Source: People's Daily Overseas Edition
The scene of the "Peking Opera Cultural Tour and the Beauty of Cycling". Courtesy of the organizer
At the scene of the "Peking Opera Cultural Tour and Famous Artists Lecture Hall", Peking Opera master Wang Rongrong demonstrated the actions of Peking Opera Danjiao on the spot. Courtesy of the organizer
On the afternoon of March 8th, the Beijing Overseas Cultural Exchange Center located in the Beijing Chang'an Grand Theater was held at the "Peking Opera Cultural Tour and Famous Lecture Hall". Peking Opera performance artist Wang Rongrong took the theme of "The Beauty of Peking Opera Danjiao", from the Peking Opera industry to the Peking Opera performance skills, from the bustle in front of the Peking Opera actors to the unknown hardships behind the scenes, one by one for the audience. She spoke vividly and deeply, with various roles and characters at her fingertips, and from time to time stood up to show everyone, so that everyone could fully understand the beauty of the performance program, the beauty of the singing voice, and the beauty of the costume of the Peking Opera Danjiao.
Ancient Beijing has witnessed the rise and glory of peking opera, and the brilliant peking opera celebrities have learned, grown and become famous in the city, leaving a good story. Sun Bo, director of the Beijing Overseas Cultural Exchange Center, introduced that the "Peking Opera Cultural Tour" created by the Beijing Overseas Cultural Exchange Center is a key project of the "Beijing Municipal Cultural and Tourism Development Plan for the 14th Five-Year Plan" Period, while promoting and disseminating the excellent traditional Chinese culture represented by Peking Opera, focusing on cultural formats, and cross-border innovation, organically combining the six elements of tourism-related "eating, living, traveling, shopping and entertainment" with Peking Opera, so that culture can truly approach the people and enter the market, while striving to shape open innovation, Friendly and inclusive image of Beijing city.
"Peking Opera is an art with a very rich cultural connotation. As the saying goes: 'Books are familiar with drama.' Everyone knows that Peking Opera has such trades as life and death, and there are also singing and playing these performance methods, but if you want a person to really fall in love with this art, you still want him to understand all aspects of Peking Opera more deeply. Xu Jian, deputy general manager of Beijing Poly Theater Management Co., Ltd., the organizer of this year's "Peking Opera Cultural Tour", said. For example, through Wang Rongrong's explanation, everyone knows how the classic action of seeing people and greeting people in Peking Opera is, and when watching Peking Opera performances, the angle of appreciation may be different from the past. Coupled with the audience's questions and exchanges in the interactive session of the "Peking Opera Cultural Tour and Famous Lecture Hall" activity, and the stage to learn the body of Peking Opera, everyone's interest in Peking Opera has become stronger and their understanding has deepened.
Last year, the "Peking Opera Cultural Tour" held a series of activities that attracted people's attention:
The "Big Drama to See Beijing - Peking Opera Cultural Tour Special Exhibition" was held during the 2021 China International Fair for Trade in Services. A Peking Opera scene shooting experience area and a multimedia interactive exhibition area were set up on the spot, so that the audience could fully understand the history of Peking Opera and the innovative development of contemporary Peking Opera culture;
During the National Day holiday last year, as a special section of the Fifth Chinese Opera Culture Week, the organizers of the "Peking Opera Cultural Tour" invited representatives and family members from the embassies of Poland, Pakistan and other countries in China, as well as more than 100 international students from Peking University, Tsinghua University and other universities, to enjoy the music in the Chinese classical garden of the Beijing Garden Expo Garden, wear costumes, and feel the unique charm of traditional Chinese culture;
One winter day, Tan Zhengyan, the seventh generation of Chinese Peking Opera Tanmen, Mr. Mei Lanfang's great-grandson, Mei Lanfang Memorial Hall librarian Mei Wei, etc. participated in the "Peking Opera Cultural Tour • The Beauty of Cycling" activity. Zhengyi Ancestral Hall, Mei Lanfang Memorial Hall, Auspicious Grand Theater, Chang'an Grand Theater... Everyone punched in the landmarks of Peking Opera by cycling, learned about the cultural tourism resources of Peking Opera, and advocated a green, low-carbon and environmentally friendly way of travel...
"We wanted to make this year's event more varied and brainstormed a lot of ideas." Xu Jian said. This year's "Peking Opera Cultural Tour" activities have a total of 6 sessions, in addition to the "Beauty of Peking Opera Danjiao" lecture held on the day of the "March 8th" International Labor Women's Day, in the future, we will also lead everyone to the costume factory to visit the production process of costumes, to understand "how the handmade 'dragon embroidery phoenix' passed down from generation to generation is operated"; ask the famous artists to introduce how the good opera music is developed step by step and changed step by step and through the new repertoire, what does "Xipi" and "Erhuang" mean, what are the musical instruments of "Wenchang" and "Wuchang". "Through these activities, everyone can deeply understand the profound cultural connotation of Peking Opera, personally feel the eternal charm of Peking Opera, and understand that our national essence is really not simple." Xu Jian said. (Reporter Miao Chun)
People's Daily Overseas Edition ( 2022-03-25 Edition 07)