This year's Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival can be described as a mixed blessing, which not only stirs up the fresh blood of young people, but also reflects the tenacity of old opera artists. The name He Saifei may still be unfamiliar to most young people, but in the opera industry, she is a well-known big-name star and is known as one of the "Little Hundred Flowers and Five Golden Flowers".
Time flies, the years are unforgiving, many fans thought that this dazzling Hua Dan had long since withdrawn from the stage, but they didn't expect her to stand out among many young competitors and successfully won the Golden Rooster Award for Best Actress.
At the award acceptance scene, Mr. He wore a blue and pink traditional dress representing Chinese elements, which not only showed the quiet beauty of oriental aesthetics, but also revealed a straight middle air.
She bent down to accept the award with a calm posture, like a pine tree standing tall, neither humble nor arrogant. This sudden success has undoubtedly injected a shot of strength into this profession, which is gradually forgotten by young people, and has excited all people in the opera industry.
Mr. He proved that as long as we insist on studying our profession, the artistic charm of Chinese opera can eventually infect modern audiences, thus opening up a new world for the future.
At the same time, Mr. He's old club, Xiaobaihuayue Troupe, also made a strong return and launched a new play "New Dragon Gate Inn". The play was a great success, and the atmosphere in the troupe was enthusiastic, and the three generations of actors from the old, middle and young generations worked together to accumulate strength to inherit and carry forward the excellent traditional Chinese culture.
It can be said that Mr. He and the Xiaobaihua Yue Opera Troupe are practicing the revival of Chinese opera with practical actions, and it also makes people see that this ancient art form will have a bright future that will be endless and enduring and new.
In the new play "New Dragon Gate Inn", a newcomer named Chen Lijun emerged and successfully played the role of the male protagonist "Jia Ting", which was quite stylish, and for a time people saw the shadow of He Saifei when he was young.
The handsome appearance and masculinity of this pulp really lived up to its name, and it soon attracted countless fans, and some viewers even excitedly took a video of her and uploaded it to the Internet.
However, just when people were intoxicated by Chen Lijun's appearance and acting skills, some attentive viewers discovered a certain detail -- why is the stain on her costume so heavy for such a popular star? The neckline is yellowed and discolored, why don't you take care of the costumes? This shocked many fans who had just entered, and some even questioned whether the troupe was poor and could not afford to be decent.
In fact, they don't know that this is due to the special attributes of traditional Chinese costumes. Just like the priceless python robe of Mr. He, whom we only met not long ago, traditional Chinese costumes are extremely craft-oriented, but they are often difficult to withstand.
Attentive viewers later realized that the reason for this "dirty" was entirely due to the special material of the costumes, which were mostly made of rare silk fabrics, embroidered with gold and silver threads or precious stones.
If washed, the fabric fibers will be twisted and deformed, and the gold and silver threads may break...... Such a precious garment is completely scrapped as soon as it touches the water.
In order to save costs, the troupe often carefully maintains these costumes for the actors to use and pass on to the generations. The actors can only wear and use it carefully, for fear that a reshoot or sweating will cause this priceless "life" to be reimbursed in advance! So the "dirty" we see is actually the traces of the costume's diligent work on the stage and under the lights, they are both fragile and strong, carrying the hard work of too many ancestors, and they have become static witnesses on the stage of traditional Chinese culture.
So, how did this newcomer stand out from the crowd of competitors and successfully steal the show? Having said that, the key to Chen Lijun's ability to become the most eye-catching new star in the play is that there is an indispensable person behind her - Mao Weitao.
This senior is the old partner of Teacher He Saifei after the Golden Rooster Movie.
In the 80s of the last century, the Xiaobaihua Yue Opera Troupe was all the rage, and Senior Sister He and Teacher Mao starred in the new costume drama "Dragon and Phoenix Chengxiang", which can be described as famous, pushing the names of the two to the peak of their acting careers.
At that time, they were the most dazzling and the most rightful pair of "Biren" on the stage of Yue Opera.
With the passage of time, Mr. Mao has become the backbone of the Xiaobaihua Troupe and the head of the guidance of the backwards. He found that Chen Lijun, a descendant cub, was brilliant and had great potential, so he accepted her as an apprentice, strict requirements, and careful training.
Mr. Mao taught every bit of his cooperation with Senior Sister He back then, every action and demeanor to the big instrument in front of him without reservation. He hopes that the one that climbed on his knees can recreate the style of him and his partner in the changing tide of time.
