People's Daily Beijing, April 12, exquisite and beautiful appearance, mellow and fluent singing, zero-distance viewing and interaction... On April 10th, the first season of 2022 "Meet Mei Lanfang" held at the Mei Lanfang Memorial Hall - "Good Flower Day during Spring Tour" brought a unique immersive national experience to the audience. It is understood that this activity also kicked off the spring performance season of the 2022 "guild hall with drama" Jingcai Xicheng. Next, Baoguo Temple, Fuzhou New Museum, Zhengyi Temple Theater Building, etc. will all have wonderful plays presented.
The celestial goddess danced silk and waved silk, flying a thousand flowers... In the Mei Lanfang Memorial Hall, the bouquet of neon clothes and the sound of yellow skin, the audience watched the professional Peking Opera actors live interpretation of the Mei Pai classic "Heavenly Girl Scattered Flowers" and other famous dramas, listened to professional guests explain the past and present life of Peking Opera, learned about Mei Lanfang's life deeds and artistic achievements, and felt the infinite charm of Peking Opera from a new perspective. The audience seems to be immersed in a part of the play. "Immersive! I was in the same environment as the actors, completely unaware of the presence of distance. In such a special place, the actors' moves, smiles and smiles became more and more attractive, and I was deeply intoxicated. A fan friend said excitedly.
According to the staff, as one of the series of activities of "Hall with Drama", the immersive experience of "Meeting Mei Lanfang" is more prominent in "There is Drama", which fully reflects the characteristics of the "Hall with Drama" brand of "special and fine, small and beautiful".
Mei Lanfang Memorial Hall is located at No. 9 Huguosi Street, Xicheng District, and is a typical Beijing courtyard. Since 1951, Mr. Mei Lanfang has spent the last ten years of his life in this quiet and comfortable courtyard. In March 2013, Mei Lanfang Memorial Hall was announced as the seventh batch of national key cultural relics protection units. The main courtyard of the memorial hall preserves the original appearance of the former residence, and the living room, study, bedroom and living room are all displayed according to the original life and living conditions of Mei Lanfang. The museum has a large collection of precious objects, including plays, books, calligraphy and paintings, letters and other physical objects, as well as a list of plays performed in various theaters or churches from the late Qing Dynasty to modern times.
The relevant person in charge of Xicheng District said that the number of guild halls in Xicheng District is extremely considerable, and it is the urban area with the largest number of existing guild halls in Beijing. While excavating the resources of the clan halls available in the jurisdiction, Xicheng District also relies on its own cultural resource characteristics and advantages to further expand museums, memorial halls and available cultural relics resources, and continuously expand new spaces for performing arts.
In the 2022 "Hall with Drama" Jingcai Xicheng Spring Performance Season, Xicheng District carefully arranged wonderful plays to be presented in representative historical and cultural venues in the area such as Mei Lanfang Memorial Hall, Baoguo Temple, and Fuzhou New Museum. It is worth mentioning that the Zhengyi Temple Theater Building, which has been rebuilt since last year, will also reopen its doors on the occasion of the 310th anniversary of its completion. At that time, the gentle singing voice will linger between the quaint carved beams.
The relevant person in charge of Xicheng District said that Xicheng District will also revitalize the space resources of the characteristic guild hall according to the architectural and spatial characteristics of the old site of the guild hall, create an immersive performing arts space with distinct themes, diverse contents, different functions, and "special and fine, small and beautiful", so that "the guild hall has a play" as the entrance to the tasting of high-quality plays and a window for the display of China's excellent opera culture, so that more cultural products can enter the lives of the masses, create a cultural business card of "big drama to see Beijing", prosper the capital culture, and better promote the construction of a national cultural center. (Liu Chen, Du Ying)