Under the guidance of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the People's Republic of China and the Department of Culture and Tourism of Guangdong Province, and sponsored by Shantou University and Guangdong Chao Theatre, the "Chinese Intangible Cultural Heritage Inheritors Training Program: The First International Teochew Opera Culture Seminar" was held on April 29 at the Huiru Theater of Guangdong Chao Theatre, and the unveiling ceremony of the Guangdong Chao Theatre's Xinmatai Chao Opera Heritage Center.
To link up with overseas Chinese
The first International Teochew Opera Culture Seminar was completed
Jointly implemented by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security of China, the "Training Program for Inheritors of Intangible Cultural Heritage in China" is a basic task for the protection of intangible cultural heritage in China and an important task proposed in the Outline of the National Cultural Development Plan for the 13th Five-Year Plan. In 2019, Shantou University took the College of Literature as the application unit, Professor Chen Jingxi, the "Famous Propaganda Culture Master of Shantou City", as the project leader, and the international Chaoqu opera culture as the main research and training project, and declared to participate in the Chinese Intangible Cultural Heritage Research and Training Program.
From March 31 to April 30, 2022, Shantou University and Guangdong Chao Theatre jointly held the "Chinese Intangible Cultural Heritage Inheritors Training Program: The First International Teochew Opera Culture Seminar" in a combination of online and offline methods. The seminar organizes intensive training for Teochew opera inheritors from all over Chaoshan and Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Hong Kong.
Yao Xuanqiu, honorary professor of China Academy of Drama, honorary chairman of Guangdong Dramatists Association, honorary president of Guangdong Chao Theater, and other chao opera performance artists of the older generation, Cai Yongming, member of the Standing Committee of the Shantou Municipal Party Committee and president of the Shantou Overseas Friendship Association, hao Zhifeng, deputy secretary of the party committee and president of Shantou University, and other leaders attended the ceremony. All the teachers and students of the seminar, all the staff of Guangdong Chao Theatre and guests from the South China Chao Opera Society in Singapore, the Chao Art Museum in Penang, Malaysia, the Confucian Orchestra of the Ying Chuan Tan Clan In Johor in Malaysia, and the Thai-Chinese Theatre Arts Society in the Kingdom of Thailand attended the ceremony through different online and offline means.
Hao Zhifeng, deputy secretary of the party committee and president of Shantou University, Yao Xuanqiu, a famous Chao opera performance artist, and Cai Yongming, member of the Standing Committee of the Shantou Municipal Party Committee and president of the Shantou Overseas Friendship Association, delivered speeches at the ceremony.
Hao Zhifeng, president of Shantou University, pointed out that under the ardent expectation of General Secretary Xi Jinping to "carry forward the excellent traditional Chinese culture", the holding of this seminar responded to the important guidance of the general secretary to "protect, inherit and make good use of the excellent traditional Chinese culture and tap its rich connotation to help better strengthen cultural self-confidence and unite the national spirit". It has played an important role in promoting the enhancement of the skills and artistic abilities of the inheritors of international Teochew opera culture, creating an atmosphere of protection and inheritance of international Teochew opera culture, enhancing the social attention of international Teochew opera culture, and further expanding the international influence of the mainland's intangible cultural heritage protection work.
Zhan Shaojun, member of the party committee and vice president of Guangdong Chao Theatre, said that the completion ceremony of the first international Chao Opera Cultural Training Class and the unveiling ceremony of the Guangdong Chao Theatre's XinmaTai Chao Opera Inheritance Center is to do a good job in the article of "overseas Chinese" in the new era, to unite overseas Chinese with drama, to gather overseas Chinese with drama, and to condense overseas Chinese with drama, and to help Shantou bid for the 22nd International Chao Troupe Friendship Annual Meeting and the 10th International Tide Merchants Conference.
Wang Ruiguang, the inheritor from guangdong Chao Theatre, Lin Xueyun, inheritor from Hong Kong Hipsters Literary and Art Association, China, and Li Meizhen, inheritor from the Chu Trần Mun Society Confucian Orchestra in Johor, Johor, spoke at the graduation ceremony as representatives of the students. Mr. Zhuo Linmao, President of Singapore South China Chao Opera Society, Wu Huiling, Director of Penang Teochew Arts Museum, Malaysia, Chen Lian, President of The Ying Chuan Chan Clan Association in Johor, Malaysia, and Zhou Yueming, Executive Vice President of thailand-China Theatre Arts Society of the Kingdom of Thailand, delivered speeches online.
