Cover News Reporter Xie Jie
On the afternoon of April 11, 19-year-old Yin Qiuhua incarnated as an "auditor" and "little teaching assistant" in Peng'an County, Nanchong, Sichuan, and practiced the play "Seven Grandmothers in a Sedan Chair" with primary school students in the classroom of intangible cultural heritage culture.
Yin Qiuhua is called "Sister Tang Bao" by the children. Suffering from congenital cerebral palsy and Down syndrome, she had not been exposed to Sichuan opera two and a half years ago. Now, she is known to everyone as the "first person" in the country to change the face of Tang.
Qiu Hua (left) and teacher Lin Chun on stage. (Photo provided by the interviewee)
The Tang girl learns to change her face dramatically
Recently, a Tang girl from Sichuan performed a face-changing stunt and attracted the attention of the whole network. On the afternoon of April 11, the cover news reporter interviewed the Tang girl and her mother and Sichuan Opera Master in Peng'an County, Nanchong, Sichuan.
19-year-old Yin Qiuhua this year, in addition to being a student majoring in housekeeping service at Nanchong Special Education School, also has another identity: a student and actor of Sichuan Opera.
Just 6 months after birth, Yin Qiuhua was diagnosed with Down syndrome.
It is a chromosomal disorder whose main symptoms include mental retardation, special facial features, and growth retardation, and may be accompanied by a variety of malformations, for which there is no specific treatment.
Mother Zhao Haiying took care of her daughter, taught her to take care of herself, took her around for medical treatment, and hoped that she could master a skill. "On the one hand, I want her to have an independent livelihood, and on the other hand, I always believe that she can find something she really likes. ”
In order to find this skill suitable for Xiao Qiuhua, Zhao Haiying took her daughter out to see the world and made a lot of attempts.
From the age of 7, violin, Latin dance, folk dance. "I ran almost all the youth training classes in our county, either she couldn't understand it at all, or it was difficult for the children in the class to accept this special student disrupting the teaching, or the teacher couldn't communicate with Xiao Qiuhua. ”
Until 2021, by chance, Yin Qiuhua came into contact with Sichuan opera, and Ms. Zhao saw the love bursting out of her daughter's eyes.
After many inquiries, Ms. Zhao took her daughter to apprentice with Lin Chun, a Sichuan opera teacher at the Peng'an County Cultural Center. The light in the eyes of this special child touched Lin Chun.
Xiao Qiuhua and face-changing instructor Lin Chun. (Photo provided by the interviewee)
From practicing basic skills to performing on stage
Each action shatters learning
On the afternoon of the 11th, the regular activity of "traditional culture into the campus" of the Peng'an County Cultural Center entered the same small school. Lin Chun, as usual, brought Yin Qiuhua with him. "Look at her now, she can take children to practice basic skills, she looks like a senior sister!"
After class, Lin Chun told reporters, "How to teach Xiao Tangbao was also a challenge for me at the beginning. The training is not about sound, stage, shape, and table, but more often it is teaching her to recognize words, speak and understand, and teach it little by little. Lin Chun's teaching standards for Xiao Qiuhua have not changed because of Tang Bao's special circumstances.
"What skills should be mastered and what stage level should be reached to learn the art of Sichuan opera, since we have learned it, we will help her teach her to learn it properly. If other children have a minute, then we will spend 10 minutes or even a day or a week. Lin Chun recalled that there were times when he was close to "collapse" at the beginning. Xiao Qiuhua can hardly communicate in words, and can only demonstrate again and again, correcting again and again. In order to cooperate with Xiao Qiuhua's training, Qiuhua's mother, who is in her 50s, also studied with her and practiced at home.
Qiuhua and the teacher are studying. (Photo by Xie Jie)
Qiuhua and the teacher are studying. (Photo by Xie Jie)
"For the first year, I trained for 6-8 hours almost every day. Lin Chun said that parents and teachers were so distressed that they even had the idea of "whether to forget it". Although Xiao Tangbao didn't say it, she took the initiative to practice when she knew that she didn't master it well, and she smiled when she practiced. Every time I learned something, my little expression supported us through the most difficult first year. ”
After mastering the basic skills, Lin Chun began to take Qiuhua to try a complete performance. Performing for her classmates in the practice room, performing for her family at home, on all the stages that Lin Chun can touch, as long as there is a performance opportunity suitable for Xiao Qiuhua's level, she will recommend this Tang Bao actor.
The first time he appeared on stage was in a public cultural square in Nanchong City, Qiuhua's rehabilitation training doctor and Sichuan Opera master Lin Chun "swiped the face card" together, and won Qiuhua the opportunity to perform in the face-changing program.
"That performance went well, Xiao Qiuhua went on and off the stage amid applause, and her mother and I were off the stage, almost in tears. After that, in addition to training, Yin Qiuhua also added some performances. Up to now, Qiuhua has appeared on dozens of stages, large and small.
As soon as the costumes of the performance are worn, and the Sichuan opera is dressed as a painting, it is difficult for people who don't know to see that it is a Tang girl who brings a wonderful performance on the stage.
The stage and applause made Xiao Qiuhua more and more confident. Now, she has 8 faces, 1 face. is also learning Sichuan opera to spit fire.
秋华在家练习吐火。 （摄影：谢杰）
In the face of network heat:
Step by step, live a more exciting life
"Sister Tang Bao, you have been so popular recently, everyone knows you. ”
At 6 o'clock in the afternoon, the "Intangible Cultural Heritage into Campus" course ended, and the children gathered around Qiuhua and chatted.
In the face of the Internet popularity of "Tang's Changing Face Girl", the ignorant Qiuhua didn't understand. But the teacher Lin Chun and the mother Zhao Haiying were deeply touched.
"I saw a lot of encouraging voices, and some questioned my strictness as a mother. Ms. Zhao sighed, "I'm 57 years old, if I can't take care of her, I don't feel at ease to hand her over to anyone, so I can only make her a skill-based Tang Bao." Xiao Qiuhua's growth in the process of studying Sichuan Opera gave Ms. Zhao new hope: "She will definitely be able to have a family and career like a normal child, live a good life, and live a more exciting life." ”
The video of Xiao Qiuhua's changing face has also been noticed by many people in the literary and art circles, and some people have contacted Lin Chun to invite him to perform. Lin Chun is grateful and still very firm - "We will all cherish good opportunities, but more importantly, we should pay attention to Qiuhua's skill mastery and emotional state and psychological state." ”
Lin Chun said that the heart of the Tang baby is very pure, like a blank piece of paper. "She can't stop now, and if she stops, she will go backwards. can't move forward too fast, she must be allowed to walk steadily, steadily, and happily step by step. ”
Now, Yin Qiuhua has learned the basic face-changing skills, knows 8 faces, and is learning difficult face-changing skills such as fast three sheets, Tongzi worshipping Guanyin, and learning to spit fire. "Xiao Qiuhua let us see the potential of Tang's baby in Sichuan opera culture learning. Now she also has a little sister Tang Bao, who is also studying Sichuan Opera, and she is currently in good shape. ”
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