Peking Opera, also known as Ping Opera, Peking Opera, Pi Huang, etc., is one of the dazzling treasures shining in the treasure house of China's national treasure, with a history of more than 200 years.
General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out in the report of the 20th National Congress: "Promote cultural self-confidence and self-improvement, and create a new glory of socialist culture." "As one of the most influential opera genres in China, Peking Opera has played a major role in inheriting and promoting Chinese traditional culture. Today, this splendid gem shines even more dazzlingly.
Origin
Peking Opera Danjiao is mainly divided into four major genres: Mei School, Cheng School, Xun School, and Shang School. Peking Opera in Hailar District is mainly inherited by Mei Pai, which mainly integrates the performance methods of Tsing Yi, Hua Dan and Dao Ma Dan, and carries out continuous innovation and development in various aspects such as singing, reading, doing, and dancing, raising the singing voice and performing art of Peking Opera Danxing to a new level.
The predecessor of the Hailar District Cultural Center Amateur Peking Opera Troupe was the original Hailar Peking Opera Troupe established in 1951, and in 1989 it was merged into the former Hailar City Cultural Activity Center, which is now the Hailar District Cultural Center. In 2015, the amateur Peking Opera Troupe of Hailar District Cultural Center was officially established. There are more than 60 performers, including former Peking Opera troupe performers and outstanding ticket holders in Hai District, and various social and artistic groups are also recruited to jointly rehearse large-scale programs to participate in performances.
Yu Li, the artistic director of the amateur Peking Opera troupe of the Hailar District Cultural Center, was the last young opera performers in the Peking Opera troupe at that time. After changing his identity from a Peking Opera actor to a counselor in the cultural center, the responsibility on his shoulders has become heavier, Yu Li said, "Counselors should be multi-functional, and their identities and roles have changed, but their hearts for the inheritance of Peking Opera will not change." If we can't perform big dramas, we will arrange small folding plays and singing sections to fill the gap in opera in the cultural work of the masses in Hailar. Whether it is various variety shows at the city and district levels, or opera performances that go to the grassroots level and go to the countryside, we complete every artistic activity with high standards and high quality. ”
Inheritance
How to inherit and promote the art of Peking Opera is the primary issue faced by amateur Peking Opera troupes. The amateur Peking Opera Troupe regularly invites old artists of the former Peking Opera Troupe and in-service staff of the former Peking Opera Troupe to give lectures, tutors and rehearsals for the members, focusing on talent training and combining theory and practice.
The help of inheritance also requires more new forces to join. The amateur Peking Opera troupe conducts opera activities on campus every year. Under the careful guidance of the counselor, the children learned the singing, chanting, and every move of the opera. Many children began to like Peking Opera, and even took the initiative to come to consult and want to learn opera.
With the increasing enrichment of people's spiritual and cultural life, the public gradually wants to learn more about Chinese traditional culture. In terms of discovering and training Peking Opera ticket holders, the Peking Opera Troupe allows ticket holders to truly enter the world of Peking Opera by giving detailed lectures to ticket holders and imparting performance experience.
Each profession of Peking Opera art has its own characteristics, and it takes time to learn and understand thoroughly. As the person in charge of Peking Opera, Yu Li has been working hard with the members of the Peking Opera Troupe for a long time for the inheritance and development of opera in Haiyuan. This year's Peking Opera Troupe successfully completed the two key projects in the urban area - the Yimin River Cultural and Leisure Corridor Guozhiyuan Ticket Fair Performance. In nearly 50 special performances of Peking Opera, old, middle, and young Peking Opera actors came into battle to present a wonderful traditional Chinese cultural and artistic feast for the audience in the maritime area.
Innovation
The performance form of Peking Opera is a stylized performance, and every move, every board, and one glance are extremely disciplined. In order to allow more audiences, especially young people, to gradually change from understanding Peking Opera to falling in love with Peking Opera, the Peking Opera Troupe is also striving to catch up with the tide of the times in continuous innovation.
In terms of repertoire creation, the Peking Opera Troupe combined the spirit of General Secretary Xi's speech and arranged the innovative Peking Opera sitcom "A Pear Blossom Passed Down the Ancient and Modern" performed by teachers, primary school students and college students based on Mr. Mei Lanfang's classic song "Ode to Pear Blossoms". This sitcom interprets the process of inheriting the learning drama and carries out costume innovation in it. Teachers wear teaching uniforms, primary school students wear school uniforms, young ticket holders wear single female pythons, college students wear complete makeup, etc., which not only bring visual enjoyment to the audience, but also arouse the interest of the young generation who have just come into contact with opera.
In terms of singing, the stylized music of Peking Opera is used to create lyrics according to the spirit of different times to publicize the party's principles and policies. Songs such as "Without the Communist Party, There Would Be No New China" and "I Am Chinese" are sung together by Lao Sheng, Danjiao, Lao Dan, and Hua Face, and the artistic expression shows creative transformation.
Hands
To carry forward the excellent traditional Chinese culture, continue the 5,000-year-old Chinese civilization, and serve the spiritual and cultural needs of the people, Peking Opera is one of the best carriers.
The Peking Opera Troupe will continue to do a good job in passing on and helping the work, driving the young librarians in the museum to rehearse costume operas and modern operas, focusing on cultivating the opera knowledge of primary school students in Hai District, and continuing to lead the ticket holders of the Peking Opera Troupe to go to towns and schools to continuously arrange and innovate the classic Peking Opera repertoire and cultivate more audiences who love Peking Opera.
Wang Xuejing, director of the Hailar District Cultural Center, told reporters, "In recent years, the Cultural Center and the Peking Opera Troupe have cooperated to launch a number of measures, that is, to inherit and protect the national art from generation to generation." Guided by the national art, we have established a Peking Opera Institute, carried out regular training, summarized and sorted out Peking Opera performance video materials and achievements, continuously excavated and collected Peking Opera repertoire, actively carried out large-scale joint performances such as community charity performances, and used online media to sing and publicize Peking Opera, etc., to promote the normalization of the inheritance and protection of Peking Opera, strengthen the ability to create Peking Opera texts, expand the influence of Peking Opera, and cultivate more Peking Opera inheritors. ”
The art of Peking Opera, which has been passed down for a hundred years, carries the memory of the nation and the endless cultural code.
Culture is the soul of a country and a nation. The excellent traditional Chinese culture has a long history, is broad and profound, and is the crystallization of the wisdom of Chinese civilization. In terms of fully implementing "promoting cultural self-confidence and self-improvement" and solidly promoting the construction of a culturally strong city, Hailar District will continue to build a more complete Peking Opera inheritance system, create a sparkling intangible cultural heritage business card, continue to inherit and carry forward China's excellent traditional culture, and make the art of Peking Opera continue to shine with new brilliance.
Trainee reporter: Liu Shuang American editor: Ma Haiwen
Editor-in-chief: Chen Jingwen
Supervisor: Hou Yuefeng
Executive Producer: Fu Yi
Director system: Zhang Xiaoqi