China News Service, Tianjin, September 29th. Title: Writer Wan Fang talks about father Cao Yu: He is indeed a playwright who travels through the ages
Chinanews reporter Zhang Daozheng
This year marks the 110th anniversary of the birth of drama master Cao Yu.
The famous writer, screenwriter, and daughter of Cao Yu, Wan Fang, came to Tianjin where her father lived on the 28th. She spent a whole day intensively participating in activities and revisited Cao Yu's journey, which was quite emotional.
Talking about Cao Yu's artistic path and artistic achievements, she said: "He (Cao Yu) is indeed a playwright who travels through the ages."
As an outstanding dramatist at home and abroad, Cao Yu created the golden age of Chinese drama and is a landmark figure in the history of Chinese drama.
Cao Yu was born in Tianjin on September 24, 1910, and then entered Nankai Middle School and Nankai University to study.
The art of drama in Nankai series of schools made him embark on the road of drama.
The life in Tianjin has laid a solid foundation for Cao Yu's drama creation.
"Everyone commemorates him because of his several works, and the city where he was born and grew up here really gave him nourishment for the creation of these works, so I think Tianjin and his works It's a relationship of flesh and blood." Wan Fang said, commemorating Cao Yu in Tianjin is of special significance.
Indeed, Cao Yu's artistic path and artistic achievements are inseparable from the nourishment of the city of Tianjin and the nourishment of the Nankai series of schools.
In his famous plays, there are a lot of shadows of Tianjin.
Many Tianjin audiences watch Cao Yu's drama like watching the lives of themselves and their neighbors.
Therefore, Cao Yu is an outstanding artist from Tianjin and Nankai School to the world. He is the pride of Tianjin and Nankai School.
Looking back at the time when the master lived, Cao Yu's life is full of ups and downs.
But in order to explore the beauty of drama art, he has never stopped thinking and stepping forward.
Experts believe that Cao Yu's drama is both cosmopolitan and national. Nourished by the art of his predecessors, he has created images that belong to China.
These images are irreplaceable, showing the unique soul of China, and also revealing the perplexity of people in the world.
"Drama is a very important part of human civilization." Wan Fang said, since such a playwright was born in Tianjin, and the vitality of his works is still very strong, I also hope that this vitality can continue in Tianjin Continuing, spreading more widely, showing the power of drama.
Wan Fang expressed that he hopes to see the drama develop more vigorously in Tianjin in the future and there will be more audiences.
"Not only watching my father's play, but I hope there will be more young people who will gain the power of life from the play and work hard." (End)