Stills from the Sichuan opera "Grass Shoe County Order"
Cover news reporter Xun Chao
"We are all raised by the people, and the food of the people is in the bowl. The clothes of the people worn by the people should be thought of for the people when they are officials. This is the line of the Sichuan opera "Grass Shoe County Order" "Ji Dakui". In order to interpret this role well, Chen Zhilin, the actor of "Ji Dakui" and a famous Sichuan opera performance artist, still stuck to his literary and artistic posts during the "May Day" holiday, busy with the Cause of Sichuan Opera he loved.
Chen Zhilin, a national first-class actor, winner of the Chinese Drama Plum Blossom Award "Second Degree Plum", is a famous Sichuan opera performance artist. Since engaging in the art of Sichuan opera in 1979, he has dug deep into the characteristic culture of Bashu, played the leading role in plays such as "Bashan Xiucai", "Yi Bold", "Xizhao Qishan", "Grass Shoe County Order" and other plays, and successfully shaped the stage art image of Xiucai Meng Dengke, Mingyou Yi Bold, Ji Dakui and other popular people, and is a famous performance artist in the national opera industry who is both literary and martial arts, singing and composing, and a leading figure in the Sichuan opera industry.
Chen Zhilin was interviewed by a cover news reporter
"Among the dramas in the country, Sichuan opera is the drama with the strongest expressive ability and expression ability." Chen Zhilin introduced that the origin of Sichuan opera can be traced back to the Tang Dynasty, and there was a situation of "Shu opera crowning the world". As a classical art, Sichuan opera was formed around the late Kangxi period to the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty. At the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, Kunqu Opera, Yiyang Cavity, Qingyang Cavity, Xizizi, Hubei Han Tune, Anhui Emblem Tune, etc. flowed into Sichuan, and gradually "changed the tune and sang" in the Sichuan dialect.
"Traditional Chinese opera is a national essence that contains the aesthetics of Chinese national art. Sichuan opera has both the purity of yangchun white snow and the simplicity of the lower riba people. Chen Zhilin believes that "Sichuan opera carries the weight of five thousand years up and down." Why Sichuan opera has five kinds of sound cavities of Kun, Gao, Hu, Bullet and Lamp, is that in the process of historical evolution, various operas have been continuously integrated and integrated, and symbiosis and co-prosperity in the Sichuan environment have reached today. ”
Stills from the Sichuan opera "Grass Shoe County Order"
Intangible cultural heritage is the gene of the inheritance and continuation of the fire of human civilization, and Sichuan opera is the first batch of local operas to enter the "National Intangible Cultural Heritage List". As a national non-hereditary inheritor of Sichuan opera, Chen Zhilin has been sparing no effort to promote Sichuan opera and cultivate new talents. "Inheriting Sichuan opera at the source is to protect talents, keep the position, and cultivate new talents to determine the future of Sichuan opera."
With the efforts of Chen Zhilin, the Sichuan Opera Department of Sichuan Arts Vocational College, with him as the dean, ushered in a "golden period" of enrollment - from 13 students in the early days of its establishment to more than 250 students today. "At present, these more than 250 students, from all over the province, not only have a complete range of performances, but even the most scarce percussion in the Sichuan opera industry has also attracted new seedlings." Chen Zhilin also advocated the education model of "learning, creating, acting, and racing", encouraging students to learn knowledge in the classroom, lay the foundation in the practice room, and bloom new brilliance through real practice again and again.
Stills from the Sichuan opera "Grass Shoe County Order"
"Now these children have begun to be active on the Stage of Sichuan Opera." At the end of 2021, the graduation drama "The Legend of the White Snake" brought by the Sichuan Opera students of sichuan art vocational college was praised by many people in the industry; on the stage of the 17th China Drama Festival, the actors of Sichuan opera "Grass Shoe County Order" were all teachers and students of Sichuan Art Vocational College, and 46 students of Sichuan Opera, Music and Drama participated, accounting for more than 80% of the total number of actors, realizing the connection between art production universities and industries.
During the "May Day" period, the new version of Sichuan opera "Grass Shoe County Order" jointly created by Sichuan Provincial Sichuan Theater and Sichuan Arts Vocational College was improved and polished on the basis of the original script, performance, music, choreography and costumes. It is understood that since its premiere in December 2018, the play has been recognized and praised by all sectors of society, and has been selected as a key support work of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism's "100-year 100- Creative Plan", the "2020 National Stage Art Key Creation Repertoire List" and the "17th China Drama Festival Excellent Repertoire Award".
This year, the Grass Shoe County Order will also participate in the 17th Wenhua Awards. At that time, Chen Zhilin will also bring teachers and students of Sichuan Vocational College of Arts and young actors of Sichuan Provincial Theater to show the artistic charm of Sichuan opera on the national stage. "With the spark on fire, we have the responsibility to let China's national culture and traditional culture find their own living environment and living space again." I also firmly believe that Sichuan opera will once again bloom with the glory it should have with everyone's understanding of traditional Chinese culture. Chen Zhilin said.