Guangming Daily reporter Hu Xiaojun
Jiangxi is a land full of red memories. The cradle of the Chinese revolution - Jinggangshan, the place where the military flag is raised - Nanchang, the cradle of the Chinese workers' movement - Anyuan, the cradle of the republic - Ruijin, the starting point of the Long March of the Central Red Army - Yudu... Red titles and place names are distributed here.
The lights of the octagonal tower, the flat burden of Zhu De, the red well of "the man who does not forget to dig the well when drafting water"... Popular red legends circulate here.
"Red Child", "Daughter of the Party", "Shining Red Star"... Red literary classics are inscribed here.
Red is the brightest background color and the most distinctive cultural symbol in Jiangxi.
"Make good use of red resources, carry forward the red tradition, and inherit the red gene well", since the Eighteenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China, jiangxi literary and art workers have remembered the earnest instructions of General Secretary Xi Jinping, so that the flower of red literature and art blooms in this red land with brilliant light of the times.
Poster for the movie "Three Bays Adaptation". Profile picture
Let the red gene be passed on forever
On July 19, the major revolutionary historical theme film "Three Bays Adaptation" was released nationwide. This film tells the story of Mao Zedong's leadership of the "Sanwan Adaptation" in Yongxin Sanwan Village, Jiangxi Province, after the failure of the Autumn Harvest Uprising in 1927, and the creation of a set of brand-new strategies for governing the military, such as "branches are built on the company" and "equality of officers and soldiers", which was fully affirmed by the audience and experts after its release.
"The movie 'Three Bays Adaptation' truly restores history with its poetic style, grand war scenes, and delicate character portrayals, which not only presents the audience with a magnificent and touching film, but also a lesson in party history education of extraordinary significance." Li Zhimin, deputy director of the Department of Culture, Science and Technology of the Party School of the Jiangxi Provincial Party Committee, said, "It has inscribed the classic moments of the CPC's century-old history with light and shadow, and recorded the original mission of the CPC's century-old struggle." ”
In recent years, the whole of Jiangxi has actively promoted the protection and utilization of red cultural resources, inherited red genes, carried forward the revolutionary spirit, and highlighted cultural charm. In order to build Jiangxi into a national red cultural heritage and innovation highland, a series of documents such as the Implementation Opinions on Accelerating the Construction of a Culturally Strong Province, the Implementation Plan for the Revolutionary Cultural Relics Protection and Utilization Project (2018-2022), and the Three-Year Action Plan for the Protection and Development and Utilization of Red Cultural Resources (2020-2022) have been prepared and implemented.
Red literature and art is an effective carrier for inheriting red genes; the rich accumulation of red history and culture is an inexhaustible "rich mine" for red literary and artistic creation.
Digging deep into the connotation of Jiangxi's red culture, increasing the intensity of major theme creation, and continuously launching a number of literary and artistic masterpieces with rich ideological connotations, high artistic standards and popular with the masses have become the consensus and direction of efforts of literary and art workers.
"The Great Cause of Building the Army", "Blood Guangchang", "Eight Sons", "Believers", "Initial Heart", "Bloody Army Banner", "Lovely China"... A series of red-themed film and television dramas loved by audiences, including a large number of "post-90s" and "post-00s", have been presented on the screen and screen.
The Peking opera "Blue Blood Ciyun", which tells the story of the revolution in Suichuan County under the Jinggang Mountains, the Gan opera "Red Star Love Song", which tells the story of the two generations of the Yuhua family who went to protect the red star with blood and life, the dance drama "Red Grass Shoes", which tells the story of the Revolution of the Red Army, and the tea picking drama "The General Returns home" that reflects the deeds of the founding major general Gan Zuchang returning to his hometown to work in agriculture... The red-themed stage plays that audiences like to hear are passionately staged in theaters and stages around the world.
This year, the national opera "Camellia Blossoms", the Gan opera "Blood and Fire Melting Pot" and the drama "Branch Built on Lianshang" launched by Jiangxi were also selected for the outstanding stage art exhibition and performance repertoire of the Central Propaganda Department, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, and the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles celebrating the 100th anniversary of the founding of the CPC.
In the red land, the great cause of the revolution, the red spirit and the beautiful scenery of Gansu and Po are fully displayed in front of the world.
Sublimate the red classic with artistic innovation
On Zhongshan Road in Xihu District, Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province, a gray-looking, south-facing four-story zigzag building stands in the bustling downtown, showing solemnity and solemnity. This building is the original Jiangxi Grand Hotel, which was built in 1922. But another, louder name makes it span the wind and rain of the centuries and stand in the annals of history - the former site of the general headquarters of the "August 1st" Nanchang Uprising.
