China News Service, Beijing, February 9th (Reporter Li Shuangnan) On the 8th and 9th, the newly created Liuzi opera "Old Blue Sky" was staged at the Mei Lanfang Grand Theater in Beijing.
Eighteen years later, Shandong Liuzi Opera Art Protection and Inheritance Center (Shandong Liuzi Opera Troupe) once again brought new works to Beijing for performances.
The newly created Liuzi opera "Old Blue Sky" is an anti-corruption drama full of wit, humor and seriousness.
This play is informal, based on the original image of Bao Gong, and portrays a fresh and refined new Bao Gong in a romantic and vivid way.
The story tells the story of Bao Zheng, a stern and upright official who repeatedly told his old man to return to his hometown, but was sent to Caozhou to investigate and deal with corruption.
Bao Zheng went to Caozhou for a private visit in a micro-clothes, and met Wang Fenlian, a prodigal woman who rode a donkey into the city, and was hired by her as an "old servant" to drive her away.
The two walked and sang all the way, only to realize that Wang Fenlian was invited by corrupt officials to go to the county town to serve Bao Qingtian who came to Caozhou to investigate corruption.
Afterwards, Bao Zheng pretended to be deaf and dumb to delay the time, cleverly evaded the imperial decree, wisely killed corrupt officials, and righteously rescued the hungry people.
Liuzi Opera, also known as Xianzi Opera, also known as Beidiaozi, is one of the ancient tunes of Chinese opera. year history.
In the history of Chinese opera, there have been records of four ancient operas, "Nankun, Beiyi, Dongliu, and Xibang". "Dongliu" refers to Shandong Liuzi Opera.
In 2006, Liuzi Opera was included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.
Shandong Liuzi Opera Art Protection and Inheritance Center (Shandong Liuzi Opera Troupe) was established in 1959. It is the only professional art performing group of Liuzi Opera in the country. Into a movie) "Zhang Fei Breaks the Gate", "Playing and Jumping", "The Story of the White Rabbit", "Huang Sangdian", "Wutai Brothers" and so on.
In recent years, with the artistic purpose of protection, inheritance, development and innovation, the troupe is bathing in the spring breeze of the new era, so that the art of Liuzi Opera can be well inherited and developed.
Liuzi Opera "Old Blue Sky" is the latest achievement of the implementation of Shandong Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism's instructions on promoting excellent traditional culture, creating high-quality products of the times, and practicing "creative transformation and innovative development". Liuzi Opera is rich in traditional artistic elements, and runs through the creation concept without losing its essence.
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