Chinanews.com, Jinan, September 28 (Sun Hongyuan) In the bloody sunset, "Confucius" was passionately making a monologue in the chasing light: "Who said that a gentleman would not kill? The sage Shang Tang, Zhou Wenwang, Zhou Gong, Jiang Taigong had all been killed Evil people. Evil predominates but benevolence can’t do. You must kill..." The large-scale drama "Confucius" premiered at the Shandong Provincial Grand Theater on the evening of September 28th on the 2571 anniversary of Confucius’s birth. The plot was firmly grasped. The audience's eyeballs.
The drama "Confucius" used a variety of modern artistic expression methods in the process of creating and editing.
The picture shows that Sima Qian was entangled in writing the legend that Confucius killed Shao Zhengmao in the plot.
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The drama "Confucius" produced by the Shandong Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, directed by the famous director Zhang Jigang, and rehearsed by the Shandong Provincial Theater, is divided into "gentlemen", "advance and retreat", "government", "going to the country", "seeing the south" and "dilemma" The eight acts including "crossing the river" and "the other bank" artistically reproduce the historical background and life of Confucius more than 2500 years ago.
The director Zhang Jigang said before the premiere that he hopes to realize theatrical innovation through the play, interpret and spread Confucian culture, and pay tribute to the excellent traditional Chinese culture.
The drama "Confucius" premiered in Shandong.
The picture shows the blind musician using the piano to enlighten Confucius, let him see the world first, the common people second, and himself third.
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At the performance scene that night, the sound, light and shadow accompanied the plot and scene changes, and the audience seemed to have a close dialogue with ancient people more than 2500 years ago.
"The play shows a flesh and blood Confucius, and the audience can approach him and feel his thought temperature and pulse." During the intermission, Xu Xianghong, deputy chairman of the Supervision and Judicial Committee of the Shandong Provincial People's Congress, said in an interview with reporters that the play " "Confucius" has innovations in characterization, drama structure, stage presentation, etc., and the play has a strong sense of hierarchy, not only has a high level of thinking, but also adds a sense of cultural and historical weight. It is a masterpiece to promote excellent traditional culture.
Xu Xianghong said that it is difficult to shape the image of Confucius, on the one hand because everyone is familiar with Confucius, and on the other hand, because there are many works about Confucius.
The play breaks the boundaries of time and space, introduces the roles of Sima Qian and Lai San, and highly evaluates Confucius from a historical perspective, making the evolution of the story clearer, the structure is refreshing, and the conflicts and conflicts created by the drama are more detailed and fascinating.
The picture shows that Confucius traveled around the world to meet Wei Guo's wife Nan Zi, and sternly declined Nan Zi's good intentions.
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"In the process of inheritance, it cannot be copied completely, but creative transformation, innovative development, and interpretation with different art forms." Zhao Yanxi, a researcher at the Shandong Academy of Arts, believes that "Confucius" integrates on the basis of drama Various artistic forms such as opera, dance and symphony are an artistic innovation.
"The interpretation of Confucian artistic thought and the stage presentation of Confucian representatives are both better ways to spread Confucian thought."
During the intermission of the premiere of the drama "Confucius", Xu Xianghong, deputy chairman of the Supervisory and Judicial Committee of the Shandong Provincial People's Congress, was interviewed by reporters.
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"On a limited stage, the unique spring and autumn scenes are shown poetically, the artistic team bursts with passion, and the performance is exquisite. It can be called an epic'poetry drama full of romanticism, noble style, strength, and beauty. "." Jiang Haisheng, dean of the School of Media of Shandong University of Political Science and Law, said in an interview with a reporter from Chinanews.com that Confucius had a huge influence on Chinese and even the world’s culture. Many of Confucius’ ideas have been integrated into people’s daily lives, and many opinions have penetrated into people’s blood. in.
Jiang Haisheng believes that an important feature of the drama "Confucius" is to restore as much as possible the spiritual character of Confucius as a preacher-"a gentleman on the outside and a tough fighter on the inside".
"This drama respects history but does not stick to history. Through this drama, the audience will have a deeper understanding of Confucius, and it will also make more people like Confucius and understand Confucius." The online drama winner of the Chinese Drama Golden Lion Award V. Wei Xin, a historian, feels pleasantly surprised after watching this play:
"Drama can also be rich in history and can shock the soul." Wei Xin commented that the play used modern means such as stage art and lighting to show the passionate and passionate side of Confucius' character.
All history is contemporary history, and Confucianism may also be misinterpreted in the process of inheritance. The image that this drama made him look like was Confucius at that time, a restoration of the image.
The picture shows that Confucius met the Yellow River without crossing, thinking about the great principles between the world of life.
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"Confucianism has a strong sense of responsibility for governing the world and peace, the realm of benevolent people who sacrifice their lives for righteousness, the most upright and righteous, and the feelings of home and country." Shandong Provincial Culture and Tourism Director Wang Lei at the premiere conference of the play It has been stated that the drama "Confucius" presents the profound cultural and historical roots of the Chinese spirit and Chinese power from a new perspective. It will attract more people to understand the spiritual pursuits of the Chinese nation and the origin of the Chinese people’s spirit. The stronger emotional resonance of people of races and different beliefs contributes to the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind and the promotion of exchanges and mutual learning among world civilizations, and contributes to Shandong's strength.
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