Henan Daily client reporter He Ke correspondent Song Yuewei
The square inch passes on the essence of the country, and the Yu opera is more brilliant. On the morning of October 18th, the launch ceremony of the special stamps of "Yu Opera" jointly sponsored by the Three Troupes of Henan Yu Theater and the Zhengzhou Branch of China Post Group Co., Ltd. was held in Chaoyanggou Village, Dengfeng City, to witness the important moment of the development history of Yu opera art and the history of philatelic history in the Central Plains. With the issuance of the "Yu Opera" stamp, the "Silver Ring Bolt Treasure" will walk out of the ChaoyangGou with the postmark to further spread the Yu opera culture and prosper the art of Yu opera, so that "Henan Yu Opera" will become "Chinese Yu Opera".
Yu opera is mainly circulated in Henan, one of the largest local drama species in the country, known for its singing atmosphere and beautiful charm, praised by Westerners as "Oriental Aria" and "Chinese Opera", and has formed a unique Henan local style in terms of performance repertoire, stage performance, character shaping, expression method, music singing voice, etc., with strong regional cultural color, becoming a typical representative of Central Plains culture, not only reflecting the universal cultural identity of the Central Plains people, providing rich nourishment for traditional Chinese culture, It has also contributed a colorful chapter to world civilization. "The washe hook bar has a long history, and the sound of Zhongzhou rhymes all over the city and countryside." This year is also the 15th anniversary of Yu opera's inscription on the National Intangible Cultural Heritage List.
Dengfeng, with its thick humanities and splendid culture, is the golden node of the construction of the "three cities, three hundred miles, and three thousand years" cultural belt of Zheng Biluo, and the core area of the Songshan Cultural Belt. Dengfeng is also a famous hometown of opera, and in a village in Chaoyanggou, two famous dramas have been produced, "Chaoyanggou", the leading work of modern Yu opera, and "Rolling Cylinder". "Two big plays in one village are unique in the history of opera." Feng Shutai, president of the Dengfeng Chaoyanggou Cultural Research Association, said proudly.
In recent years, rooted in the fertile soil of Songshan culture, Dengfeng Post has closely followed the pulse of the times, given full play to the advantages of the industry, and successively promoted the issuance of local theme stamp albums and postage commemorative covers such as "Charm Dengfeng" and Dengfeng "In The Midst of Heaven and Earth" Historical Building Group, and launched the village history cultural project, inheriting rural culture through the compilation of village history, retaining nostalgic memories for the people, creating a new business card and new carrier for Dengfeng publicity, and enhancing the cultural image and competitiveness of Dengfeng. The stamp of "Yu Opera" was first published at the place where the story of the modern drama "Chaoyanggou" of Yu Opera took place, which will further promote the inheritance and promotion of excellent traditional culture, let more people appreciate the great beauty of central plains culture and Yellow River culture, add new charm to Songshan culture and heaven and earth, and thus provide new opportunities for the revitalization of Dengfeng countryside and the integration of culture and tourism.
"Take a ridge to turn over a mountain, the air in the ravine is good, it is really fresh..." On the morning of the same day, Yang Hongxia and Sheng Honglin, the actors of the third generation of silver rings and bolt treasures of the third troupe of Henan Yu Theater, returned to their "hometown" and sang the familiar "Chaoyanggou" for the fathers and villagers of Chaoyanggou again. The wonderful performances of the two actors seemed to let the audience instantly see the moving picture of the intellectual youth throwing himself into the vast world of the countryside.
"Yu opera and Peking Opera, Yue Opera, Huangmei Opera, Commentary Drama and called China's five major dramas, in the five major drama genres, China Post has issued Peking Opera, Huangmei Opera opera stamps, when Yu Opera can be on the stamp this "national business card", this is not only the expectation of opera fans and friends, but also the direction of Henan Postal Branch has been working hard. Shen Jianwei, deputy general manager of the Philatelic and Cultural Media Department of the Henan Branch of China Post Group Co., Ltd., introduced that as early as 2010, Henan Post began the "Yu Opera" stamp application "post" road, after ten years of unremitting efforts, finally ushered in the issuance of "Yu Opera" special stamps by Henan people, henan people to create, Henan people to design, Henan factory printing, opening a new chapter in the cultural dissemination of Yu opera.
It is understood that this set of "Yu Opera" special stamps selected three yu opera classic repertoire of "Mulan", "Seven Pin Sesame Officers" and "Chaoyanggou", which respectively showed the story of Mulan's departure from the army, Tangzhi County reading paper, silver ring and tethered bao to go to Chaoyanggou after graduation. This set of stamps independently represents the modern drama repertoire for the first time in the drama stamps that have been issued in China, and for the first time uses special ink printing in the large-scale trim, presenting 8 kinds of instruments unique to the Yu opera stage such as Zizi, Banhu, Fang Sheng, and Stuffy Zi, and for the first time using digital technology to achieve "space breaking". Because the modern opera "Chaoyanggou" of Yu opera was first performed in 1958, Zhengzhou Postal Branch specially applied to China Post Group for a special stamp numbered "Yu Opera" with the number 1958, which has a very special commemorative significance. As long as the opera fan or post fan opens the mobile phone to scan the special stamp of "Yu Opera", he can restore the classic singing segments of the three plays corresponding to the three stamp scenes, and can also hear the sound demonstration of 8 kinds of musical instruments through the mobile phone click, which is a set of appreciative, visual, audible and hidden drama stamps, which brings a new experience through scientific and technological empowerment.
At the launch ceremony, the three groups of Henan Yu opera troupe and the Zhengzhou branch of China Post Group Co., Ltd. signed a strategic cooperation agreement on further strengthening the alliance and better inheriting and carrying forward the yu opera culture, and presented the special stamp frame of "Yu opera".
At the event site, the organizer also set up a temporary post office of "Chaoyanggou", designed a beautiful commemorative postmark, provided free stamping services for the majority of opera fans, and displayed more Cultural products on the theme of Yu opera.
Editor: Chen Hao