The first 4K panoramic Cantonese opera movie "White Snake Legend • Love" was broadcast exclusively on Station B

International online news: On October 10, the Cantonese opera movie "White Snake Legend" directed by Zhang Jianfeng, starring famous drama actors and winners of the "Plum Blossom Award" Zeng Xiaomin and Wen Ruqing, and co-starring Wang Yanfei and Zhu Hongxing, was broadcast exclusively on station b. Previously, this Cantonese opera film was released in May this year, the film will be familiar to the audience of the "white snake" story and the intangible cultural heritage of Cantonese opera skillfully integrated, to achieve an innovative breakthrough in opera films, it is not only the first 4K panoramic Cantonese opera film in China, but also the first 4K panoramic sound film launched on the b station.

The story interpretation of "The Legend of the White Snake" follows the background of "The Legend of the White Snake", which is not much subversive, but it has brought new life to the national essence. It is different from the traditional opera film "stage performance + live shooting" performance method, with freehand aesthetics to unify the whole film, in the use of film technology and expression methods have been innovative exploration, the audience is familiar with the "white snake" story and intangible cultural heritage Cantonese opera skillfully integrated. The film uses a flexible fairy ink style picture, up to 90% of the special effects screen, to bring the audience a sense of "renewal".

In terms of character building, the film shows more complex human nature and richer emotions. Bai Suzhen tried his best to break the shackles of traditional concepts such as the special way of the demon; Xu Xian changed the cowardly image of the past, had the courage to admit his mistakes, and stepped forward; Fahai no longer simply clings to a thought with the special way of the demon, and gives exoneration and tolerance with the "heart of a benevolent person". In terms of scene arrangement, the real scene is integrated with the traditional Chinese painting style, the popular Chinese comic style and computer animation elements, so that the characters in the play are placed in a beautiful environment like ink landscape painting, and in a Chinese aesthetic connotation that seems to be real and virtual, real and illusory, full of poetic and lyrical meaning, the harmony between people and scenery, the fusion of love and situation has been achieved.

Xiqu is a highly comprehensive art form, and as an opera film, "The Legend of the White Snake" continues the artistic core of xiqu, integrating literature, music, painting, calligraphy, sculpture, architecture, dance, costumes, quyi and many other arts and technologies into one furnace, containing the genetic code of the Artistic Aesthetic and Cultural Spirit of the Chinese Nation. The music throughout the film is charming, the lyrics are clear and unsophisticated, and even audiences who have never heard Cantonese opera before will be infected by the lyrics in the film.

The solo broadcast of "White Snake Legend and Love" on station B is another attempt by station B to embrace traditional culture and embrace national essence. Previously, at the 2021 New Year's Eve Gala of Station B, qiu Jirong, the fourth-generation heir of the Qiu Pai family of Peking Opera, performed the opera work "Surprise Hong", which integrated a variety of opera arts such as Kunqu opera, Qin Cavity, Commentary, Sichuan Opera, and Peking Opera, which was widely loved by the audience. In 2019, the program "Prosperous Singing All Over" simulated the Kunqu opera singing voice through virtual vocal technology, and added "Peony Pavilion", "Peach Blossom Fan" and Song and Yuan Miscellaneous Songs to the lyrics. Combined with the animation, it shows a young girl passing on the torch of traditional opera, which is also welcomed by the audience. The "White Snake Biography and Love" was launched, and the four leading actors Zeng Xiaomin, Wen Ruqing, Wang Yanfei and Zhu Hongxing all entered the B station to lead young people to appreciate the charm of Cantonese opera.