Beijing News (reporter Liu Zhen) on September 25, as one of the contents of the Beijing International Film Festival Beijing Screening and Stage Image Unit, the documentary film "Peking Opera Search and Rescue Orphans" jointly produced by Shanghai Yuchao Cultural Communication Co., Ltd., Beijing Aozhewei Cultural Communication Co., Ltd., and Shanghai Ximeng Cultural Media Co., Ltd., and produced by Tianjin Radio and Television Station, held its world premiere at the Tiananmen Store of Beijing Poly International Cinema. After the end of the film, Wang Peiyu, the actor of Cheng Bao and a Peking Opera actor, also conducted a connection activity with the audience. According to reports, the film uses the shooting standards of the National Theatre Live project to reproduce the entire performance of Wang Peiyu's starring Peking Opera "Search for Orphans and Rescue Orphans" through 4K high-definition live recording.
Documentary film "Peking Opera Search for Orphans and Rescue Orphans" stills. Courtesy of the organizer
Peking Opera "Search for Orphans and Rescue Orphans", also known as "Bayi Tu", is a traditional drama of Lao Sheng. It is adapted from the classical Chinese drama "The Orphan of Zhao", which tells the story of the Spring and Autumn Period when the Jin Dynasty grand master Zhao Shi was tragically destroyed due to the framing of adulterers, and the doorman Cheng Bao and Gongsun Pestle Usu rescued and raised the Zhao orphans to grow up, and finally took revenge on Xue Hate. In 1933, Gao Qingkui created and premiered the whole book "Search for Orphans and Rescue Orphans"; on September 8, 1947, the legend of Liyuan Meng Xiaodong's "Search for Orphans and Rescue Orphans" was staged in the Chinese Grand Theatre, becoming a song of "Guangling Absolute Sound" for the "Winter Emperor" to bid farewell to the stage. It is worth mentioning that the documentary film "Peking Opera Search for Orphans and Rescue Orphans" was filmed on September 8, 2018, coinciding with the opening season of the return of the China Grand Theatre, and is the third performance of "The Legend of the Rest of the Pulse" Wang Peiyu Peking Opera Bone Old Drama Performance (Season 4). After 6 years of renovation, the Chinese Grand Theatre looks as old as new. This performance is recorded not only because it is a classic play of Yu Pai, but also a tribute to the last performance of Mr. Meng Xiaodong on September 8, 1947.
The documentary film "Peking Opera Search for Orphans and Rescue Orphans" is a pioneering attempt at Chinese opera, which is a high-definition stage image recorded according to the film's production specifications. In addition to recreating the stage performance scene, the film also captures precious pictures of rehearsal moments, and introduces excellent traditional artistic ideas to many audiences who approach Peking Opera for the first time through pre-screening interviews. For this work, Wang Peiyu once commented that its significance is "not to record his own performance three years ago, but to provide new possibilities for the contemporary dissemination of Peking Opera." At the end of the film, Wang Peiyu said when connecting with the audience, "The biggest wish is to sit downstage and watch yourself act." ”
Choosing "Search for Orphans and Rescue Orphans" to be filmed as a documentary film, she felt that this play had her own experience, learned early, acted early, and won the award. "Since 1991, when I have not yet entered the class to study, listening to the tape, I have been deeply impressed and obsessed with Mr. Meng's scene, and it is also the enlightenment of my old aesthetics." At that time, under the guidance of Wang Siji and his teacher (Yu Pai researcher), this play was familiar to Cheng Bao, Tu Anjia, And Gongsun Pestle and Mortar, and the supporting roles were all in place. In 1994, at the age of 16, Xinmiao Cup won the first place in the professional group on behalf of Shanghai Opera School, which was "Search for Orphans and Save Orphans". Growing up with my art. National Art Competition. This play has accompanied me all the way, and I have a special love. ”
Li Chunzhou, president of Beijing Aozhewei Culture Communication Co., Ltd., said that since the establishment of the "New Scene" high-definition video screening series for 6 years, it has always been committed to presenting the best works on the world stage to the audience through screening, and the documentary film "Peking Opera Search for Orphans and Orphans" as the first High-definition image of Chinese opera in the "New Scene" is also another step in the brand's attempt at image shooting, which is of great significance. Next, the "New Scene" will use the advantages of its own platform to distribute "Peking Opera Search for Orphans and Save Orphans" overseas, bringing the treasures of traditional Chinese art to the international stage.
It is reported that the film will be officially released on October 28 after the end of many screenings at the Beijing International Film Festival.
Beijing News reporter Liu Zhen
Edited by Wu Longzhen Proofreader Liu Baoqing