China News Service, Fuzhou, July 5th (Reporter Liu Kegeng) The National Art Fund's 2020 Artistic Talent Training Funding Project - Fujian Opera "Plum and Jade Matching" Youth Performing Talent Training, the opening ceremony was held at the Fujian Provincial Experimental Fujian Theater on the 5th.

　　As a classic repertoire of the theater, the Fujian Opera "Plum and Jade Matching", it has been more than 100 years since the premiere of Mr. Zheng Yizuo, known as the "Fujian Opera Mei Lanfang", in 1918.

Zheng Yizuo became famous by playing the protagonist Su Zhenyu in the play. This play has also created many famous Fujian opera masters such as Li Mingyu, Guo Xizhu, Lin Ying, etc., and has inherited seven generations of actors. Thousands of shows are the theater's "house-watching show".

　　Zhou Hong, director of Fujian Provincial Experimental Fujian Theatre, said that the older generation of Fujian opera artists represented by national intangible inheritors such as Mr. Lin Ying had performed in Taijiang, Fuzhou for six consecutive months, and the venue was full; Chen Hongxiang and Chen Qiong's "Three Plum Blossoms", represented by the new generation of leading actors, continue to carry forward the play, and they went to Taiwan to participate in the Fujian Cultural Treasure Island Tour, and went to Singapore to participate in the Ministry of Culture and Tourism's Happy China Year activities, and performed three consecutive performances at the Esplanade. The performances have been highly praised by Taiwan compatriots and overseas folks.

　　In 2021, "Plum and Jade Matching" was also selected for the "Video, Audio and Video" project of Chinese opera by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.

In 2022, the theater will innovate the overseas promotion method of the play, and jointly organize the Lantern Festival Hokkien Opera Gala with the Federation of Fujian Associations in Canada. On the Lantern Festival, they will jointly present the play to overseas folks living in Canada in the form of online performances, which have achieved good responses. .

　　The Fujian Opera "Plum and Jade Matching" better preserves the traditional science and introduction of Fujian Opera. , fresh and lively, so that the play has always maintained a strong vitality, which is of great significance to protecting and inheriting the culture of the play.

　　With the support and care of the National Arts Fund and the Fujian Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, this is also the case of the Fujian Provincial Experimental Fujian Theatre following the training of young performers in the Fujian Opera "Relegation to an Official" in 2014 and the training of young performers in the Fujian Opera "Double Butterfly Fan" in 2019. For the third time, he was selected into the talent training project of the National Art Fund.

　　Fujian Provincial Experimental Fujian Theatre attaches great importance to this youth talent training project, and has organized a strong lineup of teachers, bringing together well-known experts in the field of opera, national and provincial intangible inheritors, actors of Wenhua Award and Plum Blossom Award, as well as "Mei Yu Pei". "The older generation of artists and senior actors in the crew, etc., provide demonstration teaching to young actors.

　　Lin Ying, a teacher representative and a national non-genetic inheritor, said that as a teaching teacher, it is not only an honor but also a heavy responsibility; as a non-genetic inheritor, the responsibility is to pass on the classic repertoire of Fujian Opera from generation to generation, innovate in the inheritance, and at the same time Through the inheritance of repertoire, good seedlings are found, and the fire of Fujian opera can be passed down from generation to generation.

　　Wen Yan, a student representative and a young actor, said that he was grateful to the National Art Foundation and the Fujian Provincial Experimental Min Theatre for providing such a good platform, allowing young actors to have such a valuable learning opportunity.

The trainees will actively and earnestly participate in the learning and practice, and hope that through this talent training project of the National Arts Fund, the professional skills and artistic and cultural accomplishment will be brought to a new level.

　　A total of 15 students from all walks of life have been enrolled in this training class. These students are all potential, talented young performers who are emerging in the field of opera. The one-month intensive training will be held on August 4th. The trainees will report and perform to the society.

　　Fujian Opera, also known as "Fuzhou Opera", originated in the late Ming Dynasty and has a history of more than 400 years. It is the only type of opera that is sung and recited in Fuzhou dialect. , Hong Kong, Macao and overseas Chinese living places in Southeast Asian countries.

After hundreds of years of transformation, Fujian Opera has formed an artistic style that draws on others' strengths and integrates well, and is included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage protection lists.

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