China News Service, Kunming, October 30 (Xiong Jiaxin) "Yunnan Lantern Opera will take the revitalization of rural culture as an opportunity to be inherited and protected, and at the same time feed back local culture, bringing vitality to the construction of beautiful villages and the development of rural tourism." Recently, Yunnan Lantern Festival Huang Shaocheng, the theater secretary, president, and national first-class actor, said in an exclusive interview with a reporter from Chinanews.com.
Yunnan lantern opera is an ancient traditional opera, originated from folk lantern singing and dancing. It is popular in all parts of Yunnan, Sichuan and Guizhou. It is full of strong local flavor and ethnic characteristics. There are nine sects, such as crossing lanterns and Chuxiong lanterns.
In June 2008, Yunnan Lantern Opera was listed as a national intangible cultural heritage by the State Council.
"The art of Yunnan lantern opera is simple and generous, the tunes and lyrics are catchy, and full of positive energy folk customs." Huang Shaocheng introduced that the tunes of Yunnan lantern opera are mainly folk songs and minor tunes. In the soil, the multi-ethnic characteristics are particularly prominent, and at the same time, influenced by the Yunnan Opera, it is suitable for performing large dramas with complete plots and distinct themes.
The picture shows Huang Shaocheng singing live at the music sharing session.
Photo by Li Jiaxian
For a long time, Yunnan Lantern Theater has been committed to the protection and inheritance of Yunnan Lantern Opera. It performs more than 200 Lantern Opera performances in Yunnan every year. "Suoluo Village", "Yunling Huateng", "Wang Desan" and other excellent lantern plays not only carry forward the characteristics and laws of lantern operas, but also discover new phenomena and new characters, and vividly interpret the stories of the times with local traditional operas.
"Yunnan lantern opera maintains a lasting and vigorous vitality, not only active on the stage, but also among the people, but the status quo in the inheritance of tunes and the training of actors is still not optimistic." Huang Shaocheng suggested that the awareness of lantern opera protection should be re-established and the opening of The courses related to lantern opera in primary and secondary schools will strengthen the training of all-round talents such as actors, directors, and dancers, and create a space for lantern opera study and performance in theaters and small stages.
Huang Shaocheng said that the revitalization of rural culture is an important part of the implementation of the rural revitalization strategy. Yunnan Lantern Opera, which has a profound background and keeps pace with the times, has been making continuous efforts on the way to benefit the people with culture. In the process of providing cultural services, it also helps Lantern Opera take root in the countryside.
At the same time, it is possible to explore the birthplace of lantern opera and the main popular areas to create an "IP" of lantern culture and integrate it into the construction of beautiful rural areas to empower rural tourism.
"Music tunes with ethnic characteristics are one of the cores of Yunnan lantern opera, and folk songs are also precious 'intangible cultural heritage' that urgently need to be protected and inherited." On October 28, Huang Shaocheng was invited to perform, hosted by China News Network and China News Service Yunnan Branch The fourth phase of the Folk Song Grand View, "Golden Autumn Leaves Are Red - See Yunnan Classic Folk Song Music Sharing Session", he hopes that this "Cloud Folk Song Feast" with unique national characteristics will continue to be carried out, which will open the way for Yunnan folk songs and local operas to go global. window.
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