The Paper's reporter Wang Yi
"The journey of the new era is mighty, and literature and art are at the head of the tide of the times, incarnated as a drum of war and a clarion call for progress, drumming and shouting for hundreds of millions of people and the great motherland." As a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, I will continue to be honest and innovative, go far, and draw the 'big idea' of building a cultural power into more exquisite and delicate 'work strokes'. Tian Qinxin said after receiving the 2020 National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Outstanding Performance Award.
Tian Qinxin, member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, took a photo at this year's two sessions The picture in this article was provided by the interviewee
8 March, International Women's Day. On the morning of the same day, Wang Yang, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, presented the "Outstanding Performance Award for The Outstanding Performance of Duties by members of the CPPCC National Committee" to 20 outstanding CPPCC members in the CPPCC Auditorium. This is the first time since the establishment of the CPPCC that the award has been awarded.
Of the 20 award-winning committee members, 4 are women. Tian Qinxin, president of the National Theatre of China, is the only person in the literary and art circles. The award speech written to her was just over 100 words. She refined her responsibility and diligence in actively suggesting the prosperity and development of culture and promoting literary and artistic creation to live up to the new era and bravely climb new heights.
After the meeting on the same day, the surging news reporter dialed the telephone number of the hotel where the committee members were stationed. President Tian's voice did not hide fatigue, but it was healthy and stable, "Today is Women's Day, and to receive this honor awarded by the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference is like a solemn gift, and while feeling happy, there is also pressure." I am a member of the literary and art circles, and I should strive to carry forward the spirit of Chinese culture, and only by concentrating on creation and abiding by integrity and innovation can I go far and be worthy of the title of an excellent member of performing my duties. This year is the opening year of the '14th Five-Year Plan', and I will take it as my mission to build a cultural power, lead the National Theatre of China to infect people with theatrical art, inspire people with high-quality creations, and confidently tell Chinese stories. ”
The body and mind must enter a new era, and literature and art will have a peak
In 2018, Tian Qinxin's first proposal to serve as a cppcc member was to increase the importance of aesthetic education for the masses; in 2019, Tian Qinxin and other members jointly proposed to pay attention to the protection of local opera in Shaanxi; in 2020, the outbreak of the new crown epidemic, the two sessions were held in late May. Tian Qinxin's third proposal is to build China's "video art museum"; in 2021, tian Qinxin, who is already the president of the National Theatre of China, submitted the fourth proposal on promoting the construction of a cultural power with the integration of "double performances" in Beijing's Qianmen East District. With the accumulation of experience in proposing proposals year by year, the concerns of Members Tian's participation in the administration and discussion of state affairs have become more specific and practical.
Poster of "China in the Classics"
Not only is it hotly discussed, but also the "China in the Classics" launched by the National Drama Theatre under her leadership and the Central Radio and Television Corporation. The first episode of "Shang Shu" became a "phenomenon" on the first day of the New Year, and then broke the circle to become a network hit: in the play, the ancient and modern generations of readers Sabine and Fusheng, played by Ni Dahong, held hands and looked at each other; in front of the screen, many viewers shed tears and even cried out in shock. The second episode of "Tiangong Kaiwu" was launched during the two sessions, "Song Yingxing" and "Yuan Longping" crossed time and space, holding hands together in the heavy fragrance of rice flowers, making people think about it for thousands of years and be moved. Through the innovative form of time and space dialogue, this program tells the origin, circulation and shining stories of classics in the long river of 5,000 years of history with the expression method of "drama + film and television", which can be regarded as the "upgraded version" of the first two seasons of "China in the Story" 2.0.
In Tian Qinxin's view, "'China in the Classics' is a inheritance facing the past, an opening for the future, and an active exploration of integrating the traditional aesthetics of drama into television creation." "Through the in-depth cooperation with the Central Radio and Television Corporation, more audiences have realized the charm of drama." Continuing the Chinese context and presenting the Chinese spirit in the form of drama is her perseverance as the artistic director of this show and the director of the National Drama Theatre.
