China News Service, Beijing, March 13 (Reporter Ying Ni) The Palace Museum and the Shanghai Kunqu Opera Troupe signed a strategic cooperation agreement in Beijing on the 13th. Resurrection" court drama.
According to the plan of the two parties, the Shanghai Kunqu Opera Troupe will launch "Yue Ling Ying Ying Opera" selected from the collection of Qing court operas, classic masterpieces "Three Kingdoms", "Water Margin" and "Journey to the West" series, and Kunqu Opera "Gold Sparrow".
Among them, "Yue Ling Ying Ying Opera" is also called Festival Cheng Ying Opera.
Since the reign of Emperor Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty, operas have been performed on New Year's Day, Beginning of Spring, Cold Food, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Chongyang Festival, Winter Solstice, and New Year's Eve, occupying a very important position in Qing court dramas.
The Shanghai Kunqu Opera Troupe will combine the "traditional and folk custom" festival brand performance projects to excavate and sort out some seasonal operas, and launch them in succession on traditional festivals such as Mid-Autumn Festival, New Year's Eve, and Qixi Festival, fully reflecting the integrity and innovation of China's excellent traditional culture, and Shanghai Kunqu Opera Troupe's business Complete, both civil and military artistic features.
"Plum Blossom Award" winner, performing artist Li An (rear) and national first-class actor Yu Bin (front) performed a live performance of excerpts from "The Palace of Eternal Life: A Small Banquet" Photo by Du Yang
In terms of revitalization and innovation, the Shanghai Kunqu Opera Troupe will study and study the court music of the Ming and Qing Dynasties collected in the Forbidden City, focusing on the "Zhonghe Shaoyue" and "Celebrating the Joy" used in the altar and temple sacrifices of the Qing Palace, and the "Danbi Da" used in court ceremonies. It not only enriches the music performance of Kunqu opera, but also makes traditional music shine again.
Wang Xudong, director of the Palace Museum, said that the Palace Museum has a large collection of Qing opera cultural relics, which are precious physical relics reflecting the performance activities of the Qing palace, and are of great value to the study of traditional opera art.
As precious world cultural heritages, the Forbidden City and Kunqu Opera carry the splendid culture and immortal humanistic spirit unique to the Chinese nation, and contain the great vitality and creativity of human civilization.
These precious cultural heritages not only need to be systematically sorted out and deeply excavated, but also need to be utilized and inherited, so that the script can be returned to the stage, the cultural relics can be rejuvenated, and the audience can experience the profound historical and cultural heritage of Chinese civilization.
Famous Kunqu Opera performer Zhang Jingxian (right) and guqin player Yang Zhijian jointly presented an excerpt from The Peony Pavilion·Looking for Dreams Photo by Du Yang
The cultural relics of Qing palace opera collected by the Palace Museum are of great value to the study of traditional opera art.
In 2014, the Palace Museum established the Palace Opera Research Institute, which is dedicated to the collation, research, publication and dissemination of opera literature and cultural relics.
The Shanghai Kunqu Opera Troupe is an important troupe that spreads the art of Kunqu Opera with a gathering of talents and stars. It is committed to the protection, inheritance and innovation of traditional Kunqu Opera art, laying a solid foundation for the creative transformation and innovative development of traditional Kunqu Opera art.
With the signing of this strategic cooperation agreement, the two parties will "resurrect" court dramas, reproduce art classics, pursue old songs and music through multi-angle and multi-level cooperation methods such as cultural relics protection, academic research, and repertoire rehearsals, and explore traditional culture in the contemporary era. Make new contributions in terms of value, promotion of cultural inheritance, integrity and innovation.
At the signing event, the Shanghai Kunqu Opera Troupe performed fragments of operas from the Palace Museum collection.
"Plum Blossom Award" winner, performance artist Li An and national first-class actor Yu Bin performed live excerpts from "The Palace of Eternal Life: A Small Banquet". Famous Kunqu Opera performing artist Zhang Jingxian and Guqin player Yang Zhijian jointly presented "Peony Pavilion: Seeking Dreams" Excerpts.
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