[Explanation] On the evening of May 18th, the drama "Confucius" was staged in the Changchun Confucian Temple Museum. The play used the expressive technique of traversing to present Confucius' youthful learning, youth inspiration, middle-aged teaching, and promote the great life of rituals, music and benevolence .
The drama "Confucius" took one and a half years to complete.
At the performance site, the audience saw a vivid and amiable image of Confucius, who had both charm and demeanor, but also sentiment and wisdom.
There were more than ten actors from the Jilin City Repertory Troupe performing that night, and three of them played Confucius from different periods.
Wang Li, a young Confucius actor, said that as an actress, she still encountered many difficulties in shaping the image of Confucius.
[Concurrent] Young Confucius actor Wang Li
Because girls want to play the role of boys, they must constantly hone themselves, and then this is a time-sensitive play, so in terms of cultural heritage, I will continue to learn, and then continue to read the old master of Confucius. Books.
[Explanation] The actor of the elderly Confucius is 34-year-old actor Shan Xingkai.
In order to portray the physical form of the elderly Confucius more deeply, Shan Xingkai had to refer to the pictures of Confucius walking and teaching to imitate and understand, and strive to show the cute side of Confucius to the audience.
[Concurrent] Shan Xingkai, the old Confucius actor
Through some of my own ideas, plus some modern elements, what I think is that what I made is probably a little cute Confucius, so that I will be more confident.
[Commentary] In addition to telling the story of Confucius' life, the creative team also strives to let the audience understand historical allusions such as "rule and fierce than tigers" and "lectures in apricots" through stage performances.
Xin Wanze, director of the drama "Confucius", introduced that in the creation process, they expressed many obscure classical Chinese texts in modern language, allowing the audience to understand history more intuitively.
Xin Wanze also said that although many modern elements have been added, the core of the drama still maintains the "original flavor" of history.
[Concurrent] Director Xin Wanze
We must first respect history, and at the same time we must use newer methods to express history. Therefore, we feel that using drama as a method of expression must also better convey history and spread this kind of thinking.
Reporter Sun Boyan reports from Changchun
Editor in charge: [Ji Xiang]