Baoding, May 5 (Reporter Lu Zihao) On the evening of the 29th, at the music square of Daqidian Village, Baoding, Hebei, the "Millennium Ancient Town", a "opera famous village concert" gathered Liang Weiling, Li Yumei, Luo Huiqin, Zhang Junling, Liu Fengling, Wu Guiyun, Qiu Ruide, Hao Shichao, eight winners of the Chinese Drama Plum Blossom Award.

Daqidian Village had a post station in the Tang Dynasty, and during the Ming and Qing dynasties, it was a giant town in nine provinces, and it was a model of ancient villages in northern China. In recent years, the village has attracted the famous Peking Opera martial arts artist Pei Yanling to perform in the village, built the Wang Guanying Old Tune Art Memorial Hall, established a drama association, and was awarded the titles of "National Ecological Cultural Village" and "National Civilized Village and Town".

The picture shows Liang Weiling, winner of the Chinese Drama Plum Blossom Award and a famous Peking Opera performance artist, performing an excerpt from the Peking Opera "The Concubine Drunk". Photo by Lu Zihao

The concert "Plum Blossoms" bloomed that night, and the singing passages of famous artists such as "Green Lantern Shines on the White Head" and "Report the Name of the Flowers", Hebei Bangzi "Nanbei He" and "Yan Zhao's Children" all appeared.

Liang Weiling, winner of the 17th Chinese Drama Plum Blossom Award and a famous Peking Opera performance artist, is an authentic Baoding native with a deep affection for her hometown. On the stage, a piece of Peking Opera "The Concubine Drunk" shows its Mei Pai artistic style.

The picture shows Hao Shichao, winner of the Chinese Drama Plum Blossom Award, performing the martial arts singing section of Hebei Bangzi's "Lin Chong Night Running". Photo by Lu Zihao

Liang Weiling said that Hebei has a glorious opera culture, and Hebei Bangzi, Baoding Old Tune, Haha Cavity and other dramas are flourishing. It is hoped that more should be done in terms of opera going to the countryside and entering the school, starting from the doll, cultivating more "little plum blossom" seedlings, so that China's opera culture can be widely promoted and disseminated.

At the concert, Hao Shichao, winner of the 31st Chinese Drama Plum Blossom Award and an outstanding young martial artist of Hebei Bangzi Theater in Hebei Province, won applause with his excellent Hebei Bangzi "Lin Chong Night Running" martial arts singing section.

The picture shows the actors and guests taking a group photo. Photo by Lu Zihao

Hao Shichao said frankly in an interview with a reporter from China News Network that the people of Baoding like drama and understand drama very well. Winning the "Plum Blossom Award" is the beginning, not the end. To "light up the nest of northern opera" and "sing into the nest of the hearts of the people", young actors need to practice solid basic skills, send more and better wonderful plays to the people, and let the art of opera shine with youth in the countryside.

Jia Jiqing, vice chairman of the Hebei Provincial Federation of Literature and Literature, executive vice chairman and secretary general of the Hebei Dramatists Association, said that from the 27th to the 28th, the 27th "Chinese Children's Opera Little Plum Blossom Gathering" Hebei Province selection activities and award ceremony, and the "Opera Famous Village Evening Concert" entered Baoding Daqidian Village at the same time. (End)