At the construction site, in the fields, and in the mountains, their loud songs resound throughout the heavens and the earth, and their graceful dance postures decorate the four seasons; in schools, military camps, and communities, crisp allegro, silk bamboo, humorous crosstalk, and fragrant hanmo paint the warm beauty of a happy life... Although they came from different positions, they shared a common name - "Red Literary Light Cavalry".
On November 21, 2017, General Secretary Xi Jinping replied to the members of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Sunit Right Banner Ulan Pastoral Riders, encouraging them to take root in the fertile soil of life, serve the herdsmen and the masses, and always be the "red literary and artistic light cavalry" on the grassland. General Secretary Xi Jinping's call ignited the passion of Tianjin literary and art workers. Over the past four years, the "Red Literature and Art Light Cavalry" in Jinmen has carried a full bag of literature and art, measured the land of Jingu with its footsteps, used the sky as a curtain, and used the ground as a stage to deliver red literature and art to the doorstep of the people, and sent the party's voice and care to the hearts of the people.
The Tianjin Symphony Orchestra's "Red Literary and Art Hussars" team performed in Tianjin Port. Photo by reporter Yao Wensheng (file photo)
The stage is everywhere
On a summer evening in June last year, the Tianjin port terminal was filled with red singing. The workers finished their day's work, and before they could wipe the sweat from their foreheads, they sat around a simple "stage." "Without the Communist Party, there would be no new China", "My Motherland", "Don't Forget your original heart"... With the classic red melody rippling in the ears and the port poured with sweat standing behind it, a sense of pride surged into the heart of the worker Liu Zhongwei. He said with emotion: "Listening to these songs, I can't help but sing along, and I feel that there is no end to the energy on my body!" ”
This is the "Without the Communist Party, There Would Be No New China" symphony choral concert brought by the "Red Literary and Art Light Cavalry" detachment of the Tianjin Symphony Orchestra. The team took this concert into enterprises, schools, communities, institutions, cultural venues... Use pieces of red music to light up the territory of Jincheng, so that party members of different ages and different industries can feel the power of faith and the shock of their hearts. Dong Junjie, director of the Tianjin Symphony Orchestra, said heartily: "The stage of the concert hall is fixed, but the stage at the grassroots level is vast and boundless. As long as the people need it, whether it is a bustling business circle, a lively community, or a remote village or a busy construction site, the squad will definitely send the best performance to the door. ”
In the middle of summer last year, a performance caravan drove through the bumpy mountains of Jizhou District. After arriving in Xiawotou Town, the cast and crew of the third troupe of the Tianjin Commentary Theater could not take care of the labor all the way, and unloaded the car and loaded the stage with their hands and feet.
Then, everyone quickly put on makeup, changed their clothes, and sang on the stage with great energy. A fellow on the stage shared his "discovery" in surprise: "You see, aren't these actors on the stage the same people who just set up the stage?" They worked hard, sang well, and we had to give them a thumbs up! ”
Hearing the words of his fellow villagers, Wang Qiuming, the leader of the third regiment of the Tianjin Commentary Theater, felt a warm current in his heart. Over the years, the three troupes of Tianjin Commentary Theater have taken root in Jizhou to serve farmers in the countryside, and have held more than 200 performances to benefit the people every year, which is affectionately known as the "Zhuanghu Theater Troupe" by the villagers. For the townships of Jizhou, the cast and crew can't remember how many times they have walked, but they only remember that they have "walked" one dirt road after another into a wide road, and "walked" a piece of wasteland into a beautiful square.
Looking back on the experience of performing in the countryside over the years, Wang Qiuming talked to reporters about the changes and invariances in his eyes: "The appearance of the countryside has changed, and it was difficult to find even a flat land for the previous performances. Now every township has a square, performing in a clean and tidy environment, the actors are more energetic; the tastes of the villagers have also changed, they used to only love to listen to traditional dramas, and now they love to listen to the new plays we created, such as "Seeing the Golden Flowers in the Big Pan Mountain" and "The Past of the Panshan Mountains". What remains unchanged is the feelings of the villagers for the troupe and our original intention to serve the villagers. ”
Twinning sub-culture cultivates the hot soil of art
"Performance, publicity, counseling, and service" are the sacred duties of the "Red Literary And Artistic Hussars.". They not only deliver wonderful cultural performances to the doorsteps of the people, but also establish a long-term mechanism - "pairing, culture". They are deeply rooted in the grassroots, truly understand the urgent needs and expectations of the masses of the people, and cultivate the hot land of art for a long time.
