(Reporter Xia Xuguang) "Today I specially brought my parents and children to watch this commemorative concert. It's a masterpiece performance, it's wonderful!" On the evening of October 21, Liu Qingfeng, who watched the performance, told reporters that because he had been influenced by the art of Peking Opera since he was a child, the whole family liked Peking Opera.
On the same day, Linqing City held an art forum to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Mr. Li He Zeng and a concert of Peking Opera masters, inviting Kang Wansheng, Ni Maocai, Chang Qiuyue, Bao Fei, Hu Xuan, Gu Lina and other famous Peking Opera artists to exchange performances to jointly commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Mr. Li he Zeng.
On the stage, the actors sang and played, and with a thick and powerful singing voice and skillful and perfect movements, they dedicated the traditional plays "Erjin Palace", "Phoenix Returning nest", "Playing dragon robes", modern plays "Red Lantern" and other famous passages that the audience is familiar with, providing a beautiful cultural feast for the majority of opera fans. Offstage, the audience listened attentively and cheered.
Mr. Li he zeng has successively studied under Gao Qingkui, Zhou Xinfang and other famous artists, mainly based on the "high school" singing style of Peking Opera, and has accompanied Mr. Mei Lanfang to Japan to perform and visit, and later to the United Kingdom, Eastern Europe and other countries and regions, with far-reaching influence and reputation at home and abroad. Mr. Li he Zeng has continued to trek in the field of art, not only carrying forward the "high school" art, but also practicing the "Qi school", forming a unique performance style, leaving a large number of popular classic works. Mr. Li he and Zeng have a deep relationship with Linqing, living and performing in Linqing for many years, regarding Linqing as their second hometown, forming a deep friendship with Linqing, widely loved by the people of Linqing, and effectively promoting the development of Peking Opera in Linqing.
As the "hometown of Chinese Peking Opera art", Linqing Peking Opera has a profound cultural heritage and a deep mass foundation. In recent years, Linqing has vigorously promoted the national essence of culture, continuously worked the team of ticket fans, infrastructure construction and brand building, made practical moves, promoted the development of drama, actively built cultural brands, and promoted the inheritance and development of the city's excellent traditional culture, and successively won the titles of Mei Lanfang Education Base, Hometown of Chinese Peking Opera Art, Hometown of Qu Art in Shandong Province and so on. In the next step, Linqing City will continue to carry forward the traditional culture, continue the cultural gene, inherit the national classics, and create the image of linqing Peking opera city and the linqing cultural brand.