Wei Minglun
Cover news reporter Xun Chao
In this national celebration, the famous playwright Wei Minglun was interviewed by a cover news reporter and shared his National Day memories.
In 1950, he was inspired by the story of the revolutionary martyrs "embroidering the red flag"
"I am the fourteenth birthday of the eighth month of the lunar calendar, and every birthday is close to the day of National Day, which also leaves me with many deep memories." Wei Minglun's "National Day Memory" began on the day of the founding of New China in 1949. "I was 8 years old. On October 1, 1949, when the founding ceremony was held in Beijing, Sichuan had not yet been liberated, and I only remember that the elders of the family said that something big had happened in Peiping. ”
Later, when he was a teenager, Wei Minglun read the reportage "Eternal Life in the Fire" and saw that in the women's prison of Zha Di Dong, the revolutionary martyrs conveyed the good news of the founding of New China. Sister Jiang and her comrades-in-arms embroidered the red flag to welcome liberation, which was deeply engraved in the memory of the young Wei Minglun.
In 1959, the Unforgettable Top Ten Gift Color Feature Film
The National Day in 1959 added a lot of "pictures" to Wei Minglun's memory. "On the 10th anniversary of the founding of New China, the country launched ten major gift color feature films, and the quality is indeed very high." Wei Minglun said, "These 10 films are also classics in classics when put into perspective. ”
It is reported that in 1959, around the theme of presenting gifts to the 10th anniversary of the founding of New China, film artists created a series of excellent films with great enthusiasm, such as "Lin Zexu", "Nie Er", "Song of Youth", "Red Women's Army", "Young People in Our Village", "Five Golden Flowers", "Lin Family Shop", "New Biography of Veterans", "Storm", "Sea Eagle" and so on, which contributed to the first climax of new Chinese cinema.
In 1984, the Sichuan opera "Bashan Xiucai" float paraded in front of Tiananmen Square
The "Bashan Xiucai" float in the 1984 National Day parade
On October 1, 1984, the 35th Anniversary National Day Military Parade was held in Beijing. Wei Minglun's representative Sichuan opera "Bashan Xiucai" float appeared in the literary and artistic phalanx of the mass parade.
Wei Minglun's representative sichuan opera "Bashan Xiucai" float diagram
Wei Minglun still retains float design pictures and related news videos. He introduced that the float was assembled from a jiefang brand truck, and the words "Sichuan opera" and "Bashan Xiucai" were written on both sides. On the top floor are the four girls model in "Four Girls" and the 8 singers and girls who dance the "Neon Dress Dance" in "Bashan Xiucai". Standing on the top of the head of the car is the model of "Bashan Xiucai", using a paper fan and a book as props to salute the audience.
Sichuan opera "Bashan Xiucai" float map
Wei Minglun recalled with a smile: "On the celebration of the 35th birthday of the People's Republic of China, the Ministry of Culture selected a spiritual and cultural gift from Sichuan, the "Bashan Xiucai" float, and slowly drove through Tiananmen Square to be inspected by Comrade Deng Xiaoping. In 2020, "Bashan Xiucai" was selected into the "Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Founding of the Communist Party of China Stage Art Creation Project" key support works "Centennial Department" traditional boutique rearrangement plan.
On the eve of this year's National Day, Wei Minglun also ushered in a special surprise: he was awarded the honorary title of "Lifetime Achievement Dramatist of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles" in 2021. It is understood that the Chinese Drama Festival, sponsored by the Chinese Dramatists Association, has set up a lifetime artistic achievement award since 2009. The award is the highest honor award for Chinese drama, and is awarded every two years to recognize and reward the dramatists who have struggled for the new Chinese drama all their lives and made outstanding contributions to the promotion, prosperity and development of the Chinese national drama cause. On October 9, the commendation ceremony will be held in Wuhan.
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