Culture is the root and soul of a city. As a thousand-year-old commercial capital, in the long river of history, Guangzhou has not only a commercial civilization, but also a flower city that keeps pace with the times and the vitality of innovation, and a traditional culture that carries the national wisdom and spiritual core. In this issue of "Neighborhood Two Sessions", we invited Guangzhou neighborhoods and NPC deputies to jointly provide suggestions and suggestions for the construction of cultural Guangzhou.
Six neighbors from different fields talked about their "Cantonese" culture and urban perceptions. At the same time, Zeng Xiaomin, deputy to the National People's Congress and secretary of the party committee and president of the Guangdong Cantonese Theatre, suggested that professional teaching such as opera editing and directing music and beauty should be set up in combination with the characteristics of Guangdong's local opera.
Zeng Xiaomin, deputy to the National People's Congress and secretary of the Party Committee and president of the Guangdong Cantonese Theatre:
It is proposed to establish a full-time Guangdong Opera Academy
For admissions to the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater
Zeng Xiaomin
"As a provincial non-hereditary inheritor, Cantonese opera Shouzheng innovation has always been the direction that I and Guangdong Cantonese Opera have adhered to. Inheritance is not a copy, but a continuous improvement in the process of refining. Zeng Xiaomin said that in recent years, through the creative transformation and innovative development of classic plays, accurately grasping the main theme selection, and combining contemporary aesthetic needs, Cantonese opera has integrated a variety of forms of expression, and the stage tension and appeal have been further improved.
Guangdong opera is rich in resources, Cantonese opera, Chao opera, Han opera, Lei opera and other four major dramas coexist with small drama genres, these dramas are not only the genes of regional culture, but also cultural symbols passed down from generation to generation. However, due to the lack of creative ability, communication ability and commercial operation ability, some dramas are facing difficulties. One of the important fundamental reasons is that the talent reserve is insufficient, the talent gradient training and articulation ability is not enough, and the talent organic management system has not been generated. "Rescuing and studying intangible cultural heritage, and the scientific system caring for the survival and development of traditional culture, is one of the focuses of our current cultural work."
Zeng Xiaomin suggested the establishment of a full-time Guangdong Academy of Performing Arts, focusing on enrollment in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. She believes that in order to promote the construction of high-level culture and promote the traditional local opera culture, it is suggested that professional teaching such as opera editing and directing music and beauty should be set up in combination with the characteristics of local opera in Guangdong, and then carry out rescue protection for all drama genres in the Greater Bay Area, professionally cultivate professional artistic talents, realize the characteristic development of outstanding drama genres, and achieve concerted efforts, systematic science, and continuous standardization to carry out education and performance work, and pay tribute to the era with high-level opera culture construction.
In addition, in order to promote outstanding opera works to go abroad and tell Chinese stories well, Zeng Xiaomin suggested that a library of repertoire scripts for key theater groups to create and rehearse should be established, and the compilation and summary of contemporary opera dramas should be formed with the help of digital media and digital technology; a special fund for the creation and dissemination of opera works should be established to provide one-stop support policies for the "creation, performance, and promotion" of key theme works; it is proposed to establish a new media opera channel to seamlessly link the traditional mainstream media opera channel with new media resources.
Xie Diying, representative inheritor of the intangible cultural heritage saltwater song project in Guangdong Province:
Inherit the spirit of "top hard" of Guangfu water people
Xie Diying
Xie Diying, a non-hereditary inheritor of saltwater songs who is more than 60 years old this year, still adheres to the road of creation and inheritance, only because of a very simple original intention, "carrying forward the cultural inheritance of saltwater songs", which is the meaning of her happy life.
When it comes to the impression of Guangzhou culture, Xie Diying gave the most intuitive answer - "long history, distinctive personality". Xie Diying said that in addition to being pragmatic and optimistic, Guangzhou people also have a spirit of "top hard", and the simple understanding is to overcome all difficulties and carry them through. Xie Diying introduced that Guangzhou has a history of more than 2,000 years of city building, there is no Guangzhou before the Pearl River, there are boats on the Pearl River, there are boats and boats, there are boats and boats, and saltwater songs grow together with the people of the Pearl River. "The saltwater song was originally a Cantonese dialect folk song sung by the people, and it was the spiritual food for the trivial and even difficult life of the water residents. People's musician Xian Xinghai is also a water person, and his spirit of 'top hard up' is also the most valuable personality trait of Guangfu water people. ”
Xie Diying has been committed to the inheritance and promotion of Guangdong's intangible cultural heritage and the activation and utilization of Guangdong's cultural resources. On the one hand, she has let the saltwater song culture enter the lives of residents and young students by entering the campus, the community, the family and the countryside, and now she has opened the saltwater song culture classroom in more than 100 primary and secondary schools in the city. In addition, she also actively creates songs, seeks innovation in the inheritance model, and adopts the method of online classroom to make traditional culture show its permanent charm and style of the times.
Xie Diying believes that in the future, in the process of inheriting and carrying forward the culture of Guangfu, it is necessary to integrate with red genes and patriotic education, guide young students to remember history, cultivate their feelings of home and country, and make them more patriotic and patriotic, so as to enhance cultural self-confidence and pride, and build a common spiritual home.
