China News Service, Shaoxing, August 1 (Reporter Xiang Jing) On August 1, a seminar to pay tribute to the 80th anniversary of the reform of Yue Opera and the 100th anniversary of Yuan Xuefen's birth were held in Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province, the birthplace of Yue Opera. Yue Opera artists, industry experts and scholars, etc. Gathered to discuss why the Yue Opera reform "started again".
Yue Opera originated in Shaoxing and originated in Shanghai. It was included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage lists in China. It is the "Chinese opera" in the eyes of foreigners.
For more than 100 years, generations of Yue Opera artists have made great efforts to reform, carry forward the traditional Chinese opera art, and sing it at home and abroad.
Yu Feng, vice-chairman of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, pointed out in his speech that Yue Opera is a treasure of Chinese opera art, carrying the nostalgia of Jiangnan and embodying a euphemistic and elegant artistic style.
The rapid development of Yue Opera lies in the fact that it is closely related to the times, and is closely related to society and the people.
Photo by Xiang Jing, a commemorative poster about Yuan Xuefen
Yuan Xuefen is one of the "Ten Sisters of Yue Opera" and the pioneer of Yue Opera reform.
Since the 1940s, Yuan Xuefen has guided a large number of Yue Opera artists to reform the traditional Yue Opera with the principle of "being an innocent man and singing opera seriously", and established a set of "writing, directing, sound, dance and beauty" as a whole. It also composed and performed a large number of fine plays with the spirit of the times and patriotism, such as "Xiang Lin's Wife", which has a profound impact on the development of modern Yue Opera.
Fang Yafen, a direct disciple of Yuan Pai and a Chinese national first-class actor, said that as an artist, Teacher Yuan Xuefen regards art as life and strives for excellence in art, "She told me that an artist can do more good works besides creating good works for the people. for the people".
Wang Ankui, former director of the Xiqu Research Institute of the China National Academy of Arts, recalled that in the past 80 years since the reform of Yue Opera, the screenwriter, director, performance, music, stage beauty and other aspects of Yue Opera have been continuously reformed. For example, the establishment of Zhejiang Xiaobaihua Yue Opera Troupe has effectively changed The state of opera losing its young audience.
Therefore, it is necessary to take history as a mirror and promote the good experience of reform.
Yuan Xuefen's life guidelines are written on the exhibition board: Be innocent, sing seriously and earnestly Photo by Xiang Jing
At present, in the context of promoting the creative transformation and innovative development of Chinese excellent traditional culture, how can the century-old Yue Opera "start again"?
Yu Feng said that reform and advancement are the driving force for the development of art. It is necessary to create more lively new works of Yue Opera to rejuvenate the vitality of ancient opera genres.
Cui Wei, secretary general of the Chinese Dramatists Association, also believes that the development of art cannot be satisfied with the old audience and the old aesthetics, but must be closely integrated with the times. "Seizing the opportunities of the times" is the most important issue facing Yue Opera.
Mao Weitao, a famous Yue Opera performing artist, pointed out in his keynote speech "What to Take to Face Today's Times" that for the development of Yue Opera, there needs to be a "new awakening", instead of being immersed in the glory of the past. Yue Opera develops a "new track".
Taking Shaoxing as an example, Sheng Yuechun, secretary of the Shaoxing Municipal Party Committee, took Shaoxing as an example. In recent years, Shaoxing is taking the promotion of Yue Opera's declaration of the representative of human intangible cultural heritage as the lead, forming the Shaoxing Performing Arts Group, and creating a matrix of "1+5" Yue Opera troupes at the city and county levels. , invests 10 million yuan every year to support the creation of Yue Opera, and a large number of fine plays have emerged, including the modern Yue Opera "Love in the Walnut Tree".
Yue Opera "A Wisp of Hemp: The Bridal Room", Yue Opera "Xianglin's Wife, Looking Up and Asking the Heaven"... At the scene, a number of winners of the Chinese Drama Plum Blossom Award from Shaoxing sang the classic excerpts of the Yuan School, reviewing the classics and looking forward to the future.
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