On January 14, 2021, the column group of Henan Radio and Television Station "Liyuan Spring" came to the Small Theater of the Heritage Society of Xinxiang Pingyuan Art Center to shoot a short film for the winners of China's 2020 Children's Year-end Finals.
Qinghe Ji, Fengqiu County, Xinxiang City, is the birthplace of Yu opera, the largest local opera in China. Qinghe JiCun is located on the shore of Qinglong Lake in the southeast of Caogang Township, Fengqiu County, bordering the Yellow River to the south and across the river from Kaifeng. Because Qinghe Ji belonged to Xiangfu County in ancient times, the Yu opera singing voice founded by Xu Menkeban in the village was called "Xiangfu Tune" by later generations. Xiangfu tone is the mother tune of Yu opera, the standard Zhongzhou zheng rhyme, the most authentic Yu opera singing voice. The village is recognized as the birthplace of Yu opera. There is a proverb in the Yu opera circle: "'Xiang Fu Tone' need not be asked, either 'Xu Men' or 'Jiang Men'." "Xu Men is the Xu Family Class of Qinghe Ji, and Jiang Men refers to the Jiang Family Class of Zhu Xian Town.
Xinxiang is the place where famous Yu opera masters have emerged. Sun Yande, a famous Yu opera performance artist and outstanding opera educator, was born in Fengqiu County, and he was famous for playing a variety of professions such as Dan, Sheng, and Jing. In order to cultivate many Yu opera actors, he is known as a generation of Yu opera masters. In his lifetime, he trained more than 400 students, such as the Yu opera "Five Clouds": Li Jianyun, Yan Caiyun, Lin Daiyun, Shi Qianyun, Jia Biyun, etc. The "Five Clouds" are all from regular science classes, the basic skills are very solid, singing, doing, reading, playing skills are exquisite, in the long-term artistic practice, and gradually formed their own artistic personality and performance characteristics, in shaping the characters have their own unique skills, some highlight the singing skills, some highlight the work, some highlight the martial arts, some have both literature and martial arts, can be called all-rounders. Among them, Yan Caiyun is the father of Yan Lipin, one of the "Five Famous Dans" of Yu opera. In this ancient land, a large number of opera masters of new rural origins such as Yan Lipin, Wang Qingfen, Su Juyan, Wang Hongli, Jin Buchang, Fan Jing and other new rural nationalities have been cultivated.
This shooting is specially thanks to the small theater provided by the Heritage Society, located in the downstairs middle corridor of xinxiang Plain Art Center (south of the museum), with convenient transportation and beautiful environment, and the theater has a box seat and a pool seat, with a total of 139 seats. There are rehearsal halls, theaters, VIP rooms, powder rooms, leisure areas, etc., and the lighting and sound LED screen equipment is first-class. As Lin Mengyao, who grew up in the opera nest, in the Yu opera Xiangfu Tune Exhibition Hall, she experienced the artistic life of many famous artists, and secretly resolved in her heart that she must work hard and strive to become a small pride in her hometown. Retain historical memories, inherit history and culture, and more exciting content will be presented to you next week.