Liu Xinzhu is a student at Dalong wocun Central Primary School in Youguzhuang Town, Jizhou District, and like many children in the village, she has loved singing since she was a child, but the school has never had a professional music teacher. In 2018, Liu Xinzhu finally looked forward to the people who were thinking about the twilight - the "Red Literary and Art Light Cavalry" detachment of the Vocal Music Department of Tianjin Conservatory of Music came here, they not only brought music lessons, but also brought more than 70,000 yuan of performance tickets from the department, and used this fund to rebuild the music classroom here, purchase teaching aids, and repair the teachers' dormitory. For the sake of the children, they set up a support teaching base in the school, and "stationed" in the Dalong Wocun Central Primary School for a long time in the form of rotation of teachers and students of the vocal music department.
Dai Cunxiang, a student at the Tianjin Conservatory of Music, was a member of the squad. Every time he came to teach the children, he had to take a bus for more than 3 hours and then change to a tricycle. In Dai Cunxiang's view, this experience is a spiritual baptism, "going to the grassroots level and contacting the children, I really understand the meaning of dedication and find self-worth." "Under the careful teaching of the squad, Liu Xinzhu and his classmates learned professional breath control and vocal methods, and formed a choir team." The seeds of this music sown by the Red Literary Hussars are taking root in the fertile fields.
One day in the winter, the reporter came to the Tianjin City Vocational College Jinmen Intangible Cultural Heritage Workshop, and the students of the special education class of digital media art and design were enthusiastically weaving the knotted work "Red Boat on the South Lake". At this time, a deaf-mute student gestured to the instructor and knot artist Lu Min to ask questions. Lu Min patiently demonstrated for him. Such scenes often appear in their handicraft classes. Over the course of a semester, students not only mastered the craft of knot weaving, but also gained inspiration and confidence from each work.
As a "red literary and artistic light cavalry", Lu Min's footsteps have spread throughout many universities, primary and secondary schools in our city. She not only pays attention to the inheritance of traditional skills, but also takes into account the cultural connotation and spirit of the times carried by the rope knot works, such as "six rows of long knots" that symbolize unity, peace and blessing, and the work "Red Boat on the South Lake" transmits the knowledge of party history to the fingers and hearts of students. Lu Min said with emotion: "Folk art comes from the people and should also go to the people. The art of knotting has entered the campus, and it is also hoped that the traditional culture will be passed on. ”
In recent years, the Civic Writers Association has organized folk art workers to be the "Red Literary and Art Light Cavalry" in the new era, through holding courses such as paper-cutting and knotting ropes and art counseling activities, so that young people can feel the traditional Chinese culture in the process of learning art; the Municipal Photographers Association has organized a photographer team to go deep into the construction site and dedicate the most beautiful photos to every city builder; the Municipal Musicians Association team has gone deep into the grassroots to popularize music knowledge and skills in the transmission of musical notes... In the new era, the "Red Literary Light Cavalry" brought art and made people's lives warmer and more colorful.
Take the grassroots level to collect the style and create high-quality works
A cheerful and beautiful music led to 9 young girls in blue undershirts, holding bamboo baskets full of rice in their hands, and although the heavy harvest made their steps a little faltering, their faces were full of happy smiles... This is the dance "Field of Hope" created by Tianjin Song and Dance Theatre, which was successfully selected for the 13th China Dance Exhibition.
As early as the beginning of the creation, the crew set up a "Red Literary and Art Light Cavalry" detachment to go to the small station rice test field to collect wind. A farmer "Versailles" narrated that the squad remembered vividly: "This large rice field, which was previously harvested by hand, could not be imagined, but now with mechanized harvesting, it will be harvested in two or three days!" I haven't been in the field in a long time! This full sense of happiness inspired the creative inspiration of choreographers Liu Chan and Yuan Ming, who used dance language to restore the scene of farmers working in the fields, and through the joy of harvest girls, showed the excitement of achieving a comprehensive victory in the battle against poverty and welcoming the people to be well-off in an all-round way.
