Near the end of the year, the ancient city of Xi'an was hit by the new crown epidemic, and the city was instantly quiet. During the epidemic prevention and control period, Shaanxi opera people took the lead and created a large number of works to encourage the morale of the masses, publicize epidemic prevention knowledge, and praise medical staff. The Shaanxi Provincial Xiqu Research Institute alone has launched more than 50 opera singing segments, in addition to original poetry recitation, song singing, Allegro rap and other promotional videos.
Among them, the song "Know You Are Beautiful" sung by Li Mei, secretary of the party committee and president of the Shaanxi Provincial Academy of Opera, was widely disseminated on the Internet, and more than ten media such as the People's Network, the Central Video, and the Learning Power Group rushed to release it, and the overall playback reached tens of millions. At the same time, the popularity of "Know You Are Beautiful" has triggered the enthusiasm of netizens to participate, and the topic participation on the Douyin platform alone has exceeded 310,000 people.
While everyone was deeply encouraged and praised the opera people, some people also questioned the role of literary and artistic works in the fight against the epidemic. I'll have to say a few words about that.
First of all, I would like to say that although the popular songs and anti-epidemic opera sections cannot be transformed into material forces to relieve the people's difficulties, they can give spiritual help to frontline workers and provide spiritual enjoyment for those who are bored at home, thus indirectly helping the prevention and control of the epidemic.
In fact, opera workers, including Qin actors, have always maintained their ideological consciousness one step ahead of others for more than a hundred years, sensed the opportunity of current events and led to the tide of thought, and created a large number of outstanding literary and artistic works. Whether it is to awaken the people to pursue the right to freedom and equality, or to call on the whole people to actively participate in the War of Resistance, or to call on the public to devote themselves to the production of wasteland, as well as to popularize the law, enhance culture, call for dedication, and respond to social development, opera artists can always keep pace with the times and create excellent works to provide strong spiritual support for social development.
Meido's "Liang Qiuyan" is a representative play that publicized the "Marriage Law" that year
Opera is a conscious product that satisfies spiritual needs, but the process of producing opera works is itself material. Opera workers have never been lonely and self-congratulatory far from the world, they live in the times, and they can always find creative materials from production and life in time; opera workers have never only been the enjoyers of social achievements, but also the participants and even creators of social production and life.
In recent decades, the educational function of opera has been continuously strengthened, and "writing for the people, lyricing for the people, and lyricing for the people" has become an important mission of opera workers, drawing nourishment from the fiery real life, so as to create excellent literary and artistic works, respond to social demands in a timely manner, and provide excellent spiritual food, which is also the social responsibility and natural mission that opera people should undertake like fighting in the frontline.
Secondly, I would like to say that in this epidemic, in addition to providing spiritual food, we Shaanxi opera people also rushed to the front line for the first time, actively participated in the community epidemic prevention and control duty, enthusiastically served nucleic acid screening and sampling, and purchased epidemic prevention materials and daily necessities at their own expense to donate, which reflects the spirit of the opera people to bravely assume responsibility and work hard.
For example, Xi'an Performing Arts Group has many cast members, including the opera actors of the Yi Folk Society, the Sanyi Society, and the Yu Opera Troupe, who are on the front line of community epidemic prevention, on duty day and night, assisting in prevention and control, and making contributions in their own way; many actors from the Shaanxi Provincial Opera Research Institute, the Shaanxi Provincial Peking Opera Theater, and the Shaanxi Prefecture and County Theater Troupe have sacrificed their small homes for everyone, competing to become volunteers and contribute to the fight against the epidemic.
They're not somebody, their name is "Opera People."
There are also many artists who have purchased daily necessities from their own pockets and donated them to the masses. The fresh vegetables donated by Li Mei, the Huangling apples donated by Hui Minli, the money and food donated by Hou Hongqin, and the Fuping steamed bun donated by Yang Shengjuan have solved the living difficulties for the masses. The phrase "People can't go into the city, let's let the buns go into the city" made many people feel warm in the cold winter.
In the process of epidemic prevention and control, Shaanxi opera people have added vivid footnotes to the sentence "Loving the people is not a slogan, we must have a deep rational understanding and specific practical actions" in their own ways.
Shaanxi opera people, you are good!
Author: Li Xiang
Edited/Reviewed by: Yan Wei
Final Judge: Wang Mei