Wei Kunxing, instructor of The South China West Youth Cantonese Opera Cantonese Opera Training Base and the head of the South China West Street Drama and Opera Troupe:
Let the vitality of Cantonese opera live endlessly in the metropolis
Wei Kunxing
Wei Kunxing's parents are both Fans of Cantonese Opera, and under the influence of her family, she began to receive formal Cantonese opera art training at the age of 13, and her career has since been related to Cantonese opera art. As an old neighbor, Wei Kunxing stayed in South China West after retirement, and in the past 10 years, he has insisted on teaching Cantonese opera and Cantonese opera to young students.
"In the memory of Guangzhou, there are not only bragus, qilou street, but also Mashi Road, green brick and stone foot walking through the gate, and there are also the sound and cantonese rhymes floating in the streets and alleys and on the stage." In Wei Kunxing's view, Guangzhou is a city with a deep historical heritage, and there are intangible cultural heritages everywhere. As a treasure of Lingnan culture, Cantonese opera is now known and loved by more and more young people. In Guangzhou's parks, cultural squares, and community activities, you can often see the performances of Cantonese opera private partnership bureaus, which are rooted in the urban fabric, so that the vitality of Cantonese opera cantonese opera can live endlessly in the international metropolis of Guangzhou.
As an old Cantonese opera person, Wei Kunxing believes that the inheritance of Cantonese opera can better retain the cultural roots of the city, and it is necessary to continuously cultivate new forces, which requires both the promotion of the official level and the active participation of social forces. In 2013, she became a mentor at the Cantonese Opera Training Base for Teenagers in West South China, where she volunteered to teach students the basics of Cantonese opera. In recent years, she has carried out the promotion and popularization of Cantonese opera by opening special courses and online teaching on campus. She hopes that young people will plant the seeds of Cantonese opera from an early age and experience the charm of Lingnan opera. In addition, she also led the members of the community neighborhood drama troupe to regularly teach Cantonese opera singing and engage in singing competitions... While enriching the cultural life of community residents, it also allows more people to understand Cantonese opera, so that this opera with Lingnan characteristics can be sung from generation to generation.
Su Hanting, founder of Hanting culture and music:
Guangzhou has a "vigorous" development concept that does not change
Su Hanting
In 1990, Su Hanting came to Guangzhou to study, and he took root here and became a new Guangzhou native. In the eyes of Su Hanting, Guangzhou is an international modern city that embraces all kinds of rivers and seeks innovation and change. "Guangzhou people have a spirit of daring to be the first, which is embodied in the character of daring to innovate, and it is even more reflected in the 'fierce' development concept and relaxed outlook on life that have not been alarmed in Guangzhou for more than two thousand years." Su Hanting introduced.
Su Hanting believes that Guangzhou is a "city of philharmonic music", there were once Ma Sicong, Xian Xinghai and other Guangzhou musicians, leaving a strong mark on the history of Chinese music development, and now there are also the famous music school Xinghai Conservatory of Music, and now many local singers in Guangzhou have been working hard to inherit Guangzhou's musical culture, constantly innovating, and striving to carry forward the culture of Guangzhou.
As a music worker, Su Hanting has also always paid attention to the inheritance and development of local music in Guangzhou, and he led the team to create intangible cultural heritage theme songs with local cultural characteristics, such as "Cantonese Embroidery", "XiguanQing", "Order Tea", "Taste of Guangzhou", etc., which are loved by residents. During the epidemic period, he also created a number of anti-epidemic inspirational songs such as "We Believe", "Warm Guangzhou", "Sailing Against the Wind", hoping that through the songs, more people can feel the courage and responsibility of Guangzhou, and have the confidence to overcome difficulties. Su Hanting said: "As a musician who has lived in Guangzhou for 30 years, I have become inseparable from Guangzhou, and the culture of Guangzhou has also nourished me. With the 30 years of changes and development of Guangzhou, I also have a deep affection for the city. ”
Su Zhijun, Secretary of the Party Branch of the Chebei Dragon Boat Culture Promotion Association in Tianhe District, Guangzhou:
The soil of Guangzhou gives us the confidence to constantly innovate
Su Zhijun
In Guangzhou, innovation is not only the tireless pursuit of practitioners in office buildings and industrial parks, but also innovation in ancient villages. The thousand-year-old village of Chebei has a long history of dragon boat culture, and today, the local villagers of Chebei have pioneered and innovated, bringing new vitality to the dragon boat culture.
As a "post-80s" who grew up in Chebei Village, Su Zhijun, secretary of the party branch of the Chebei Dragon Boat Culture Promotion Association, most of his childhood memories are accompanied by the dragon boat drum sound of the Dragon Boat Festival. In 2011, after working outside, he returned to his hometown and began to pay attention to the protection and inheritance of traditional culture in the village. Over the years, he has led a group of like-minded young people to devote themselves to the innovation and inheritance of local culture, and now the dragon boats in Chebei are becoming more and more "fun".