The major revolutionary historical theme film "The Great Cause of Building the Army", which won the 14th "Five One Project" Special Award, the 34th Hundred Flowers Award for Popular Film, and the Outstanding Feature Film Award of the 17th China Film Huabiao Award, tells the story of the Nanchang Uprising that occurred here in 1927.
Zhang Yiwu, a professor at the Department of Chinese of Peking University, believes that this film not only shows the process of big history, but also does not forget to shape vivid characters and lay out specific details; it not only pays attention to the overall truth of history, but also boldly strengthens the artistic treatment; it not only strives to make the film carry forward the main theme and promote the revolutionary passion, but also strives to develop the theme through fascinating storytelling and distinct character shaping. "The film adheres to the truth of the narrative, but at the same time there is no lack of highly stylized and genred artistic techniques, with a strong visual impact. This allows the work to communicate with today's audience in a real way, to achieve the unity of artistry, ideology and values, and at the same time to convey a youthful passion and courage to today's audience. Zhang Yiwu said.
In the process of creating red literary and artistic works, literary and art workers are well aware that the theme of revolutionary history is not a simple educational material, and its educational and artistic nature must be closely integrated, and itself becomes a work of art, so that the audience can strengthen their ideological and artistic beliefs in appreciation. Wen Yanxia, one of the screenwriters of the TV series "Lovely China" and vice chairman of the Jiangxi Provincial Federation of Literature and Literature, said that in the course of creation, the screenwriting team designed a variety of plans on the basis of combing through the life deeds of martyr Fang Zhimin, and finally decided to proceed from Fang Zhimin's revolutionary deeds in the four periods of the National Revolution, the construction of the Soviet Union, the anti-Japanese struggle in the north, and the struggle in prison, and on the basis of respecting major historical facts, the screenwriting team used fictional small characters to thread the needle. The original loose historical events are condensed into the "pusher" of the development of the plot, so as to properly handle the relationship between historical truth and artistic reality. Especially in the second half of the script, the design of double time and space is adopted, and the montage performance techniques such as memories, dreams, and imagination are used to make the linear narrative have a broader vision and richer context, and through a detailed and specific storyline, the martyr Fang Zhimin on the screen is more flesh and blood, so that the audience can see his original intention and perseverance as a communist.
Grasping the laws of thought and art, and using artistic innovation to sublimate the red classics, Jiangxi literary and art workers are diligently pursuing it.
Pioneering new ways of expressing red themes
On the evening of September 8, Jiangxi Satellite TV broadcast the eighth episode of the fourth season of the large-scale seasonal red-themed humanistic program "Reply Across Time and Space", "Oath is Silent". In 30 minutes, Wang Ning, the host of the "Time and Space Courier", Xu Jin, the wife and nephew of Deng Jiaxian, the founder of the Two Bombs and One Star, and Song Yuncheng, vice chairman of the Jiangxi Dramatists Association and a national first-class actor, together with Deng Jiaxian, performed and told the touching story of Deng Jiaxian. Xu Jin used a reply letter to deeply comfort Deng Jiaxian's vision before his death: Can you see today's prosperous China? This is the last episode of the fourth season of "Reply Across Time and Space", and many viewers are deeply moved by Deng Jiaxian's deeds while also looking forward to the recording of the new season of this show.
"A reply, across time and space, inheriting faith, remembering and moving." "Reply Across Time and Space" takes the red family letter as the carrier, connects history and reality by writing a reply letter to the revolutionary heroes, focuses on the contemporary inheritance of the heroic spirit, and highlights the revolutionary will to pass on the torch. Since its premiere on May 1, 2019, this show has accumulated a good reputation with its novel form, heavy content, and touching details, and has also opened up new ways of expression of red themes, and won the 26th China Television Literature and Art "Starlight Award".
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China. While "Reply Across Time and Space" continued to be broadcast, Jiangxi Satellite TV also successively launched the red culture dialogue program "Shining In the East" and the red culture lecture program "Shining Coordinates". These two red literary and artistic programs were listed in the key programs of the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the CPC, and after broadcasting, they received a double harvest of ratings and word of mouth.
"Shining Coordinates" invited 50 film and television performing artists such as Chen Baoguo, Song Chunli, Liu Jin, Liu Peiqi and other film and television performing artists as speakers, and fondly told the heroic stories or heroic figures that emerged in the course of the CPC's century-old history, such as Li Dazhao, Fang Zhimin, Jiao Yulu, Yuan Longping, Zhong Nanshan, the Ice Sculpture Company for Resisting US Aggression and Aiding Korea, and the Shubian Heroes, and fully demonstrated with new attitudes and new expressions that "heroes are the most shining coordinates of the nation."
