Chinanews, Ganzhou, March 15th (Reporter Wu Pengquan) The reporter learned from the Propaganda Department of the Ganzhou Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China on the 15th that the Gannan tea-picking opera "One Man's Long March" was selected into the "New Era Excellent Stage Art Repertoire Exhibition" held by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism , performed at the Beijing Central Opera House from the 13th to the 14th. This is the first time the play has appeared in Beijing.
"One Man's Long March" is written by the famous playwright Sheng Heyu, directed by the famous theater director Zhang Manjun, and starring Yang Jun, winner of the "Plum Blossom Award".
Photo courtesy of the Propaganda Department of the Ganzhou Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China
The Gannan tea-picking opera "One Man's Long March" is written by the famous playwright Sheng Heyu, directed by the famous theater director Zhang Manjun, and starring Yang Jun, winner of the "Plum Blossom Award".
The play tells the story of a young horseman named "Mule" in the southern Jiangxi area during the Long March of the Central Red Army. He was hired by the horse team of the Central Bank of the Soviet Area. The black mule he drove was killed in the Xiangjiang Battle, and the broken box fell from the black mule. Next—a large amount of gold appeared in front of his eyes, but he was not moved by the gold. Under the cover of the Red Army soldiers desperately, he broke through with the gold alone, and resolutely embarked on a difficult and dangerous journey to catch up with the Red Army.
From the 13th to the 14th, the Gannan tea-picking opera "One Man's Long March" was performed at the Central Opera House in Beijing.
Photo courtesy of the Propaganda Department of the Ganzhou Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China
According to reports, "One Man's Long March" has a unique perspective. It breaks through the conventional framework of the Long March theme with plain and natural narrative, legendary, comic, and allegorical.
There are many innovations in content presentation and artistic expression techniques. It not only retains the original ecological artistic features such as dwarf steps, fan flowers, and single water sleeves in the southern Jiangxi tea-picking opera, but also integrates the use of shadow puppet props, which are externalized into the image of a mule. Combined with the human body and figure to realize the performance of puppet on the same stage.
From the 13th to the 14th, the Gannan tea-picking opera "One Man's Long March" was performed at the Central Opera House in Beijing.
Photo courtesy of the Propaganda Department of the Ganzhou Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China
Sheng Heyu previously stated that this drama has a good grasp of the local atmosphere, and achieves saturated emotional catharsis with concise techniques. It not only expresses the sincere and heroic revolutionary feelings, but also shows the strong and surging romantic poetry. Feelings, more life background.
For a long time, Jiangxi, an old revolutionary area, has attached great importance to the inheritance of red genes, deeply excavated red cultural resources, paid close attention to the creation, production and performance of red-themed plays, and concentrated efforts to create a number of excellent red boutique plays.
Among them, "One Man's Long March" is a milestone work on the road of inheritance and development of Jiangxi Tea Picking Opera.
"One Man's Long March" tells the story of a young groom named "Mule" in southern Jiangxi during the revolutionary era, who was hired by the horse team of the Central Bank of the Soviet Area.
Photo courtesy of the Propaganda Department of the Ganzhou Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China
It is understood that "One Man's Long March" is directed by the Propaganda Department of the Jiangxi Provincial Party Committee and the Jiangxi Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, produced by the Propaganda Department of the Ganzhou Municipal Party Committee of the Communist Party of China, Ganzhou City Culture, Radio, Television, Press, Publication and Tourism Bureau, and created by the Gannan Art Creation Institute. The play also won the Excellent Work Award of the 16th "Five One Project" of the Central Propaganda Department for the Construction of Spiritual Civilization.
Ganzhou, Jiangxi is the core area of the former Central Soviet Area, the seat of the Provisional Central Government of the Chinese Soviet Republic, and the starting point of the Central Red Army's Long March. The arduous and arduous three-year guerrilla war in the south was fought bloody here, and the red resources are very rich.
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