The Cantonese opera documentary "100 Years of Cantonese Rhyme" premiered on CCTV at noon on March 19
Produced by the Publicity Department of the Nanhai District Committee of Foshan City, the Guicheng Subdistrict Office of Nanhai District, and the Cultural Development Center of Guicheng Street of Nanhai District, the Guangdong Cantonese Opera Humanistic Documentary "100 Years of Cantonese Rhyme" will premiere at 12:35 on March 19 on the "Native China" column of the Agricultural and Rural Channel of China Central Radio and Television Station (CCTV-17), and will be broadcast live on CCTV.
This is the first documentary to tell the development of Cantonese opera in Guicheng From an international perspective, recording the persistent pursuit, persistence and inheritance of Cantonese opera art by Pingzhou Cantonese opera people, and showing the unique charm of Cantonese opera to the world panorama.
Poster of "100 Years of Cantonese Rhyme".
Cantonese opera has the reputation of "southern red beans", and as early as October 2009, Cantonese opera has been included in unesco's list of intangible cultural heritage of humanity. As one of the traditional Chinese drama genres, Cantonese opera has a strong vitality due to its art form with local characteristics and inclusive and open spirit.
In 1917, a group of people of insight led by Jin Shanhe, a Cantonese opera artist from Pingzhou, founded the "Le Qunying" Tongzi Class in an ancestral hall in Jiangbiao Village, Pingzhou County, Nanhai County, which was a historical precedent for the establishment of a tongzi class in the rural areas of the Pearl River Delta.
The boy class recruits apprentices and cultivates a large number of outstanding Cantonese opera artists, known as the "cradle of Cantonese opera". Generations of Cantonese opera celebrities have started from the Pingzhou Boys' Class, using their tenacity and supreme pursuit of art to bring Cantonese opera overseas and become the "business card" of Cantonese opera.
Bai Chaohong sang "Lying Down and Tasting Courage".
Inside and outside the play is life. Cantonese opera actor Lin Xiaoqun, born in 1932, was a household name when he was young, and is still active on the stage at the age of 90, and his gentle singing voice is still there. Lin Xiaoqun's husband, Bai Chaohong, was born in 1925 and was a famous Cantonese opera student, who still insisted on practicing for three hours a day at the age of 97. Lin Xiaoqun and Bai Chaohong are known as "fairy lovers", the two love, know each other, keep each other, and their life course has also witnessed the century-old changes of Cantonese opera.
Lin Xiaoqun and Bai Chaohong.
The documentary "100 Years of Cantonese Rhyme" starts from Pingzhou, the "hometown of Cantonese opera", shoots as far as San Francisco, through the perspective of Famous Cantonese opera artists such as Lin Xiaoqun and Bai Chaohong, with the ups and downs of the times, showing a magnificent historical picture of Cantonese opera and revealing the profound cultural heritage of Cantonese opera in Pingzhou. With the continuous efforts of the three generations of Cantonese opera artists of the old, middle and young generations, Cantonese opera has blossomed at home and abroad, so that the "centennial opera" has achieved "singing for a thousand miles".
Lin Xiaoqun was interviewed.
According to the producer, the production cycle of "100 Years of Cantonese Rhyme" is as long as four years, the whole film adopts 4K ultra-high-definition shooting, animation and real scene combination, with film-level image expression and storytelling, which not only shows the artistic charm of Cantonese opera and the dedication and enthusiasm of Cantonese opera masters to Cantonese opera art, but also reflects the profound Cantonese opera culture of Pingzhou, so that the audience can feel the determination of Guicheng to revitalize the century-old drama through the process of exploration, pioneering and enterprising of Pingzhou Cantonese opera people.
Zhiduo D: A hundred years of Cantonese rhymes floating in Guicheng
Cantonese opera is the excellent traditional culture of Pingzhou in Guicheng. Nowadays, Guicheng Street has also been at the forefront of inheriting Cantonese opera culture, integrating Cantonese opera into the development of Guicheng with innovative means, so that traditional culture can be revitalized and vitality in the new era.
Guicheng Cantonese Opera Cantonese Opera Art Museum.
In recent years, Guicheng Street has actively carried out a series of Cantonese opera-related activities with the goal of promoting And promoting Cantonese opera culture as the starting point and inheriting and promoting traditional culture.
Cantonese opera master Lin Jinping teaching scene.
The annual Guicheng Cantonese Opera Arts Festival is a grand celebration of Cantonese opera people, through the form of cultural delight, a number of performance activities are carried out, so that the masses can feel the inheritance and development of Cantonese opera culture at close range, which is well received by the masses. Vigorously promote activities such as "Cantonese Opera entering the campus" and "Children's Cantonese Opera Arts Festival", bring Cantonese opera to the campus, let professional teachers enter the campus, and personally teach and popularize Cantonese opera knowledge and performance skills. With the addition of more and more young generations, Guicheng Cantonese opera culture is ushering in a new situation of development.
[Reporter] Guan Yuqing
[Correspondent] GZDOC
【Photo】Courtesy of the producer
【Author】 Guan Yuqing
【Source】 Southern Press Media Group South + client