China News Service, Lanzhou, June 24 (Wang Muyu) On the afternoon of the 23rd, the large-scale textbook drama "The Power of Example - Lei Feng" created by the Lanzhou Children's Art Troupe premiered at the Lanzhou Yellow River Theater.
When "Lei Feng" on the stage asked the children in the audience what they wanted to do when they grew up, the audience scrambled to answer "I want to be an astronaut", "I want to be a doctor", "I want to be a teacher"...
The play tells the story of Lei Feng who went to the labor site to do voluntary labor when he was sick, escorted his aunt home in the wind and rain, donated money to the disaster area, and sent money to his family for his comrades. The image of an ordinary and great PLA soldier demonstrates Lei Feng's spirit of serving the people wholeheartedly, regardless of fame and fortune, regardless of personal gain or loss.
"The Power of Role Models - Lei Feng" is based on a short poem "Uncle Lei Feng, where are you" in the Chinese textbook for the second grade of primary school, which took two years to compile and complete.
Director and screenwriter Wang Yufei said in an interview with a reporter from Chinanews.com that she found her creative impulse when she discovered that students did not fully understand Lei Feng and Lei Feng's spirit in the short poems.
"The Power of Example - Lei Feng" premiere stills.
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"Through the combination of reality and reality, the life of Lei Feng is clearly explained in a limited space, and Lei Feng has an interactive dialogue with today's children. The content is integrated into the story of people around him in the new era who learn from Lei Feng's model, so that the children can understand more deeply. The experience of Lei Feng's spirit is all around us, and everyone can learn from Lei Feng's spirit." Wang Yufei said.
Towards the end of the performance, the actor who played "Lei Feng" invited the three representatives of "Good People from Lanzhou" to the stage to receive flowers from the Young Pioneers.
Zhang Lingyu, a third-grade student at Shuichiyuan Primary School in Chengguan District, Lanzhou City, shed tears of sadness when she saw Lei Feng's accidental sacrifice during the mission.
She said that she will be like Lei Feng in the future, helping others and doing more good deeds.
"The stage play vividly presents the scene of the text "Uncle Lei Feng, where are you". I believe that children will be deeply impressed after watching it." Lei Lei, a language teacher at Shuicheyuan Primary School in Chengguan District, Lanzhou City, said that the textbook play It is a good aid for primary school Chinese teaching.
"The Power of Example - Lei Feng" premiere stills.
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Wang Huiling, head of Lanzhou Children's Art Troupe, said that the stage play "The Power of Example - Lei Feng" was launched to let the audience intuitively experience Lei Feng's ordinary and great touching deeds, and to experience Lei Feng's "serving the people, helping others for pleasure", "doing a line, loving The spiritual connotation of "one line, one line" and "hard work, diligence and thrift".
"Lanzhou Children's Art is for children. The original intention of our arranging this drama is to let the children watch middle school, think in learning, have fun in thinking, realize in music, and practice in realization." Wang Huiling said.
It is reported that Lanzhou Children's Art Troupe has transplanted, created and arranged more than 20 textbook dramas in recent years. Last year, the large-scale textbook drama "Hailibu" based on the fifth grade Chinese text "Hunter Hailibu" won the award in Gansu Province. The 10th Dunhuang Literature and Art Award.
A person in charge of the Lanzhou Children's Activity Center said that in the context of the "double reduction" of national education, Lanzhou Children's Arts has launched a series of textbook plays that can effectively connect students' after-school time, so that students can feel the experience when watching the stage play. Stage art charm, entertaining.
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