The original intention can be learned. Since the release of the famous work "The Field of Life and Death" in 1999, in the past 20 years, Tian Qinxin has always adhered to the cultural character, the enthusiasm for the family and the country, adhered to humanistic care, dedicated to telling Chinese stories, and is a director in the theater industry who relies on the performance of the main drama to get a ticket, ""The Field of Life and Death" is based on Xiao Hong's novel of the same name, which is the first play I entered the national theater. Premiered in June of that year, opposite the theater was the bustling Donghuamen Night Market, when people seemed to be pursuing money, and Western literary and artistic ideas were in full swing. If you don't talk about a foreign name or say something about foreign ideas, it's as if you're not engaged in art. "Tian Qinxin insisted on adding a line to the water sign at the entrance of the theater: Tribute to modern Chinese literature." Maybe it is a stubbornness, deep love for our own cultural traditions, and have this cultural self-confidence. For so many years, I have done Chinese drama. Flowing out of my blood nerve muscles is the Chinese sense of life. ”
Tian Qinxin at the script reading meeting
Returning to the four years since she was elected as a member of the CPPCC National Committee, Tian Qinxin told The Paper that it is precisely because of her diligent pursuit in drama creation for more than 20 years that in 2018, she was elected as a member of the CPPCC National Committee, and in the big family of the CPPCC, she truly felt the sacred duty of participating in the administration and discussion of state affairs and a harmonious and strong learning atmosphere. What makes Tian Qinxin unforgettable is that the second year after he became a committee member, "March 4, 2019, I remember this day very clearly. On that day, General Secretary Xi Jinping came to our station to visit members of the cultural and artistic circles and social science circles, and attended the joint group meeting to listen to opinions and suggestions. At the joint group meeting, on behalf of the literary and art circles, I was the first to make a report to the general secretary. I said that China's achievements in the new era are shocking, and if we just physically enter the new era and our minds are still stuck in the past, our creation will not be able to achieve what the general secretary demanded, 'showing better prospects for our people and drawing a brighter future for our nation'. ”
The body and mind must enter a new era, and literature and art will have a peak. Tian Qinxin said that these two sentences are always spurring himself. "There are also the 'four insistences' mentioned by General Secretary Xi Jinping at the meeting: adhere to the pace of the times, adhere to the people-centered, adhere to the dedication of the people with fine products, and adhere to the use of Mingde to lead the fashion." At that time, I sat across from the general secretary, took careful notes, and deeply remembered these 'four insistences'. From then on, Tian Qinxin's requirements for himself were more stringent. She has served as the general director of the new year tea party of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference three times. In 2021, due to the requirements of epidemic prevention and control, the New Year's Tea Party literary and artistic performances faced many difficulties, the number of actors was reduced again and again, and the band was pressed again and again, in this case, she led the main creative team to find ways to overcome difficulties, strive to use the beauty of art, unite and unite, interpret the people's loyalty and love for the party, and achieve undiminished momentum and quality, and build the "streamlined version" into a "wonderful version".
Major propositions of the times are not absent
At the beginning of 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic struck suddenly. On the second day of the Chinese New Year, Tian Qinxin led colleagues from the Creative Department, the Publicity Department, and the Film and Television Department of the Theater to work together to participate in the online shooting and editing work of "Fighting the Epidemic, the National Drama Theatre in Action". Subsequently, she directed the poetry recitation "Symphony of Life" dedicated to the anti-epidemic warriors and broadcast it online. The recording of the program during the epidemic has received responses from many artists and stars in the theater, and 34 actors of the National Theatre of China, such as Tong Dawei, Yuan Quan, Chen Shu, Duan Yihong, Liu Ye, Ni Dahong, Tao Hong, etc., have successively launched videos on platforms such as iQiyi, Youku, and Douyin. Busy with the entire Spring Festival holiday, Tian Qinxin threw herself into the creation of the second season of "China in the Story". She told reporters that she had not taken annual leave for three years. He also revealed that if he did not receive the work arrangement at the beginning of the year, he must go to Wuhan to volunteer.
In recent years, from celebrating the 70th anniversary of the founding of New China, poverty alleviation, fighting against the epidemic, to celebrating the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, she has never been absent at the moment of almost all major issues of the times, and has always been the main creator of programs and plays, dedicating acclaimed and acclaimed literary and artistic works.
In 2019, Tian Qinxin, as the director of the drama sitcom part of the party celebrating the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, touched her with the story of scientist Guo Yonghuai in the sitcom "Love of the Republic" - in the "two bombs and one star" founded the founder, Guo Yonghuai is the only martyr. "I thought of Mr. Guo Yonghuai, at the critical juncture when he knew that the plane was about to crash, he was not dominated by the fear of attachment to life, but thought of drawings and important data. In the instant of life and death, there was such a heroic and decisive act as hugging the guards and relying on their bodies to protect the briefcase. Tian Qinxin said.