Dr Chua Shu Peng, Founding Director of the Singapore Academy of Performing Arts, said, "The first International Teochew Theatre Culture Seminar provided a large number of professional and amateur Teochew Opera practitioners with in-depth discussions on the art ontology from a cultural and historical perspective. Fruitful"; in this regard, he felt and sent out, filling in the words "Qinyuan Spring": flowers in the southern country, blooming in the wind, and fragrant in the sea. The famous artists speak of art, and the majesty is magnificent. Eight scholars, high arguments. Rising star, how many Toshihiko, humble and humble ambitions. Seminar, gather the strength of the tide, write a chapter. Explore the source and trace the yang, and see how exquisite the chao operas of the past are. Watch the changing winds of the times, do not follow the flow, keep the right creation, and shoulder the heavy responsibility. Classic and leisurely, new works continue, and they work together to refine the carving. The waves turned, the sails sailed forward, and the pride rushed into the sky.
Condense the overseas Chinese with drama
Guangdong Chao Theater New MaTai Chao Opera Heritage Center Cloud unveiled
At the scene, Huang Yixuan, Secretary of the Party Committee and President of Guangdong Chao Theatre, Zhuo Linmao, President of Singapore South China Chao Opera Society, Wu Huiling, Director of Chao Art Museum in Penang, Malaysia, Chen Hongda, Vice President of Yingchuan Chen Clan Association and Head of Confucian Orchestra in Johor, Malaysia, and Zhou Yueming, Executive Vice President of Thailand-China Drama Arts Society of Thai Kingdom, respectively held the online cloud signing ceremony of the cooperation agreement between Guangdong Chao Theatre Chao Opera Heritage Center through the Network.
After the signing ceremony, leaders from Shantou, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and other places witnessed the signing and unveiling ceremony.
Nandu Wan Finance Agency reporter learned that under the impetus of the first international Teochew Opera Culture Seminar, Guangdong Chao Theatre closely contacted a number of Teochew opera performance groups in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and other places and reached an agreement, and decided to establish the Guangdong Chao Opera Heritage Center in four cities in these three countries. The Inheritance Center aims to respond to the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech on strengthening international communication capacity building and the protection and inheritance of intangible cultural heritage, further carry forward the excellent traditional Chinese culture, and promote the chinese excellent traditional culture to go global. At the same time, through the promotion, teaching, exchange, performance and other activities of overseas Chao opera, we will promote close ties between overseas communities, improve the level of protection and inheritance of Chao opera and international influence, and enhance the cultural identity and home and country feelings of overseas Chinese and overseas Chinese.
Zhan Shaojun introduced that since the establishment of the Guangdong Chao Theater, the group has organized a group to carry out nearly 1,000 exchange performances in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand, which has been widely praised, and has established deep feelings and strong friendship with Chao opera groups in various countries. Guangdong Chao Opera Has established a Chao Opera Heritage Center in Xinmatai, dedicated to the dissemination and promotion of Chao Opera culture, which will make greater contributions to enhancing the friendship between Chinese and overseas Chinese in mainland China and Southeast Asian countries, improving the artistic level of Local Communities chao opera, and promoting the exchange and cooperation of Chao opera.
Bring together overseas Chinese in a playful way
The first International Teochew Opera Culture Seminar reported on the teaching achievements of the performance
Chen Jingxi, director of the Chaoshan Cultural Research Center of Shantou University, director of the Religious Culture Research Center, and deputy director of the first International Chaozhou Opera Culture Training Class, introduced that after the unveiling ceremony, an international teaching achievement report performance combined with offline and online directing by Zheng Songming, a national first-class director, and Tang Lijuan, a national second-level actor, was held. With the theme of "Passing on the Drama for Love", the trainees from various countries and regions carried out learning achievement report performances through online and offline forms, focusing on the learning achievements of the students.
The performance kicked off with the Chaole performance "Cutting Flowers", and students from all over Chaoshan performed the Chao opera repertoire "Window Sweeping Meeting" (excerpt), "Chen Sanwuniang" (excerpt), "Hui Shu" (excerpt), "Red Army Ammu" (excerpt), "Mei Tingxue" (excerpt), "Cilangzhou" (excerpt), "Eight Treasures and Di Qing" (excerpt), "Su Liuniang" (excerpt). At the same time, participants from Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore and Hong Kong, China, performed online video participation to show the results of the past month. At the end of the performance, all the trainees presented the song "Passing on the Drama for Love" specially composed for this seminar, which drew a successful conclusion to the seminar.
Written by: Xiao Yang, reporter of Nandu Bay Finance Agency
Photo courtesy, correspondent: Shantou University