Central Broadcasting Network Xi'an April 25 news (reporter Liu Yu) The 14th "Shaanxi Children's Opera Little Plum Blossom Gathering" activity final audit site competition was held in Xi'an from April 23 to 24, the live competition was divided into amateur group and professional group, and finally the amateur group selected 10 individual projects "Golden Flower Award" and 1 collective program "Gold Award", and the professional group selected 16 individual projects "Golden Flower Award" and 1 collective program "Gold Award".
Western Acting Youth Theater Troupe Collective Program "The Legend of the White Snake" (Photo by Liu Pengtao, Central Broadcasting Network)
"Shaanxi Children's Opera Little Plum Blossom Collection" is a children's opera art activity sponsored by the Shaanxi Dramatists Association, founded in 2001 and held every two years. The activities are aimed at children under the age of 16, and the activities include Peking Opera and Kunqu opera singing, local opera singing, opera skill performance, opera singing, folk music performance, collective program performance (folding opera fragments, opera songs, newly compiled children's opera repertoire or opera textbook dramas), etc.
Excerpts from Tian Zehao and Qiao Wanqi's Peking Opera "Sitting in the Palace" (Photo by Liu Pengtao, Issued by CCTV)
This activity has been successfully held for 13 sessions so far, with a total of more than 3,000 young contestants, including 210 people, recommended by the Shaanxi Provincial Drama Association to participate in the "Chinese Children's Opera Little Plum Blossom Gathering" activity, and has won awards such as "Chinese Opera Little Plum Blossom Golden Flower", making contributions to the cultivation of children's opera talents and the inheritance and development of the opera industry in Shaanxi Province.
It is understood that since the notice of this year's Xiaomeihua activity was issued on February 18, 2022, more than 200 players from 15 primary and secondary schools in Shaanxi Province have registered, and after preliminary review, 129 people (including 49 individual projects and 80 collective projects) have finally entered the final review. Due to the impact of the epidemic, 6 contestants from the School of Arts of Yulin Vocational and Technical College participated in the competition in the form of "cloud competition".
Judges scored on the spot (Photo by Liu Pengtao, Issued by CCTV)
Li Juan, Qi Aiyun, Ren Xiaolei, Zhao Yangwu and Zhang Tao, winners of the Shaanxi Provincial Chinese Drama Plum Blossom Award, as well as Zhao Donghong, a famous Peking Opera performance artist and national first-class actor, and Li Shengmao, secretary of the party group of the Provincial Drama Association and vice chairman of the provincial drama association, served as judges.
Xiyi Road Primary School collective program "Qin Cavity Singing" (Photo by Liu Pengtao, Yangguang Network)
After two days of fierce competition, 10 young contestants from the amateur group, including Zhang Qiwen (excerpt from the peking opera "Evil Tiger Village" in the performance repertoire), Tian Zehao (who performed the peking opera "Sitting Palace"), Zhao Wenyuan from xihang Third School (excerpt from the performance of the qin cavity "Fifteen Consecutive" performances), Cao Zihan from Xiyi Road Primary School (excerpt from the performance of the play "Three Drops of Blood"), won the "Golden Flower Award" for the individual project of the amateur group; the Peking opera "Bud National Style" performed by Xiaoyanta Primary School won the "Gold Award" of the amateur group collective program.
Xiyan Group Youth Theater Troupe collective program "Yangmen Female General" (photo by Liu Pengtao, Yangguang Network)
In the professional group, 16 young contestants from the Xiyan Group Youth Drama Troupe, including Fan Gaoqi (performance of the play Qin Cavity "Top Lamp"), Zhao Zijun (excerpt from the performance repertoire Qin Cavity "Yangmen Female General"), Zhang Yang (excerpt from the performance repertoire Qin Cavity "Three Halls Triage"), Liu Ning of the School of Arts of Yulin Vocational and Technical College (performance of the play Qin Cavity "Dou E'er Grievance" excerpt) won the "Golden Flower Award" of the professional group individual project, and the Qin Cavity "Yangmen Female General" performed by the Xi'an Performing Arts Group Youth Theater Troupe won the "Gold Award" of the professional group collective program.
According to reports, after the end of this competition, the Shaanxi Provincial Drama Association will select some outstanding individuals and excellent programs from the individual "Golden Flower Award" and the collective program "Golden Award" to represent Shaanxi Province to participate in the 26th "Chinese Children's Opera Little Plum Blossom Gathering" activity held by the China Drama Association.