China News Service, Taiyuan, May 28 (Reporter Hu Jian) The original drama "Life of Lacquer Art" with Pingyao pushing the lacquer as the core of the story was presented to the audience for the first time at the Youth Palace Performing Arts Center in Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province on the evening of the 27th. The light lacquer artists have spent more than 60 years in the ups and downs of their lives, throwing up issues related to the protection of traditional culture.
The drama "Life of Lacquer Art" started from the Japanese invading army's occupation of Pingyao, Shanxi during the Anti-Japanese War in 1938. It lasted until the beginning of 1998. The plot time span was 60 years.
Yang Xinwei, the director of the play, said, “We are not only writing the modern development history of Pingyao Pushing Lacquer, but also the spiritual history of Pingyao Pushing Lacquer artists and artists, and also the craftsmanship and style of Pingyao Pushing Lacquer in modern times. The history of the development of painting, modeling and painting."
Stills of the drama "Lacquer Art Life".
Photo courtesy of Taiyuan Repertory Theatre
The screenwriter of the play "Life of Lacquer Art" was co-directed by Song Huijing and Wang Yonghui, director of the Creative Center of Shanxi Provincial Art Research Institute, and director Yang Xinwei.
The plot structure came after several in-depth collections.
The main creators interviewed Xue Shengjin, the first national craftsman of Pushing Lacquer in Pingyao, Shanxi, as well as several crafts masters such as Liang Zhongxiu and Xue Xiaodong. They went deep into Pingyao workshops and commercial streets to interview a large number of Pushing Lacquer practitioners of different ages. And finally created by consulting historical data.
In the play, during the War of Resistance Against Japan, when the Japanese threatened and lured the lacquer craftsmen to make the dead Japanese soldiers, all the craftsmen would rather disband the business, or even die, not to do this, which reflects the national integrity and national spirit of the craftsmen in Pingyao. .
Facing the problem of shoddy lacquer in the modern development process, the main creator also proposed and discussed in the play. How to inherit the lacquer?
How to inherit the lacquer craftsmanship, the lacquer craftsmanship and the original painting?
Stills of the drama "Lacquer Art Life".
Photo courtesy of Taiyuan Repertory Theatre
Talking about the theme expressed in the play, Yang Xinwei said, “This play is not about the craftsmanship, but about the important issue of cultural protection of traditional culture.” Yang Xinwei frankly stated that it was on stage for two hours. The decades-long development process of lacquer is very difficult. Therefore, the main creative takes its typical times, typical events, typical situations, and typical character relationships, and presents them as a dramatic style, pursuing the characteristics of the combination of freehand brushwork and realism in the dramatic beauty of the stage. , Emphasizing the aesthetic spirit of painting and drama and the great beauty of theater.
The drama "Life of Lacquer Art" was jointly launched by Taiyuan City Repertory Troupe and Shanxi Provincial Art Research Institute, and is expected to be performed in Taiyuan in the near future. Previously, Shanxi officials hailed Pingyao Tuguang Lacquer, Gaoping enamelware, and Xin Jiangcheng mud inkstone as the "Shanxi Three Treasures". The play hopes to tell the story of Tuguang lacquer artists to make Tuguang Lacquer one of the "Shanxi Three Treasures". Obtain higher visibility and reputation. (Finish)