"We have mobilized a variety of technical means to integrate AR (augmented reality) technology into the stage, three-dimensional presentation of the stage, so that the simple stage presents a diversified three-dimensional sense of space, the purpose is to bring the audience into the story scene, to create an immersive viewing atmosphere, so that a hero from the depths of history to the audience." Luo Chen, executive director of the program, said.
In the view of Li Jingsheng, advisor to the China Television Artists Association and vice president of the China Federation of Radio and Television Social Organizations, the highlight of "Shining Coordinates" is the new form and new content. "It integrates many literary and artistic expression methods, and integrates elements of different literary and artistic types and program types such as film, television, stage, variety shows, speeches, and records into one furnace to create a new program form, which I think is very worthy of recognition." Li Jingsheng said.
"Shining In the East" has opened up TV channels and new media platforms in the form of TV ideological and political lessons, with large and small screens interconnected, and taiwan networks with cross-screen forces, forming an integrated communication advantage.
"General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out in his speech at the forum on literary and artistic work that at present, many new situations and new characteristics have emerged in the objects, methods, means, and mechanisms of literary and artistic work, the pattern of literary and artistic creation and production, the aesthetic requirements of the masses of the people have undergone great changes, and the way literary and artistic products are disseminated and the masses' habits of accepting and appreciating them have undergone great changes." Liang Yong, director of the Jiangxi Radio and Television Station, said, "This requires us to interpret heroic stories and spread red history, fully conform to the tide of the times, and make new efforts in the modernization of communication means and the rejuvenation of artistic audiences." ”
Strive to tell the red story of the new era
Literary and artistic works are both the products of history and the proof of history. Red literature and art condense the vivid creation of the party's leadership of literary and artistic work, record the great historical cause created by the party leading the people, and carry the historical memory and emotional strength of the sons and daughters of China. From the revolutionary war years of flames and smoke to the new era of socialist construction with Chinese characteristics in full swing, red literature and art have shown different styles, but they have always had strong vitality and influence.
The new era opens a new journey, and the new journey calls for a new classic. Fully excavate the connotation of red culture and the value of the times, and tell the red story of the new era in a colorful form of literature and art, which has become the mission of literary and art workers.
In Jiangxi, "old aunt" Gong Quanzhen is a household name. She was the wife of founding Major General Gan Zuchang. In 1957, Gong Quanzhen returned to his hometown in Lianhua County, Jiangxi Province, with Gan Zuchang, and has been engaged in rural education ever since. In 2013, she was named the fourth national model of morality. The film "Old Aunt", based on her legendary and touching true deeds, was well received after its release. Zhu Ruihong, editor of "Film Literature" of Changying Group, commented that the film uses realistic and freehand techniques, not only telling moving stories, rendering the emotions of the characters eclectic, and skillfully using black and white images and color pictures to show the experience and destiny of the characters, showing the audience the contemporary characteristics of the revolutionary tradition and the new height of ideal belief. The film has won the 14th "Five One Project" Outstanding Work Award for the Construction of Spiritual Civilization, the Outstanding Feature Film Award of the 17th China Film Huabiao Award, and the Special Jury Award of the 13th China Changchun Film Festival.
On Teachers' Day in 2019, the movie "A Lifetime Is Only for One Thing" was released nationwide. It is based on the national outstanding Communist Party member, the national model teacher, jiangxi Province, Fengxin County, Yuxia Town Baiyang teaching point rural teacher Zhi Yueying as the prototype, telling the touching story of Zhi Yueying's teacher who has adhered to the mountain for decades, dedicated his life to rural education, and brought a twist in the fate of the children in the mountains. After watching the film, one viewer said: "'Life for One Thing' takes us back to the past with a rather simple lens, and returns our childhood teachers to us." "This film was selected into the National Film Administration Film Quality Special Fund Funding Project, and was listed as the 39th batch of excellent film films recommended to primary and secondary school students across the country.
"The spiritual wealth brought to us by history and reality provides an inexhaustible red database and gene pool for literary and artistic creation. Our literary and art workers will certainly strengthen cultural self-confidence, inherit the revolutionary spirit, and constantly launch fine works of acura party, acura motherland, acura people, and acura heroes, and create red literary and art classics belonging to the new era. Wu Yongming, deputy director of the Propaganda Department of the Jiangxi Provincial Party Committee, said.
Guangming Daily ( 2021-09-29 05 edition)
Source: Guangming Daily