The "Jingyun Tianshan" opera evening stirred up the convention center

On the evening of January 26, students of Yunyingfang Peking Opera School performed the Peking Opera joint singing "Xinjiang Doll Singing Drama". (Photo by reporter Chen Xingyu)

Urumqi Evening News All Media News (Reporter Wang Changtong Zhang Mengting) On the evening of January 26, the "Jingyun Tianshan" 2022 Urumqi Youth Spring Festival Opera Gala was held at the Xinjiang International Convention and Exhibition Center.

At about 19:30 on the same day, the performance scene was already quite popular.

Citizen Yuan Xiujing sat in the middle of the front row of the audience early. She said that she had come to do New Year goods, but she did not expect to see wonderful Peking Opera performances, and the nightlife in Urumqi was really getting richer and richer.

At 20 o'clock, the performance kicked off in the opera joint singing "Xinjiang Doll Singing Drama". Children from Chen Ying's Peking Opera Studio wore red T-shirts and took square steps to the stage, and the stage quickly became the focus of attention.

Miao Xinwen, 5 and a half years old, is the youngest actor in the whole performance, she stands in the front row of the actors, singing with both board and eyes.

"My parents like Peking Opera, I also like Peking Opera, and I want to become an excellent Peking Opera actor like Teacher Chen Ying in the future." Stepping off the stage, Miao Xinwen generously shared his dream with reporters.

Next, 12 Peking opera programs, including the opera "Suolin Capsule", "Dingjun Mountain" and "Bawang Bijie", which collected excerpts from Peking Opera, sang "Pear Garden Blooming Spring"; "ShaJiabang" excerpt "Wisdom Fight"; Mei Pai classic drama "Noble Concubine Drunk" excerpt "Island Ice Wheel First Turning" and other 12 Peking Opera programs took the stage in turn, which won the applause of the audience and also brought a different Beijing rhyme atmosphere to the capital's night economy.

Xu Zihan, a third-grade (4) student of the City's No. 126 Middle School, and his friends performed an excerpt from "Wise Tiger Mountain" entitled "Communist Party Members Always Listen to the Party's Call".

Xu Zihan said that his first contact with Peking Opera was to listen to "Wise Tiger Mountain", and today he played Yang Zirong on the stage, which felt very honorable.

The performance has boosted popularity and brought more business to merchants. Merchant Ma Ziqiang said that today's wonderful theatrical performances have added extra popularity, and many audiences have come to his shop to buy beef jerky, and the business is better.

It is understood that the "Jingyun Tianshan" youth opera performance has been held for three sessions, and this performance is the first time to combine with the night economy.

Chen Ying, a national first-class actor of the Municipal Peking Opera Troupe (Xinjiang Peking Opera Troupe), said that he hopes to combine literature and art with the night economy through this performance, and at the same time provide a platform for children in the capital who like Peking Opera art to learn and display, so that more people can understand Peking Opera art and inherit China's excellent traditional culture.