In the golden autumn of 2020, the national opera "Poverty Alleviation Road", written and directed by Tian Qinxin, was successively staged in Nanning, Beijing and Shanghai, Guangxi. The work reproduces the touching deeds of Huang Wenxiu, the first secretary of Guangxi Baise Baixiao Village, who sacrificed himself in the front line of poverty alleviation, and pays tribute to the more than 2.9 million village-based cadres, young party members and first secretaries who fought on the "road of poverty alleviation", as well as more than 770 front-line cadres who sacrificed their lives in poverty alleviation posts. Tian Qinxin recalled that on the tenth day of Huang Wenxiu's death, she and her team risked the collapse in front of them and came to the village branch of Baixiao Village, "Poverty alleviation, supporting families one by one, helping people one by one." We literary and art workers should use high-quality literary and artistic creations to help fight poverty and praise this earthly miracle that touched the heavens and the earth. ”
Actively preparing for the "Red Season"
On December 8, 2020, Tian Qinxin was officially appointed as the president of the National Drama Theatre. "In the past, I was an artist, I could hide in a small building and be at ease, but now as the head of the 'drama national team', I really need to invest more energy to start administrative work." In this interview, she told The Paper that she wants to make the National Drama Theatre a paradise for artists, "I definitely want to serve artists." What I think about the most is to bring together the star artists, so that more audiences can see their style on the drama stage, more good dramas, more talents. ”
To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, the National Drama Theatre is actively preparing for the "Red Performance Season". "We'll probably have seven plays. The first is "The Age of Heroes", which reflects the theme of public security, which is also the first of the National Drama Theatre of China to be created together with literary and artistic films, with stars such as Li Guangjie, Xin Baiqing, Ni Dahong, Liu Peiqi, and Han Tongsheng; "The Red Beginning" is a script adapted from Ye Yonglie's book of the same name in cooperation with the Shanghai Theater Academy Youth Drama Troupe; the third play is a play based on the novel of the same name, "The Last Radio Wave", and the theater will also launch a small theater drama "The Warrior Looking for a Writer". In addition, the masterpiece "Soldiers, Major Events of the Nation" that inherited the former General Political Drama Troupe will also be reprocessed and sorted out, and will be put on the stage again on August 1. In addition, the two re-arranged main theme works, "Three Bays, That Night", which "Reflects the Branch Built on the Lianshang", and the realistic theme work "Gu Wenchang", which reflects the heroic model characters, will also be rehearsed and staged, together constituting the 'Red Performance Season'. ”
"China in the Story" filming scene with Tao Hong
"China in the Story" filming scene with Guan Xiaotong
"China in the Story" filming scene with director Zuo Xing (wearing a mask)
In 2019, Tian Qinxin was invited to become the seasonly cultural program of CCTV Comprehensive Channel and the chief director of the drama "China in the Story". In the first season of the show, each episode takes a new Chinese classic literary and artistic work as the theme, through the art form of "drama + film and television + variety", adheres to the second creation of "one drama and one grid", and recreates the classic for the audience with realistic creation techniques. "The focus of the second season of 'China in the Story' is to pay tribute to the heroic models of new China, such as 'Grassland Erji' Du Guima, 'The Great Doctor, for the Country and the People' Zhong Nanshan, China's 'Father of Heavenly Eyes' Nan Rendong, Huang Wenxiu, the first secretary of the village, and the post-90s medical team. Around these era models, there is no ready-made script story to rely on, the creative team needs to compile relevant materials and deeds into a play, although the drama link of each program is only half an hour, but each is a big drama. Tian Qinxin said that it is precisely by participating in this program jointly created by the National Drama Theatre and CCTV that he can seriously consider the new topics of image production and online communication of drama performances, "The advent of the digital era is irresistible, and the integration of science and art is also the trend of the times. ”
On the first day of the Chinese New Year in 2021, following "China in the Story", "China in the Classics", jointly launched by the CCTV Comprehensive Channel of the Central Radio and Television Corporation, CCTV Creative Media and the National Drama Theatre of China, was launched as another blockbuster large-scale cultural program. In the first program "Shang Shu", through a fixed theatrical stage, a main line of book inheritance, and an image of a book that sacrificed his life to protect the book, the dialogue between the upper and lower 4,000 years was realized. The intervention of cutting-edge stage technologies such as screen projection, AR, and real-time tracking has created an audiovisual field that travels through historical time and space, allowing young audiences to "know where to come from and where to go", and feel the long history of Chinese culture. As the artistic director of the program, Tian Qinxin told the surging news that the first episode of "China in the Classics" "Shangshu" premiered, and the famous performance artist Ni Dahong of the National Drama Theatre of China played Fusheng, and the style of the program was ancient and modern time and space dialogue, which quickly broke the circle from television to the Internet, "This is a signal of the resurgence of Chinese culture." ”
According to the crew colleagues, everyone called Tian Qinxin to "boil" worship, is a "desperate three women", from the script conception to on-site rehearsal, to the synthesis rehearsal post-production, the whole process of grasping, everything has to worry about everything, but never said the word "difficult" in her mouth. Tian Qinxin introduced that the creative team formed together with CCTV Comprehensive Channel and CCTV Creation Media completed the arduous creation of the first two seasons of "China in the Story" and established a good cooperative relationship with each other, "Xu Wenguang, deputy director of CCTV Comprehensive Channel, and Guo Tong, general manager of CCTV Creation Media, are two talented leaders, gentle and elegant and have strong execution. The directors of the two programs, Zuo Xing and Lu Xiaobo, have strong combat effectiveness, from the script check to the scene, almost sleepless; the screenwriter Zhang Kunpeng creates solidly, accompanies the whole process, and adjusts at any time. With such a concerted team, we can create a program that the people love to hear. This year, in addition to continuing to produce "China in the Classics", we will also launch the third season of "China in the Story". ”
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