"We have created the 'Seven Ones' of Chebei Dragon Boat, more systematically innovating the dragon boat culture and allowing it to spread and develop in a richer form." Su Zhijun introduced that Chebei has comprehensively enhanced the social influence of Chebei Dragon Boat cultural brand through "one museum", "one section", "one project", "one drama", "one movie", "one song" and "one video", paving the way for the upgrading of various industries in Chebei area. "We previously jointly created the world's first 'Dragon Boat Drama and Ancestral Hall Edition' with the Guangzhou Opera House, "Chebei Dragon Boat Most Dramatic", which was performed in the traditional ancestral hall and was very popular. Later, the 'Dragon Boat Drama And Micro Film Version' "Dragon Boat Drama Most Dramatic" was also successfully released. This year, we are planning to create a dragon boat-themed film and are currently doing preliminary planning work. ”
In Su Zhijun's view, Guangzhou is open and inclusive, Tianhe District is a gathering place for young people, and the time and place provide an unrepeatable opportunity for the innovation of Chebei Dragon Boat, "It can be said that it is the soil in which we live that gives us confidence!" ”
Li Dejun, a docent at the former site of the CPC Guangdong District Committee:
Draw on the strength of the ancestors to forge ahead
Tell the red story with your heart
Li Dejun
Li Dejun is a docent at the former site of the Cpc Guangdong District Committee and an authentic Guangzhou native. When it comes to the "red Guangzhou" in her eyes, she even uses the words "open, young, and romantic" to describe it. "The thousand-year-old city of Guangzhou, the first to open up the atmosphere, leads the trend. In recent years, Guangzhou has used 'embroidery' to promote the revitalization of old cities. In terms of promoting red culture, we pay attention to the needs of young people and tell red stories in a way that the masses like to hear. "Li Dejun said that the red historical site that impressed him the most was the former site of the CPC Guangdong District Committee." It brings together the four 'most' in the early history of the CCP's development, and also produced many famous revolutionary pioneers, such as Zhou Enlai, Chen Yannian, Peng Pan, Zhang Tailei and so on. "Every time I read the historical materials, it is like talking to the revolutionary ancestors, and learning from them their courage to turn the blade inward, the spirit of self-revolution, and the tenacity to dare to try and dare to break through.
As a red explainer and a party member, Li Dejun said that he shoulders the mission of relaying the revolutionary torch and inheriting the red gene. This also urges her to pay attention to arming her mind with political ideology and theory, leading by example, and interpreting the power of the original intention in perseverance. In order to hone his ability to tell red stories well, Li Dejun said that he will continue to improve his business skills from the aspects of language expression skills and story thread collation. "We should listen more to the voices of the masses, think more about what they want, and make good use of easy-to-understand, ground-to-earth ways to tell red stories." For example, through the development of small docent activities, choreography of dramas, etc., let the red story 'fly' into the homes of ordinary people. ”
Huang Hongjie, Vice Principal of Shamian Primary School in Liwan District, Guangzhou:
Learn about the culture of your hometown
Be a good spokesperson for the Bay Area
Huang Hongjie
Speaking of Haisi culture, Huang Hongjie, deputy principal of Shamian Primary School in Liwan District, Guangzhou, said excitedly: "Our school has geographical advantages in carrying out Haisi cultural education! Shamian Island is near the 13th Line, and we often carry out joint construction activities with units such as the Guangdong Customs Museum, such as taking students to visit the museum and experience the history and culture on the ground. ”
One thing is worth a thousand words, and it is better to see things and think about history. Huang Hongjie was impressed by the way the children looked when they saw the classic collection in the Guangdong Customs Museum, "The museum exhibited Cantonese English Zhuyin, and the children found it very interesting to see." In Huang Hongjie's view, the close-up visit experience makes history "visible and touchable", and also allows children to have a more intuitive understanding of Guangzhou as the birthplace of the Maritime Silk Road.
Huang Hongjie recalled that when he first came to work at Shamian Primary School, he began to learn about the history of Guangzhou as the birthplace of the Maritime Silk Road, "As a teacher in the school, we must first understand this history ourselves, and then take the children to learn together." After they learn and understand, they will also be spokesmen and explainers, and tell the story of Guangzhou well. ”
In 2021, Shamian Primary School walked into the Guangdong Customs Museum and carried out online live education activities. As a small docent, the children of Shamian Primary School led the audience to tour the "Big Bell Tower" online through the camera, which not only let everyone appreciate the unique architectural style and exquisite collection of Guangdong Customs, but also led everyone to review the trade history of Guangzhou and realize the important role of the "Big Bell Tower" as the "guardian of the national gate". Huang Hongjie said: "This year, our educational cooperation with the Guangdong Customs Museum is already under discussion. ”
Co-ordinator/ Tao Kaihe, Liang Qianwei, Cai Xiaosu
Text/Guangzhou Daily, Xinhua city reporters Shen Hui, Cai Xiaosu, Li Yuanyuan, Huang Lixia
Photo/Courtesy of respondents (unless attributed)
Guangzhou Daily New Flower City Editor: Zhang Yu