On the morning of April 20, the series of public lectures on the reading promotion series of "100 Classics of Chinese Traditional Culture" was officially launched. The first lecture specially invited Mr. Liu Xiaolingtong, the actor of the Monkey King in the 86th edition of "Journey to the West", and the famous performing artist Mr. Liu Xiaolingtong, gave a wonderful lecture on the theme of "Inheritance and Classic Reading of Zhang's Monkey Opera in the Centennial "Zhang's Monkey Opera" at the National Map Art Center Concert Hall.
Famous performing artist Liuxiaolingtong. Photo: He Xiaofei
In this lecture, Mr. Liu Xiaolingtong talked about the cultural inheritance of the century-old art family and the relationship between the family members and the "Monkey King" from the perspective of the inheritor of the "Zhang's Monkey Opera".
"Everyone knows that Mr. Lu Xun has an essay "Social Opera", which is the predecessor of Shao Opera after the founding of New China. When it comes to Shaoxing opera, the first thing that comes to everyone's mind is Yue Opera, because Yue Opera has now become one of the four major opera genres in the country, and there are Yue Opera troupes in all provinces and cities in the mainland. There are actually two kinds of Shaoxing opera, one is Yue opera, and the other is Shaoxing opera. The history of Shao Opera is much longer than that of Yue Opera, with a history of more than 400 years. I have been working hard, and I hope that more people will learn and understand Mr. Lu Xun's hometown opera. Liuxiaolingtong said.
"My great-grandfather loved Shao opera, which is now a hobby. My grandfather, Zhang Yisheng, was a key figure in promoting the prosperity of Shao Opera. In 1960, there was a color Shao opera movie "Monkey King Three Fights White Bone Spirit", in which my father starred in Sun Wukong, my uncle who played Zhu Bajie, and my second brother who played the little monkey king. My father's stage name is Liulingtong because he started his career at the age of six. The uncle's stage name is Qilingtong, and he started art at the age of seven. My second brother's name is Xiao Liulingtong. When I was filming "Journey to the West", my father said that you can't call it a little six-year-old, although it's a bit weird, but I got used to it when I listened to it, so I got my stage name Liuxiaolingtong. ”
Liu Xiaolingtong recalled: "My second brother Xiao Liulingtong is a genius, because he started acting at the age of three, and when he was eight years old, he took a famous photo, Premier Zhou Enlai was holding a little monkey in his arms and laughing, and the child who played the little monkey was my second brother." At the age of twelve, he made the movie "Monkey King Three Fights White Bone Spirit", and died of acute leukemia at the age of sixteen. A literary figure wrote an article in his honor, entitled "Life Lies in Quality", praising him as "China's most inspired opera actor". ”
Liu Xiaolingtong said that when the second brother was on the sickbed, he once told him the story of the villain book "Journey to the West" over and over again. "He pinned his hopes on me to inherit my father's monkey opera career. I know Monkey King, I like Monkey King, and I want to play Monkey King when my brother tells me stories. ”
Six-year-old children interact with children and teenagers. Photo: He Xiaofei
At the lecture, Mr. Liu Xiaolingtong not only shared his insights on reading classics with the audience, but also interacted with children on the spot. Through the combination of interactive experience and lectures, the book "100 Classics of Chinese Traditional Culture" is recommended to readers, guiding the public to actively read famous works and join the team of learning classics and inheriting culture. The audience not only had a more comprehensive understanding and understanding of the organic combination of TV art and traditional cultural classics, but also further felt the infinite charm of excellent traditional culture, traditional cultural classics, reading and art.
Six elementary school children and teenagers took a group photo. Photo: He Xiaofei
Since its launch in 2018, the "Tribute to Classics" series of themed activities has been held more than 20 times, and has invited many old artists such as Tian Lianyuan, a famous storytelling artist, Hou Shaokui, a famous Kunqu opera artist, Wang Liping, a famous composer, Wang Fulin, a famous lyricist, and many other veteran artists to popularize classic art and promote public reading, with more than one million online and offline audiences. This time, with the theme of the representative books in the compilation project of "100 Classics of Chinese Traditional Culture", well-known artists in mainland China will be invited to carry out special lectures. By telling the stories behind their artistic creations, the artists share with readers the inspiration of reading traditional cultural classics and the improvement of their personal accomplishments, so that "100 Classics of Chinese Traditional Culture" can approach the public in a more vivid way, enhance readers' ability to learn and understand excellent traditional culture, and effectively draw strength from Chinese culture.
The compilation project of "100 Classics of Chinese Traditional Culture" is one of the key projects of the inheritance and development project of excellent traditional Chinese culture, and is a major commissioned project of the National Social Science Fund. The Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee entrusts the Ministry of Culture and Tourism to guide the organization and implementation of the National Library. The project selects 100 of the most representative classics of excellent traditional Chinese culture, interprets them in simple terms, extracts the essence, and gives them new meanings. Inspire readers to learn from the wisdom and historical experience of the ancients, and provide readers with richer ways to extend their reading.
Written by: Nandu reporter Huang Qian