Oriental Network reporters Xiong Fangyu and Wang Weiqiu reported on October 13: Soon, the famous director Chen Liyi's original stage play "Longting Hou Cailun" will be premiered. This original drama has concluded Guan Dongtian, Yan Qinggu, Chen Lincang, Zhang Dafa and other Peking opera celebrities, which is amazing. Chen Liyi likes to rehearse "giant plays", and in her theatrical career, she has directed Zhang Qian who made a mission to the Western Regions, Li Shimin who was a zhenguan event, and Shang Martin, who was proud and ambitious, and this time, she wanted to send "Cai Lun" into the palace of art.
Historically, Cai Lun was awarded the title of Marquis of Longting for improving papermaking, leaving a strong mark in the history books. However, the world's perception of him is generally a few strokes of papermaking merits, or a stain on himself in the complex power struggles of the court in wild history. Cai Lun was forced to commit suicide 7 years after being named the Marquis of Longting, and the achievements and pain intertwined with the characters allowed Chen Toyi to see the possibility of humanistic creation with art.
Guan Dongtian, Yan Qinggu, Chen Lincang, Zhang Dafa... Several actors are each brought out individually as a big name in Peking Opera. Chen Yiyi said bluntly that actors play a decisive role in the success of my plays, and the selection of actors is successful, and my plays are also successful, and the ones I chose are irreplaceable. "Can you recommend three actors to play Cai Lun in place of Guan Dongtian?" Chen Yiyi asked rhetorically.
When the reporter visited the class, Chen Lincang, who played Cai Lun's father in the play, was rehearsing the clip of the reunion with Cai Lun, and the sitting action of the appearance was repeated many times, when to sit, when to turn back, the director and actors are striving for excellence. "You have to hold on crutches, stand up, clench your fists with your hands, grab your sleeves, and turn around again, all in one go," Chen Yiyi constantly adjusted the actor's subtle movements, and even when the music sounded after turning around, he also repeatedly grinded it many times.
"Zhang Dafa, you have to wait for Chen Lincang to sit down before you move, look at it with the afterglow, don't move early", Chen Yiyi was very passionate when he rehearsed the play, his voice was loud, and when he saw the performance in place, he would clap the table and applaud, and he couldn't see that she was 82 years old.
As a drama about historical figures, Chen Yiyi examined a large number of historical materials in the process of creation, climbed the Qinling Mountains to collect wind, and worshiped the tomb of Cai Lun. "History does not mean truth, history has a position." Chen Liyi said that the director must want to use history to express something, and I admire Cai Lun, a historical figure, who is a great inventor and a participant and victim of the palace fight. The basis of the creation of the play is conflict, and the character conflict contained in this character is the key to the establishment of the script.
It can be said that every detail presented on the stage of "Longting Hou Cai Lun" is the expression of Chen Yiyi's thoughts. Chen Liyi told reporters that among them, "paper" is the highlight of this play, paper is closely related to Cai Lun, in the performance with paper as the main body for stage design, not only with paper "carved" out of a Qinling Mountain, but also specially invited the modern origami artist Liu Tong, who has created four Guinness World Records, to exclusively design origami artworks, which are presented on the stage as part of the stage.
"At the beginning of our play, Cai Lun and Fu Xi climbed the same Qinling Mountain, and Cai Lun saw the vastness and hope, but in front of Fu Xi's eyes was difficulty and death. This is also what I want to express in the face of the same thing, different people will have different views in different positions," Chen said. It is reported that the play will be performed on the People's Grand Stage from October 22 to 25.