【Commentary】In 2021, 22-year-old Chen Lei and a group of young people with dreams and feelings gathered in Xu Village, Xiao County, Huangshan City, Anhui Province. A torii, a pavilion, an old cinema, a new play... The old cinema in Xucun has been reborn in the hands of this group of young people. Many tourists said that they learned about a different Hui culture here.
【During the same period】 Chen Lei, the head of the performance team of "Xu Village Youxi"
By chance, we came to Xu Village in Xiaoxian County to play and travel, and then we found some unique local architectural features, as well as some historical stories, and then we went to dig deep into this local historical story, and found that it was very suitable for us, that is, the immersive drama now, and we also learned to act, so we wanted to change these stories into our script, and then use ourselves to reflect it and perform.
【Commentary】Resident actor Wang Zijun has loved acting since he was a child, and when he grew up, he also studied acting in college for four years, and after graduation, he formed this performance group with some like-minded friends such as Chen Lei and Jiang Guangyu. The reason why I chose to use the form of performance is to use what I have learned to show the local profound Hui culture and customs to more audiences.
[At the same time] "Xu Village Youxi" performance team actor Wang Zijun
Like we create drama, drama has a lot of main content, and many of the content we select are some local stories circulating in this area of Huizhou, and then we use these stories as a foreshadowing, and then we take them to the drama, and then present them to everyone through the way of drama, which can make the audience better understand and recognize, such as this character, what kind of character he is, and these backgrounds behind him, we can explain them to the audience one by one.
【Commentary】"Xu Village Youxi", which integrates local cultural elements, is the first original drama of the theater, and the script refers to folk tales and integrates drama, opera, dance and other artistic disciplines. In the plot, the Xu family master entertains guests, and the audience who sign up participates in the performance under the guidance of the actors, who bring different Huizhou specialties to marry relatives to promote the development of the subsequent plot, and at the same time get close to the ancient village style, customs, history and culture.
【During the same period】 Chen Lei, the head of the performance team of "Xu Village Youxi"
It is our "Xu Village Youxi" Xu Village Immersive Theater, that is, our actors and audiences will change into our uniform costumes after entering, and then enter our performance, because we are immersive, so they are also actors, and they will also determine the direction of the final performance, because we are the theme of "Xu Village Youxi" son-in-law, and who is finally selected as our son-in-law of Xu Mansion is decided by the audience and their voting, so every night is different, all fresh, very novel.
【Commentary】With the expansion of the popularity of the theater, Chen Lei not only has to participate in the creation and performance of the play, but also carries out daily management work. In order to make young people like traditional culture, they added elements that young people like in the ancient city of Yanghemen Theater in Xiao County.
【During the same period】 Chen Lei, the head of the performance team of "Xu Village Youxi"
This was originally an intangible cultural heritage exhibition hall fish fun pavilion, to show some of their intangible cultural heritage of Xiao County fish lanterns, and then we in this fish fun hall at the same time of traditional cultural performance, we integrated some coffee, dessert, juice that modern young people like, so that young people can watch our traditional culture while stopping and enjoying the slow pace of life.
【Commentary】According to Chen Lei, at present, the theater has upgraded and created "Huizhou Fu Youxi" on the basis of "Xu Village Youxi". In the future, new dramas with red themes, campus themes, and spy war themes will be launched. He admits that although the work is hard, he feels that it is a meaningful thing.
【During the same period】 Chen Lei, the head of the performance team of "Xu Village Youxi"
As a young person, I feel that we have the responsibility, we also have the obligation, and we also have the ability to inherit our Hui culture, and then we are currently in Xucun, Xiao County, and then do the inheritance of such Hui culture, and then the immersive drama of Hui culture, and then in the future, we want to integrate the traditional culture of other regions into our immersive drama, so that more people can see the beauty of traditional culture.
Liu Honghe reports from Huangshan, Anhui
Responsible Editor: [Ji Xiang]