Under the spur and guidance of Yan Shi, Chen Lijun gradually got better and successfully played the role of the new generation of Jia Ting. For a while, the audience seemed to see the young He Saifei reappearing in front of them, beautiful and radiant.
This also fully confirms the rigorous actor training mechanism of Chinese opera, under careful care, the blue is better than the blue, and the master's skills have finally achieved the apprentice, so that this young bud breaks out of the shell and flourishes.
Of course, in addition to Chen Lijun, who steals the scene, the other three Jia Ting in this new play also have their own characteristics. Based on their own understanding of the character, they showed different versions of Jarting's personality.
Among them, Wang Dandan's Jia Ting is more feminine and introverted, and every look in her eyes on the stage is full of charm and melancholy; And Li Wenxiao's Jia Ting is full of a sense of justice and full of chivalrous courage that is not famous.
Looking at Xiaosheng Zhu Luoru again, her interpretation of Jia Ting is sunny and cheerful, revealing an uninhibited feeling; The contrast between the three different types of Jia Ting was performed on the same stage, which made the audience's eyes shine.
It turns out that Chinese opera actors can thoroughly understand and interpret a role through their complex skills, and portray a three-dimensional and plump character. This is very different from the perfunctory behavior of many small traffic fresh meat people in the current entertainment industry.
This also confirms the words of the old artists - "A good opera role can withstand the repeated interpretation of different actors; And excellent opera actors can also present the three-dimensional sense of the characters through their own depictions.
Seeing that the younger generations have very different understandings of the same character and show their own style, the veteran artists are also deeply gratified. As the saying goes, "the peach and plum do not speak, and the next is its own", Chinese opera, as a treasure of oriental art, is undergoing transformation and sublimation again and again in the inheritance of the old and the new.
It is also with the joint efforts of the old, middle-aged and young opera people that this peony of Chinese culture and art has bloomed with the most gorgeous brilliance in history. We sincerely hope that contemporary Chinese opera, which combines Chinese and Western styles, can flourish in the alternation of the old and the new.
If there is any secret to the success of this new play "New Dragon Gate Inn", it must be attributed to the teamwork mechanism of the entire Xiaobaihuayue Opera Troupe and the inheritance of the old and the new.
I remember that on the night of the award, He Saifei wore a blue and pink dress representing traditional Chinese elements to the podium. This not only symbolizes the inheritance of Chinese culture, but also means that Chinese opera is experiencing the trend of replacing the old with the new.
At the same time that Mr. He, a goddess-level veteran artist in the industry, proved his strength, the rising stars of the Xiaobaihua Troupe were also ready to go and gain momentum. Chen Lijun, Wang Dandan, Li Wenxiao...... Under the careful guidance of the older generation, groups of newcomers have gradually grown into pillars of Chinese opera.
The troupe has seen the endless and enduring scene of Chinese opera making the old artists feel very gratified. They are happy to take on the important task of preaching and teaching and solving doubts, and are willing to be bridges and guides, passing on what they have learned throughout their lives.
"The path of a singer depends on how many people are on this road in the end", a senior student sighed. And behind them, the newcomers are also running the road to success.
The splendid Chinese cultural repertoire is full of vitality in the mixture of the old and the new, which is exactly the portrayal of the indelible spirit of the Chinese nation after a long period of hardship.
Let's wait and see how traditional Chinese opera culture blooms with more brilliance in the long river of history!
Throughout the end of this year's Golden Rooster Awards, we are pleased to find that China's excellent traditional culture is experiencing a round of revival worth remembering.
Teacher He's glorious return of the Golden Rooster Queen, the Xiaobaihua Yue Opera Troupe won a masterpiece, and Chen Lijun's new generation of Xiaosheng became popular...... This series of good news is kicking off the prelude to the turning point in the fate of traditional Chinese art.
After experiencing ups and downs, Chinese opera has finally ushered in a turning point, radiating inextinguishable vitality in the course of history. This is the result of the lifelong efforts of a large number of predecessors in the opera industry, and it is a symbol that Chinese culture can be proud of.
Let us raise our glasses one after another to pay tribute to these predecessors who have silently contributed to the development of Chinese opera and are willing to fulfill others behind the scenes! Let us also wait and see how this peony of Chinese literature and art will bloom with more brilliant and dazzling brilliance under the care of the new generation.