Chinanews.com, Lanzhou, November 23 (Song Zixin and Li Yalong) “Tibetan opera tells people to be kind and not to do bad things, just as Tibetan Buddhism has a positive educational significance for people.” A 50-year-old Tibetan villager was only allowed to complete the generation. He said that he hopes that young people can learn more about Tibetan opera culture, and protect and carry forward the "Nan Mute" Tibetan opera, a precious national-level intangible cultural heritage of China.

　　In the alternate season of autumn and winter, in Waimu Village, Wanggertang Town, Xiahe County, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Province, Wan Daichang was dressed in Tibetan opera costumes and paced the stage with props to sing "Namute" Tibetan opera "Aladam" .

Wan Dai Cairang is the lead actor and person in charge of the "Nan Mute" Tibetan opera performance team in Waikiki Village. His Tibetan opera teacher is an elderly man in the same village in his 80s. When he was young, he studied with monks in Labrang Monastery. Tibetan opera.

　　"Namute" Tibetan opera began in Labrang Monastery in the 18th century.

"Nan Mute" is a Tibetan transliteration, which means biography and story.

As the name suggests, "Namute" Tibetan opera is a form of drama art performance with a vivid plot and a complete structure based on the biographies of historical figures, or legendary figures and national heroes in folk tales.

　　"We usually get together to prepare for rehearsal for several days. The villagers arrange the stage together, and then perform in the theater for two consecutive days." Wan Dai introduced that a Tibetan opera like "Aladam" requires singers and dancers. Yu Ming, the whole journey takes about 3 hours.

Everyone is busy plowing the land or working, and the students are also going to school. Only during the Chinese New Year will they have the opportunity to rehearse and study together.

　　"Namute Tibetan Opera spreads and prospers the traditional Tibetan culture through religious interpretation, which greatly enriches the cultural life of farmers and herdsmen." Jiayang Nima, a staff member of the Xiahe County Cultural Center, said that most Tibetans lived in the past. Nomadic life, the grassland is the background, people sing on the ground, without lights and curtains, just a drum and a cymbal accompaniment.

Nowadays, people settle in villages and go out to work for many years, which restricts the development of Tibetan opera in time and space.

　　"Because I have to go out to work, I only have time to guide everyone in the village when I return to my hometown for the New Year. I haven't taught a few students yet..." The complete generation who feels mixed about the inheritance of Nanmu special Tibetan operas let me frankly said. When rehearsing performances for the New Year every year, every household will send people to participate in the performance, and many young people like to listen and learn.

However, he believes that young people still have to go to the theater to receive professional Tibetan opera studies.

The picture shows Wan Dai Cai played on the Outer Kimura stage.

Photo by Song Zixin

　　In July of this year, Wan Dai Cai led the Wai Kimura "Namute" performance team to participate in the third China Tibetan Opera Art Exhibition Week in 2021.

"Such activities are a precious opportunity for Tibetan opera performers to bring together Tibetan opera performances of different styles from all over the world, exchange and study, and promote Tibetan opera culture together," he said.

　　In order to protect the precious national culture of "Nan Mute" Tibetan opera, Gannan Prefecture created a large-scale "Nan Mute" Tibetan opera "Tang Dong Jiebu" and toured in many places.

At the same time, "Nan Mute" Tibetan opera performances are held in theaters, squares and other places from time to time.

For example, there are 8 Tibetan opera villages like Waimu Village in Xiahe County, and they all have their own performance teams.

　　In addition, Gannan Prefecture has successively published books such as "Gannan Tibetan Folk Songs" and "Gannan Tibetan Opera Collection", which strengthened the protection and inheritance of ethnic cultural heritage such as Nanmut Tibetan Opera.

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