster Awards for Chinese Films, Cantonese films have achieved a lot of results. Movies such as "White Snake Legend" and "Lion Boy" have also come out of the circle. What do you think is the reason why Guangdong films have continued to be out of the circle in recent years?
Wang Xiao: The reason why Guangdong films can continue to exert their strength lies in "keeping right and innovating", in that Guangdong is the vanguard and experimental field of reform and opening up, and because Guangdong has a profound cultural heritage.
The success of these works, "The Legend of the White Snake" and "The Lion Boy", comes from their excavation of the ideological concepts, humanistic spirit and moral norms of China's excellent traditional culture, integrating artistic creativity and Chinese cultural values, combining the Chinese aesthetic spirit and contemporary aesthetic pursuits, and activating the vitality of Chinese culture. Scientifically use new technologies and new means to stimulate creative inspiration, enrich cultural connotations, and express thoughts and emotions. These works present a new realm with more connotation and more potential, so they are recognized by the audience. From the perspective of "White Snake Biography", its innovation is mainly reflected in: First, the innovation of film technology. In the field of opera films, it tried 4K panoramic sound technology for the first time, combining the "singing, reading, doing, and playing" in traditional opera with special effects shots, providing new visual effects and unique oriental aesthetics. The second is the integration and innovation of traditional aesthetics and modern "national style". The national style of "White Snake Love" makes this film popular and loved by fans. The third is the breakthrough and innovation of the opera form itself. In the past, opera films often used film lenses to present stage dramas. But this time, the "opera film" is a film made in the form of opera, which has resonated among young people.
Chinese animation and animation have gone through a successful path worth exploring in the past ten years. Entering the new century, Guangdong animation and animation were the first to raise the flag, "Pleasant Goat", "Pig Man", "Bear Haunting" still has a strong influence to this day, as an original IP, they fill the lack of animation content in the young age group.
But "The Lion Boy" is different, several of the protagonists are small people, left-behind children in the countryside. Its success is actually another level - extracting elements from real life, both the presentation of traditional culture and the projection of the aesthetics of the times. At the end of "Lion Boy", the teenager jumped high, guangdong Jiulian Zhenren Band's "Mo Cheating Young Poor", with the local flavor of Hakka language to impress countless audiences, this kind of animation based on reality is the most popular audience at present. The traditional culture that Guoman is good at and the realistic expression of the scarcity of Guoman appear in this film at the same time, taking reality as the core, standing on the foundation of traditional culture and paying attention to the present, which is also the most scarce place of the film in the film market, and it is also the most brilliant and innovative place of this film, which is also its innovation.
Nandu: The theme song of the recent Cantonese movie "Lion Boy" was sung by Jiulian Zhenren with "earthy" Hakka dialect, how do you think about this phenomenon?
Wang Xiao: Let's talk about pop music, in the past, popular songs were sung by singers from big cities such as Beijing, such as Wang Feng's "Beijing Beijing". What songs do young people like today? For example, there are several very popular bands in Guangdong now, where did the Gojo Ren Band come from? Haifeng County, Guangdong Province. This is a small county that is too ordinary to be ordinary. Many of the songs written by Gojo are in Haifeng dialect. Young people from other places actually can't understand it at all, but they listen to it like they are drunk.
Small town singers can also sing very explosive songs. Although Gojo people come from a small town, the town also has enough courage to compete with urban life. If you find this kind of confidence, you can stand up equally. Sticking to your own style will earn you respect. In addition to Gojo, there are many such bands. Jiulian Zhenren sang in Hakka dialect, and Liujia Fan Band sang in Teochew dialect. It's a small trend: small-town youth become stars, small-town youth are the protagonists singing, and metropolitan youth listen to songs. This shows that the literary and artistic youth of the town have made great achievements, and the literary and artistic youth of the metropolis are cheering.
For example, the most famous operas in China actually originate in small places. The birthplace of Yue opera is Shengxian County, Zhejiang. Huangmei opera comes from the local countryside tea picking. Yu opera used to be called Henan Zizi, and it was spread in eastern And Western Henan. The predecessors of Peking Opera were Hui Opera and Han Opera, which also came from the local area. The same is true of novels as temples of literature. Although there are Lao She in Beijing and Zhang Ailing in Shanghai, more writers are from small counties. Shen Congwen was from Fenghuang, Xiangxi, and Mo Yan was born in Gaomi, Shandong. Moreover, not only Chinese writers, but also the giants admired by literary youth, such as Faulkner and Márquez, are all proper small-town writers. Therefore, the young people of small town literature and art have a lot to do.
Nandu: What kind of Cantonese stories and elements do you think will help Cantonese films to further go out of the circle?
Wang Xiao: Cantonese films should have greater influence on the whole country and even the world, first, the vast number of literary and art workers should grasp the theme of the era of national rejuvenation, and write literary and artistic creations into the history of national rejuvenation and in the journey of people's struggle. Open up artistic creation to the great struggle of hundreds of millions of people, open to rich and colorful social life, extract themes and extract themes from the changes of the times, the progress of China, and the people's call, show the beauty of Chinese history, the beauty of mountains and rivers, and the beauty of culture, express the aspirations of the Chinese people's struggle, the power of creation, and the fruits of development, and show the spiritual atmosphere of the new era in an all-round panorama.
