One of the interpretations of the dance drama "Zhang Qian": a festival staff The soul of the dance drama

Do you know? To enjoy Xinjiang's large-scale original dance drama "Zhang Qian", what do you need to know first? The editor tells you that in addition to the plot synopsis, Guan Jian must understand one prop: the knotted staff.

This staff is the soul of dance drama!

The scepter was a wooden or bamboo pole held by envoys sent to the Xiongnu by Han Dynasty China, and was a symbol of power and status. Zhang Qian in the play holds a scepter in his hand and walks in the western region, not only representing the country, but also a cultural messenger who transmits peace and goodwill, and has a sense of mission.

The plot of the whole drama revolves around this scepter, which is divided into four acts, namely "Zhi Jie", "Shou Jie", "Chuan Jie" and "Envoy", telling that in 139 BC, in the second year of the Jianyuan Dynasty of the Western Han Dynasty, Zhang Qian led a peace mission from Chang'an after receiving the festival staff granted by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and began a legendary "chiseling journey", showing his tenacious, loyal and kind ideological character and spirit.

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In the play, there are four clips, you must understand oh!

In the first fragment of the "ZhiJie", in the second year of the Jianyuan Dynasty of the Western Han Dynasty (139 BC), Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty responded to the invasion of the Xiongnu Iron Horse and granted Zhang Qian the scepter and asked him to lead a hundred peace missions to the Western Regions. When Zhang Qian took over the scepter and accepted the mission of peace entrusted by the state, his eyes were firm, full of confidence, and he shouldered a heavy responsibility and led a hundred peace missions to the Western Regions.

In the second fragment of "Shou Jie", Zhang Qian walks to the Hexi Corridor, is captured by the Xiongnu, trapped for ten years, and marries the Xiongnu princess. The Xiongnu king threatened and seduced several times, but Zhang Qian did not agree, and the Xiongnu king became angry and broke his staff. At this moment, Zhang Qian's heart was full of pain, and in anger, humiliation, and indomitability, he seemed to see the expectant eyes of Emperor Wu of Han who had given him the festival and his mother before leaving, thinking of his mission, escaping from the grassland, and still insisting on walking.

In the third fragment of "Chuanjie", Zhang Qian and the Han envoys braved the wind, snow and dust storm and sacrificed all the way, and only Zhang Qian and Gan Father stepped into the Western Regions. Zhang Qian took the knotweed, walked all over the city-states, saw all kinds of customs and customs, used traditional Chinese medicine acupuncture to cure the serious illness of the little prince of the Xia Ma kingdom, everyone celebrated, the little prince wanted to keep him, looked at the scepter in his hand, and his heart was full of yearning for the Central Plains.

In the fourth fragment of "Envoy", during the xiongnu pursuit, Gan's father raised his staff to lead the pursuing soldiers, while the Xiongnu wife absconded with Zhang Qian on her back, wounded by an arrow, and finally fell in the poplar forest. Grief-stricken, Zhang Qian took the dead branches of the poplar forest as a staff, wrapped it around his robe, held it high, and continued to walk without failing in his mission.

Finally, on the vast Western Regions Road, Zhang Qian held up his knuckle staff and walked forward. Countless BowangHou Jing banners were erected in the desert, and countless emissaries and people of various city-states in the western region followed Zhang Qian and let love sprinkle all the way on the thousand-year-old Silk Road.

Do you understand? In the play, Zhang Qian always holds this knotweed in his hand and never abandons it.

You must remember that this scepter is his ideological belief, his spiritual pursuit, his firm will, and even more the mission of the country. Along the way, no matter what kind of difficulties and obstacles he encountered, he did not shake his loyalty to the country. It is with loyalty and tenacity that he overcame all kinds of difficulties and obstacles to complete the mission of the country.

Author: Zhang Yingchun