Guo Yu'ang and Peking Opera master Zhang Nanyun. Courtesy of respondents
Zhongxin Network Yinchuan April 24 Title: "Post-90s" Meipai Descendants "Online Pear Garden" Circle Fans: Hope Young People Feel the Beauty of the National Essence
China News Network reporter Yang Di
"Tell Zhang Sheng to hide under the chessboard, I step by step to you climb step by step, let go of boldness and swallow fear, follow the little red lady you can see her..." In the live broadcast room, "post-90s" Peking opera actor Guo Yuang held a folding fan, and a song of "Red Lady" wrapped around the beam, bringing the audience into the world of Peking Opera.
"Crisp voice, sing really good" "I think I will like to listen to the drama more and more in the future"... Many viewers expressed their love for Peking Opera in the comment area. In more than 2 years, there have been more than 200,000 fans on the live broadcast platform, and the "online pear garden" built by Guo Yuanang, the third generation of Meipai, on the Internet is attracting more and more young people to feel the charm of the national essence.
Born in Yinchuan, Ningxia, Guo Yuang has been influenced by the grandmother of a senior "ticket friend" since childhood, and has a strong interest in Peking Opera. At the age of 12, Guo Yuang entered a professional drama school and began to systematically study Peking Opera. In 2017, Guo Yu'ang, who was studying at the Beijing Academy of Performing Arts, joined the meipai master Zhang Nanyun and became the third generation of Mei Lanfang.
In 2020, affected by the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the opera industry was impacted, many offline performances were cancelled and postponed, and Guo Yuang was also facing the dilemma of "no drama to act". At this time, Guo Yuang became acquainted with live broadcasting and began to try to "cloud singing opera" online.
Guo Yuang. Courtesy of respondents
The live broadcast effect is very good, 1 month later, Guo Yuang has thousands of people watching each live broadcast online. What surprised him most was that a large number of young people in the audience in the live broadcast room were young people.
Guo Yuang found that young people may not be "uninterested" in Peking Opera, but because of "lack of understanding". To this end, he will introduce some easy-to-understand Knowledge of Peking Opera in the live broadcast, and after singing a selected passage of Peking Opera, he will also use the vernacular to tell the meaning of the singing segment, so that young audiences can "understand" Peking Opera.
"Slowly, there were more and more young people in my live broadcast room, and many viewers would leave me messages saying that after watching my performance in the live broadcast room, they would take the initiative to go into the theater to watch Peking Opera." Guo Yuang said that online communication has narrowed the distance between opera performers and the audience, and the audience's views and feelings can be displayed in the comment area, and the performers can interact with them in real time.
"When I live, the audience will sort out the subtitles I sing and type them on the screen, which is really warm." A small live broadcast room, connecting Peking Opera fans from Tiannanhaibei across the space, "There was a time when I didn't live for more than a month because I was too busy, and many viewers went to the comment area to ask me when I would broadcast again, which made me particularly moved." Guo Yuang laughed.
"Nowadays, many of my classmates and peers have also taken the initiative to participate in live broadcasts and spread opera culture online." As Guo Yuang said, the network has given opera actors a new stage, and the "2021 Douyin Data Report" shows that the income of traditional culture anchors increased by 101% year-on-year, of which the average number of opera anchors was 3719 per day, and the revenue increased by 232% year-on-year.
Talking about the future, Guo Yuang said that he will organize and edit more Peking Opera repertoire, spread and promote it online, "I think Peking Opera should be like dance, cross-talk and other performance forms, one day can lead the trend of young people." (End)