The second is to create realistic works based on the new era and based on Guangdong's achievements in the past 40 years of reform and opening up. Guangdong filmmakers have a "down-to-earth" tradition of realist creation. From the older generation of filmmakers such as Cai Chusheng and Wang Weiyi to the directors who emerged after the reform and opening up such as Zhang Liang and Ding Yinnan, they have always taken "deep concern for reality, common concern for society, and sincere care for others" as the entry point for creation. At present, Guangdong filmmakers must carry forward their realist feelings. Third, Filmmakers in Guangdong should step out of the study, out of their personal subjective imagination, look at the people's daily lives, and create works based on reality and faithfully portray and describe this new era.
We should not be bystanders of life. It should be the recorder of this society. "Only by stepping on the solid earth can we let go of the wings of artistic imagination", "into the heart" and "into the heart" of real life, understand life, explain life, and express life. Integrate their feelings into the works, forming a truly profound, artistic and well-made masterpiece.
As for the Cantonese elements, my personal opinion is that with the content as the core, try to present the Cantonese elements, but do not force it. Just like "The Lion Boy", in that story, the lion dance is a very natural integration. In line with the rules of creation, do not show it bluntly for the sake of Cantonese elements, and let the story happen naturally.
Literary and artistic workers
It can be deeply cultivated in many fields
Nandu: What new opportunities do you think literary and art workers have in recent years? In which areas can we deepen our cultivation and development?
Wang Xiao: Our party has always attached great importance to literary and artistic work. In the new era, General Secretary Xi Jinping attaches special importance to and cares about literary and artistic work, has made important speeches and instructions on many occasions, and has placed high hopes and clear requirements on the work of literary and artistic undertakings and literary associations. At the opening ceremony of the Eleventh National Congress of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles and the Tenth National Congress of the China Writers Association, General Secretary Xi Jinping clearly pointed out that the new era and new journey are the historical orientation of contemporary Chinese literature and art. The general secretary put forward 5 hopes for literary and art workers, and general secretary Xi Jinping's ardent expectations pointed out the way forward for the cause of literature and art, and sounded a new clarion call for the literary and art circles.
The Guangdong Provincial CPC Committee attaches great importance to literary and artistic work, and Secretary Li Xi personally inspected and guided the Provincial Federation of Literature and Art, and has repeatedly made important instructions and put forward work requirements for the work of the Guangdong Federation of Literature and Art and Literature. We stand at the historical intersection of the "two hundred years" goal, reform and opening up and then start, the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area is in full swing, the new era and new journey provide unlimited opportunities and infinite possibilities for the literary and art circles, and provide a broad space and stage for literary and art workers to display their wisdom and talents and realize their ambitions in life.
Literary and art workers can make great achievements in the fields of literature, drama, film, television, music, dance, fine arts, photography, calligraphy, music art, acrobatics, folk art, literary and art criticism, mass literature and art, and art education, and display their talents in artistic creation, art display, art research, and art popularization. We must cherish the great opportunities in life, live up to the times and the people, and contribute to building a literary and artistic advantage that matches Guangdong's economic status.
Nandu: In your opinion, what are the new changes and breakthroughs in Guangdong's literary and art circles in recent years?
Wang Xiao: In recent years, under the care and leadership of the provincial party committee, Guangdong's literary and art circles have adhered to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, and literary and art workers in the province have focused on the center and served the overall situation, closely centered on the "1+1+9" work deployment of the provincial party committee, kept in mind the people-centered work orientation, carried out party history study and education in literary and art circles with high standards and high quality, vigorously carried forward the core socialist values, focused on major realist themes, prospered literary and artistic creation, and won the battle against the epidemic and the fight against poverty. The construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and the construction of a culturally strong province have contributed to the strength of literature and art.
First, there have been new breakthroughs in exploring new forms of literary and artistic practice and continuously meeting the spiritual and cultural needs of the masses; second, there have been new achievements in strengthening the high-quality development of literature and art, and literary and artistic creations have repeatedly achieved good results; third, we have made new efforts to increase the cultivation of talents and build a Guangdong army of virtue and art; fourth, we have made new explorations in innovative work models and actively built a literary and artistic service network; fifth, we have new ideas in carrying out cultural exchanges and actively promoted the cultural construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
◎ The reason why Guangdong films can continue to exert their strength lies in "shouzheng innovation", that Guangdong is the vanguard and experimental field of reform and opening up, and that Guangdong has a profound cultural heritage.
◎ The town also has enough courage to compete with urban life. If you find this kind of confidence, you can stand up equally. Sticking to your own style will earn you respect.
◎ We should not be bystanders of life, but should be recorders of this society. "Only by stepping on the solid earth can we release the wings of artistic imagination."
——Wang Xiao, Secretary of the Party Group of the Guangdong Provincial Federation of Literary and Art Circles
Written by: Nandu reporter Lin Wenqi Photo: Nandu reporter Chen Donghui Jiulian Zhenren, IC courtesy of the picture