[Viewing the tide of literature and art]

　　July 1 this year marks the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland.

At such a time point, a TV series "Story Under the Lion Mountain", which tells about two generations and four families who have worked together and helped each other for decades under the Lion Mountain, is being released on the CCTV Comprehensive Channel (CCTV-1) of China Central Radio and Television Station. files, Tencent video hits.

With ordinary Hong Kong citizens as the protagonists, the play tells the story of the struggle of two generations in the great era. It depicts the development and changes of Hong Kong with warm and realistic brushstrokes, and demonstrates the hard-working, hard-working and self-improving spirit of Hong Kong people. and yearning for a better life.

　　As of June 20th, the number of readings on the topic #story under the lion mountain# has reached 54.777 million, #story under the lion mountain# and many other topics have been on the hot search list on Weibo, and have been ranked in the live broadcast of cool cloud TV. Top attention.

The show currently ranks third in the TV series of the same period on the same broadcast date on all star channels in terms of average ratings.

On social platforms, some viewers said, "This drama inherits the narrative tradition of Hong Kong dramas, and realizes the construction of a unique civilian epic by seeing the big from the small and seeing the leopard in the tube."

　　1. Telling the ups and downs of ordinary people in Hong Kong

　　The stories of ordinary people are the most touching. "The Story of the Lion Mountain" chooses to break the topic with small characters, and uses the tea restaurant as the entry point and display stage to tell the life stories and struggle group portraits experienced by the people who run the tea restaurant.

The story begins with Li Gaoshan, the owner of the "good brother" tea restaurant, picking up his wife and children to Hong Kong. Liang Huan and Li Gaoshan are from the mainland and Hong Kong respectively. They have experienced love and regret, life and death.

　　Liang Huan, who came to Hong Kong to reunite with her husband, looked at the newly completed Hung Hom Gymnasium, and yearned for a better life in Hong Kong; once for all, he did not let his father who owes gambling debts escape Hong Kong, and helped him repay the money together, and he was born in the face of adversity; In order to take pictures of the disaster scene, the reporter Lao Yongan was not afraid of hardships, and the fighting spirit flowed in the second generation of the "tea restaurant"; Li Youyou, as a nurse, showed fearless professionalism in the "SARS" epidemic .

　　The characters in the play came from different regions of the mainland and Hong Kong when they met, but in fact they were all mainlanders who came to Hong Kong to work hard at different times.

The blood is thicker than water in the mainland and Hong Kong, and it is reflected in them.

　　The time span and historical changes are destined to have a grand background, but the creators chose a narrative method full of warm realism, telling the ups and downs of the little people in the torrent of the times, and realizing the same frequency resonance between the fate of the little people and the times.

Here, historical events no longer exist as a vague background of the story, not only as the extension of the scene and the expansion of space, but constitute the life process of the characters themselves.

Every tear, sweat, labor, and struggle of the characters constitute the creation of this development history.

　　2. Two generations restore and witness the real Hong Kong

　　What is your memory of Hong Kong?

The traffic in Central and the lights of Victoria Harbour?

Or the fireworks on the streets of Kowloon and the flavors of life in tea restaurants?

　　The tricycle carried the mother and daughter in the mainland away from their hometown, and the bumpy journey recreated the historical scene full of realism; the knitted sweater with the rolled up thread and the gray shirt, the retro atmosphere blows; the yellowed telephone in the cafeteria Sounds from time to time, mixed with the paging sound of the BP machine around the character's waist... Hong Kong in the 1980s is on full display in the first few episodes.

　　With the most authentic brushstrokes and rich details, the ubiquitous mellow humanity flows in the play.

"Story Under the Lion Mountain" strives to create the texture and characteristics of each era in the play, following the realism The quality of creation makes personal destiny and family and country feelings transcend time and space and reach people's hearts.

　　For the early core scene in the play, the tea restaurant, the creators also faithfully restored the colors, patterns, building materials, etc., and even the fonts on the signboard of the tea restaurant have also made detailed changes in different eras.

On the signboard of the tea restaurant, in the shouting of the clerk when serving food, the moment the delivery clerk put the lunch box in the hands of the diners, "Wonton Noodles", "Pigeon Tun Wing", "Roast Goose Rice", "Lotus Seeds" "Lily Red Bean Paste", "Barbecued Pork Noodles"... These Chinese rice dishes from the tea restaurant are displayed in rows of Chinese characters and appear in Chinese words.

They connect the people who travel from south to north in Hong Kong, and also connect the Chinese heart and "Chinese stomach" with the same origin.

　　The meticulous style is also reflected in the creator's presentation of the characters.

Liang Huan, the first-generation operator of the tea restaurant, is from the Mainland and is played by Hong Kong actor Myolie Wu.

One of the operators of the tea restaurant, Lao Jin, is a native of Hong Kong. He is played by mainland actor Huang Jue, who portrays his transformation from a gambler to a hard worker in a meticulous and expressive manner.

The actors from the mainland and Hong Kong in the play have achieved a very integrated interpretation of different roles in terms of performance style. At the same time, "The Story of the Lion Rock" also specially presents two versions of Mandarin and Cantonese, and also in artistic performance. It conveys the Chinese love of the same root and the same origin.

　　3. Gather the spiritual strength to forge ahead in major historical events

　　"Regardless of Hong Kong and the Mainland, there is no distinction between you and us", "The Story of the Lion Rock" is like a description of the life story of a big family, showing the spiritual inheritance of generations and the persistence of benevolence and kindness.

The play not only focuses on the stories of people working hard in Hong Kong, but also shows the value of human feelings and the power of life.

　　The major historical events that have occurred in the past decades, such as Sino-British negotiations, the return of Hong Kong, the financial turmoil, the successful bid for the Olympic Games, the SARS epidemic, the global financial tsunami, and the construction of the Greater Bay Area, have been transformed into bits and pieces that affect people's lives, work, thoughts and emotions. Drops, constitute the life trajectory of the characters' joys and sorrows, hard work and struggle.

Here, historical events promote the process of character growth, and the characters' struggle stories condense into the creation of this development history.

In this period of history, people can see the blooming flowers in the mainland and the lights of thousands of homes in Hong Kong. It is the mutual radiance of the two places, and it is also their own past and future.

　　Looking at the construction and development of the motherland from the perspective of Hong Kong people, with the big tea and restaurant family as the center, "Story Under the Lion Rock" not only shows the real and beautiful life of Hong Kong people after Hong Kong's return to the motherland, but also praises the life of ordinary workers under the opportunity. Hard work and life choices.

　　In the play, the children who grew up with the tea restaurant also began to explore their own career fields. Their emotional stories and workplace experiences brought more highlights to the plot.

The tea restaurant business in the play has not only become bigger and stronger in Hong Kong, but also expanded to the mainland.

The story of Lion Rock Cafe has built a solid bridge to promote people-to-people bonds between the Mainland and Hong Kong, and condensed the spiritual strength to move forward.

　　On the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland, "Story Under the Lion Rock" realizes the warm expression of Hong Kong's story in the atmosphere of fireworks.

It shows us that history is created by every human being with flesh and blood, the story is composed of every detail that can be seen, felt, and remembered, and the resonance comes from the inspiration of the Chinese family that has the same root and the same root as the "Lion Rock Spirit".

　　(Author: Zhang Zixuan, a professor at the School of Language and Communication, Beijing Jiaotong University; Niu Mengdi, a reporter from this newspaper)