"White Haired Girl" is an opera that I believe many friends have heard a little.
Among them, the classic singing section of "the north wind that blows, the snowflake that flutters..." is that almost everyone can come to a sentence.
From 1945 to the present, "The White-Haired Girl" has been staged countless times, and the actor has changed from the original teacher Wang Kun to her student Wang Erni.
In fact, what many people don't know is that the opera "White Haired Girl" still has a very deep relationship with Chairman Mao, and Wang Kun, who played the white-haired woman for the first time, has formed an indissoluble relationship with Chairman Mao.
Chairman Mao
Without further ado, today's Brief History Archive will tell you about the story between Chairman Mao and Wang Kun and the white-haired woman.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="6" > the true meaning and origin of "white-haired woman"</h1>
Many people have heard of the white-haired woman, but they do not know where the white-haired woman came from and where it came from.
In fact, the origin of the white-haired girl is mainly derived from the folk tales of the Jin-Cha-Ji Border Region.
Legend has it that there is a girl named Xi'er in this story, because she was persecuted by the old society, which caused Xi'er to become a young white-headed, as the name suggests, a white-haired woman.
In 1942, Chairman Mao gave the white-haired girl a chance to be born.
At that time, Chairman Mao delivered a "Speech at the Yan'an Forum on Literature and Art" in Yan'an, Shaanxi Province, where Chairman Mao proposed that literature and art are not superclassical and should be integrated with the masses.
So three years later, in 1945, some artists at the Lu Xun Art Institute in Yan'an were inspired, and because of Chairman Mao's strong support, the dean and some artists began to create artistic creations that combined with the masses.
At this time, the "Xi'er" of the Jin-Cha-Ji Border Region gave these people countless inspirations.
Under such a creative background, Lu Xun Art Institute processed and adapted this folk tale and made it into an artistic opera "White Haired Girl".
As soon as "The White-Haired Girl" came out, it received great support from the masses, and in addition to the original romantic spirit of art, it also added the communist party's theory of class struggle.
In this way, art is truly integrated into the masses, everyone can understand art, integrate into art, understand art, "White Haired Girl" was launched and widely praised.
It can be said that many people at that time saw from Xi'er the image of the peasant who did not accept defeat and resisted humiliation.
Stills from "The White-Haired Girl"
I think the creation of "The White-Haired Girl" must not forget these names:
The White Haired Girl was collectively created by Lu Xun Art Institute in Yan'an, written and adapted by He Jingzhi and Ding Yi, and composed by Marco, Zhang Lu, Qu Wei, Huan Zhi, Xiang Yu, Chen Zi, Liu Chi and others.
Thus, in 1945, this great epoch-making opera "The White-Haired Girl" came out!
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In 1945, "The White Haired Girl" was written in Yan'an, and in April of the same year, "The White Haired Girl" was officially performed at the Seventh National Congress of the Communist Party of China.
At that time, Wang Kun, who was only 20 years old, became the best candidate for the protagonist xi'er of "White Haired Girl", and it is worth mentioning that Wang Kun was also the first xi'er in China.
Wang Kun
Soon to perform on stage, the young Wang Kun was not nervous, but Chairman Mao and President Zhu and others appeared to be much more "nervous."
In his later years, Wang Kun recalled the scene at that time:
"Newborn calves are not afraid of tigers. The first time I performed at the Seventh National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the heads of the liberated areas came, almost all of them, and the important leaders Mao Zedong and Zhu De all came. ”
After saying this, Wang Kun went on to recall:
"They came to tell me, don't be nervous, I said I'm not nervous, nervous what to do, I don't know, go out when you go out, I will sing." The director told me that you would do what you set out, how to do it. ”
Seeing that Wang Kun was not nervous, Chairman Mao and others returned to their seats to prepare to watch the performance.
He Jingzhi
After the performance began, He Jingzhi opened the curtain, and "The White-Haired Girl" also began to be staged, and when the middle sang "Under the Sun to Make a Grievance", Chairman Mao and others could not help but shed tears on the spot.
Later, when Xi'er was rescued, the opera sang that "the old society forced people into ghosts, and the new society turned ghosts into people", and everyone in the audience stood up and applauded together.
Until the end of the whole play, the audience is still unfinished.