Choreographers lead farmers to learn from them, and actors dance in the fields. Going deep into life and taking root in the people is the "secret" of the creation of outstanding literary and artistic works in the new era.
At the end of October 2021, Jincheng is already a late autumn scenery, and in the Tuanbo Lake Bird Nature Reserve, the reed flowers and flying gulls and herons are enjoying the gifts of nature. Looking to the opposite shore of Tuanpo Lake, the high-rise buildings in the distance are still faintly visible, and this near and far scenery tells the ecological story of harmonious coexistence between man and nature. This scene made the lyricist Ni Yinhai's heart surge with the familiar melody - "Reed flowers covered with snow gulls flying... Tianjin, Tianjin, my lovely hometown." As a member of the "Deep Study and Dedication" literary and art propaganda team of the Municipal Federation of Literature and Art, Ni Yinhai came to Tuanbo Lake to collect wind and sighed with emotion: "The song I just sang was "Tianjin, My Lovely Hometown", which was the lyrics I composed 30 years ago. Today, 30 years later, my hometown is more beautiful than in the lyrics. The great changes brought by high-quality development to Tianjin made Ni Yinhai lift her pen again, and from the fragrant soil, she took out a line of hot words: "The green water soaked the years, the green mountains built a gallery, and the struggling people spread their arms and embraced the dream of fragrant fragrance..." This new work "Hometown, Fragrant in Dreams" is a new era chapter written by Ni Yinhai to "Tianjin, My Lovely Hometown".
Q The canal is as clear as promised? For there is a source of living water to come. In the past four years, the "Red Literary and Art Light Cavalry" has continuously drawn artistic nutrition from the fields, mountains and rivers and from the masses of the people, and one after another vivid literary and artistic works have been produced. Song and dance, opera, opera, drama, acrobatics, magic, calligraphy and painting, photography... Bags filled with "Red Literary Hussars". They set off again and again, and the solid footprints painted one masterpiece after another, and the loud song echoed in the land of Jingu.
Reporter's Note: Literature and art for the people, the same original intention and persistence
"The people need art, and art also needs the people", in the reply letter to the members of the Wulan Pastoral Team, General Secretary Xi Jinping's warm words profoundly revealed the essence of socialist literature and art. 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 once again stressed that originating from the people, serving the people, and belonging to the people is the fundamental position of socialist literature and art, and it is also the driving force for the prosperity and development of socialist literature and art.
Literature and art serving the people is the unchangeable original intention and persistence of literary and art workers. The masses of the people are the most intimate audience; the grassroots frontline is the broadest stage; and the fertile soil of life is the most abundant nutrient. With firm faith, the blue sky and white clouds above his head, his feet on the land of Jingu, and the footsteps of the "Red Literary and Artistic Light Cavalry" have never stopped. Wherever there is a need, there is their presence. The "Red Literary And Artistic Hussars" took root at the grassroots level and sowed the seeds of literature and art on the fields of hope. In the past four years, more than 2,500 activities have benefited more than 650,000 people. Selling the footprints of the "Red Literary and Art Light Cavalry" has fulfilled the sacred mission of thinking what the people think, being anxious about the people's anxieties, and doing what the people need.
Literature and art are for the people, and literature and art also originate from the people. The peasants' labor in the fields is a vivid dance, the trumpet of the workers' labor is the shocking chorus, and the smiles of the people are the most moving pictures. Every time the "Red Literary and Art Hussars" gallop in the wind and dust, they converge into the most moving scenery on the creative stage; the extension of each road has become the most charming poem in the long volume of literature and art; every hard work will harvest the fragrance in the fertile soil of art.
To be a "red literary and artistic light cavalry" in the new era with faith, feelings, and responsibility is the call of the times and the expectation of the people. The "Red Literary and Art Light Cavalry" is always on the road, rushing forward again and again with passion, providing the people with the most abundant cultural food and the most mellow literary and artistic wine.
Source: Jinyun