Jointly created by People's Daily Digital Communication, Zhejiang Satellite TV and Youku, Wuliang's annual flavor food emotional variety show "A Table Chinese New Year's Eve Rice" is being broadcast. In the fourth issue, martial arts, calligraphy and other national essences have appeared one after another, allowing many viewers to feel the endless charm of intangible cultural heritage. Intangible cultural heritage is not only the root of a nation's endless life, but also the essence of the long development of traditional culture. The fifth issue launched tonight at 22:00 will continue the "Intangible Cultural Heritage Tour", "Chinese New Year's Eve Rice Initiator" Wang Peiyu invited three "Help Taste Seekers" Wu Jiacheng, Yu Shuang and Guo Yikang to gather in Suzhou to have a beautiful encounter with Kunqu Opera, the ancestor of a hundred plays, and thank the Kunqu opera actors who insisted on paying for it with a table of Chinese New Year's Eve meals.
Kunqu Opera, the Ancestor of Hundred Plays: Colorful Artistic Charm
Invited by Wang Peiyu, the initiator of "Chinese New Year's Eve Meal", the three "help taste seekers" wu Jiacheng, Guo Yikang and Yu Shuang in the new season of "A Table of Chinese New Year's Eve Rice" came to Suzhou together, and visited the Kunqu Opera Institute with Wang Peiyu and Zhou Xuefeng, president of Suzhou Kun Opera Theatre, to experience the basic skills of Opera such as Kunqu opera singing and playing, hand-eye-body steps, etc. In the face of the escalating difficulty of music theory knowledge, what will happen to the performance of the three "helper taste seekers" who learned to sing Kunqu opera for the first time with the use of scales?
Kunqu Opera, a treasure of traditional Chinese art, originally known as "Kunshan Cavity", originated in Kunshan, Suzhou, China in the 14th century, and its chant pronunciation is "Zhongzhou Rhyme", which was listed by UNESCO as a "Masterpiece of Oral and Intangible Heritage of Mankind" in 2001. It is one of the oldest types of opera in opera, but also the traditional culture and art of the Han chinese, almost all kinds of drama in the mainland are nourished by Kunqu opera to varying degrees, so Kunqu is known as the "ancestor of a hundred operas". The opening song "Peony Pavilion Frightening Dream" allows the audience to take the lead in appreciating the charm of this ancient opera, with elegant lyrics, gentle lines and delicate performances, which is endlessly evocative. This issue of "One Table Chinese New Year's Eve Rice" will introduce the development and inheritance of Kunqu opera in detail in the form of a classroom.
Modern inheritance: Welcome the new spring of traditional culture
One minute on stage, ten years offstage. If you want to learn Kunqu opera well and act lively, the actor actually needs to pay a lot, and the seemingly simple figures of "straightening the chest, raising the eyes, and stepping on the feet" often require thousands of repeated practices. The rhythm is abrupt, the words are pronounced, and a simple singing voice is also exquisite. It is also the rich means of artistic expression that make opera have a special charm on the Chinese stage and even on the world stage. Since the century-old rhyme has been sung, the Kunqu art "tree" has also experienced great ups and downs in the stage, how to inherit, Wang Peiyu also expressed his views in the program: "Let better art go to the future, we must strive for more contemporary audiences." ”
Food, but also a different kind of human fireworks in Gusu City, squirrel cinnamon fish, xiang oil eel paste, sauce meat, these traditional Su bang dishes almost condensed the local memory of the years, but also reflect the customs and customs of the locals, the new season of "a table of Chinese New Year's Eve rice" will present to everyone one by one Suzhou people's Chinese New Year's Eve dinner table, let's see what Suzhou people will eat at the most important meal of the year?
What is the charm of Kunqu opera, which is known as the "ancestor of a hundred plays"? What makes Wu Jiacheng, Guo Yikang, and Yu Shuang, who are also challenging Kunqu makeup, sigh that it is not easy for opera actors? Who can wu Jiacheng and Guo Yikang finally get the opportunity to perform in "Garden Dreams"? Tonight at 22:00 locked by the People's Daily Digital Communication, Zhejiang Satellite TV, Youku jointly created, Wuliang Xiang exclusive title of the New Year's flavor food emotional variety show "A table of Chinese New Year's Eve Rice", in the "Su-style" Chinese New Year's Eve meal, we together to appreciate the Gusu culture, feel the charm of Suzhou's "intangible heritage" Kunqu opera.