The light enlightens the prosperous world "Yuan", and the lamp illuminates the spring shirt "Supper". On the eve of the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month of the Year of the Tiger, the "Lantern Wonderful Tour" produced by Henan was again on Weibo's hot search and was scheduled to be broadcast on the evening of February 14.
Before the premiere of the program, the general director Lu Hongli accepted an exclusive interview with Nandu reporters. She introduced that in fact, the Lantern Festival has been a romantic festival since ancient times, "the willow tip on the moon, the person is about after dusk" "Suddenly looking back, the person is in the light", writing the Lantern (New Year's Eve). At the same time, as the first full moon night of the New Year, the Lantern Festival also carries the beautiful emotions of people to open new and pray for blessings. This program will lead three chapters with three theme words of "Yuan", "Supper" and "Lamp", presenting the audience with a new light of Vientiane.
Lu Hongli.
Three theme chapters, excavating the meaning of "yuan" and "night"
Last year, the traditional cultural programs produced by Henan Radio and Television were amazing "out of the circle", of which Lu Hongli, as the general director, led the production of "Henan Satellite TV Lantern Wonderful Night", "Qixi Fantastic Tour" and "Mid-Autumn Wonderful Tour". "One Yuan Resume", once again directing Henan Satellite TV's Lantern Program of the new year, Lu Hongli told Nandu reporter that she has a lot of new thinking and pursuits.
"The original intention of this creation is that everyone around them knows to eat the Lantern festival and celebrate the Lantern Festival, but the true meaning of 'Lantern' is actually not very clear." Then we will extract these two words and talk about our feelings. ”
"Meta" is the starting point. The four seasons go round and round. After the fifteenth day of the first month, the carnival and rest are over, and they are about to invest in the cultivation of the new year, which carries people's expectations and hopes. Therefore, the first chapter of this year's edition of "Lantern Magic Tour" is called "Yuan Zhi Always".
"Supper" is night. "In the past, there was a saying that the Lantern Festival was Valentine's Day in China, because only on this night, the boudoir girls could freely go to the street. We have many beautiful ancient poems that record this love at first sight and excitement of young men and women. Lu Hongli introduced, "In addition to love, on the first full moon night of the new year, the whole family gets together, friends get together, and the hidden implicit emotions in our hearts Chinese are expressed at this special node." Therefore, the second chapter, "Meeting at Nighttime", unfolds to state the emotions carried by the Lantern Festival.
The Lantern Festival is also a lively festival, and the gorgeous flower lanterns form a warm and peaceful scene. In Lu Hongli's eyes, the lamp is the light of civilization, and there is still pay and protection behind the lights of thousands of homes. The third chapter, "Illumination of the Universe", is to extend the theme to this level. She said, "We are not going to do 'science popularization', but to refine our understanding of traditional Chinese culture, share it with everyone, and lead everyone to love it together." ”
The north and south lion dances express protection, and the dance shows the Crown of Chinese clothes
Nandu reporter learned that this year, the original team of Henan Radio and Television will continue to produce a series of Chinese festival programs, and "Lantern Wonderful Tour" is the beginning of this "upgraded version" of the ancient and modern journey.
Lu Hongli admitted that the "Lantern Wonderful Night of Henan Satellite TV" in 2021, which she served as the general director, was originally because of the popularity of "Tang Palace Night Banquet" on the spring evening of Henan Satellite TV's Year of the Ox, and the special program produced by the director team in order to give back to netizens. After the production was completed, the main creative team more clearly defined this creative direction, through the "Chinese festival" to make an article, so there were Qingming, Qixi, Mid-Autumn Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, chongyang chapters. On this basis, the 2022 "Fantastic Tour" series was designed and produced, and the creators decided to dig deeper into the inside and show the cultural connotation and emotional connotation contained in the traditional festival.
Guangdong lion dance performance in "Lantern Magic Tour".
For example, the folk show "Watching the Mountains and Rivers lion dance in the East" in the "Lantern Wonderful Tour" combines the "Southern Lion" originating in Guangdong and the other distinctive "Northern Lion" performance together in the presentation, and realizes the "North-South Look" through visual effects, and at the same time invites a painter to splash ink on the wall and perform graffiti. When explaining the concept of the program, Lu Hongli said that the Lantern Festival lion dance is a folk custom and festival that has been widely known since ancient times, and it is also a common and typical Chinese festival symbol at home and abroad. But this time, instead of simply reproducing the joyful lion dance performance at the celebration in front of the camera, we try to ask, why do we use the lion dance to express this strong feeling in the celebration moments of Chinese? "In fact, the lion represents the town guard and guardian. If you think about the lions we saw in front of the Forbidden City, the lions we saw on the Lugou Bridge, and the lions we saw in front of the gate of the mansion, it guards the mountains and rivers, and it guards the home. This program, which we call the Visual Show, the Folklore Show, will show lions running between mountains and rivers in the picture, running in Chinese cultural symbols, such as movable type printed character codes... There is also an innovative expression in it. ”
Among the programs that have been announced, there is also a dance program "Five Stars out of the East". Its dance drama of the same name has recently begun a national tour, which is quite popular online and offline. Lu Hongli told Nandu reporter that this show was invited to the original performance unit Beijing Performing Arts Group to perform the essence of the dance in the dance drama, the wonderful "three bends" and "sleeve throwing skills", but also maintained the original costume style. However, the TV version was all shot in the green studio, and the post-packaging incorporated more ideas from the director's team.
"The inspiration for "Five Stars Out of the East" is the Han Dynasty brocade arm guard found in an ancient tomb in Hotan, Xinjiang in 1995, and the dancers' costumes are curved hems, which are very characteristic of the Han Dynasty. In this show, we not only show you a wonderful dance, but also want to incorporate more elements, such as ancient celestial signs - "five stars out of the East" refers to which five stars? Including the feeling of silk fabric of this national cultural relic tapestry, combined with the Chinese painting stone statues in Nanyang, Henan. In short, we try our best to 'bury' some historical and cultural knowledge points according to the characteristics of the dance itself, so that the audience may have a layer of harvest after watching it, and in the exchange and discussion with netizens, there may be another harvest, which is also a pursuit and attempt by us. ”
After doing many traditional cultural programs, Lu Hongli said: "In fact, Chinese festivals are the most condensed display of Chinese emotions. "Customs and festivals will change with the times, what remains unchanged is the cultural gene that integrates the bones and blood of the Chinese," what exactly does every Chinese festival carry? Only by digging into the roots and expressing these things can we truly resonate with contemporary people and lead everyone to feel the beauty of traditional Chinese culture. ”
Producer: Nandu Instant
Written by: Nandu reporter Hou Jingjing