After the end, Chairman Mao, Zhu De, Deng Yingchao, Luo Ruiqing and other leading comrades came to the dressing room in the background and congratulated the actors who participated in "The White-Haired Girl".
Deng Yingchao
Ye Jianying also said that people from his own profession have cried, which shows how successful the performance of "White Haired Girl" is.
In particular, Wang Kun, the protagonist Xi'er's actor, can play the role of Xi'er to the fullest at the age of 20, which makes Chairman Mao praise it even more.
For this reason, Chairman Mao praised Wang Kun to his face, saying that he was:
"Very much the revolutionary courage of hunan women in those years!"
The first from the left is Premier Zhou, and the second from the left is Wang Kun
Premier Zhou later praised Wang Kun's superb performance on various occasions:
"Wow, Wang Kun, you are "White Haired Girl" 20 years ago, and "Farmer's Song" 20 years later!"
The successful performance of "The White-Haired Girl" was supported by many leaders, so Chairman Mao suggested that the script should be brought to the front line and performed by the army's cultural and industrial troupe.
Later, "The White-Haired Girl" not only went to the front line, but also went abroad.
Wang Kun is also more refined on the basis of the original, from the beginning of "White Haired Girl", to the later "Farmer's Song" and so on, every performance of Wang Kun can bring infinite surprises to everyone.
According to Wang Kun's recollection, when we went to perform abroad, many people sent us flowers, and the flowers were too much to collect, and we couldn't hold them.
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After being praised by Chairman Mao and Premier Zhou, Wang Kun was not proud, but more modest.
After the success of the premiere of "The White-Haired Girl" in 1945, Wang Kun began her revolutionary acting career, often performing on the front line and abroad.
In 1977, the Oriental Song and Dance Troupe was restored, and Wang Kun became the new leader of the Oriental Song and Dance Troupe.
There is a saying that goes well, because it used to rain, so I wanted to give someone an umbrella.
During the revolutionary period, Wang Kun knew how difficult it was to perform, so Wang Kun also gave a lot of help to his juniors, and gradually, Wang Kun also had the title of "Bole in the Music World".
During his tenure as the leader of the Oriental Song and Dance Troupe, Wang Kun successively excavated a large number of outstanding musical talents such as Zheng Xulan, Zhu Mingying, Li Lingyu, Cheng Fangyuan, Cheng Lin and so on.
In addition to unearthing these great musicians in the history of Chinese music, Wang Kun has also helped Cui Jian, the godfather of music in the rock circle.
I think this is also something that many people have not thought of!
At that time, Cui Jian was not yet famous, and in 1985, Cui Jian sang a song "Nothing" at the performance of the Oriental Song and Dance Troupe.
At that time, many people questioned Cui Jian, which led to Cui Jian getting a lot of public pressure, but Wang Kun tried his best to promote Cui Jian's performance.
It can be said that Wang Kun has helped the Chinese music scene leave too many talents!
In addition, the students often praise this Wang mother.
One student also recalled that when he participated in the 6th Young Singer Grand Prix Backgammon Cup, because he did not have money on his body and could not make an orchestration arrangement, Wang Kun directly lent the student 10,000 yuan.
When Wang Kun handed the passbook into the hands of this student, the student was also in tears and always thanked Wang Kun for his help.
Wang Kun stills
In addition to discerning pearls and helping students, Wang Kun is also very enthusiastic about public welfare undertakings.
In his later years, Wang Kun donated 1 million yuan to set up a "Wang Kun Scholarship Fund for Outstanding Cold Door Students" in his hometown, which was specially used to help cold door students go to school.
With the help of Wang Kun, many students from poor families have completed their college dreams, and since the establishment of the foundation, Wang Kun has helped nearly 200 students from the cold door to complete their studies.
I think this is the traditional virtue of the Chinese nation! Beauty is something that needs to be inherited step by step!
Without Chairman Mao's strong support for art, there would be no birth of "The White-Haired Girl";
If there is no birth of "White Haired Girl", there will be no classic interpretation of Wang Kun;
Without Wang Kun, there would not be so many talents in the Chinese music scene, and the students of the cold door would not be helped.
Without the above, many of the good things cannot be continued!
I sincerely wish that the Chinese nation will be passed down from generation to generation, just like the spirit conveyed by "The White-Haired Girl".
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