China News Service, Fuzhou, February 2nd (Ye Qiuyun, Liu Kegeng) "New China breeds new life, and new life is born with the birth of New China..." On the evening of the 1st, the original modern Yue opera "Mother of All Infants" was performed in Fanghua, Fujian Theater performance.
On the evening of the 1st, the original modern Yue opera "Mother of All Infants" was performed in Fuzhou. Zheng Quan, director of the Fujian Fanghua Yue Theater and winner of the Chinese Drama Plum Blossom Award, played Lin Qiaozhi. Photo courtesy of Fujian Fanghua Yue Theater
In order to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China and the 65th anniversary of the Fujian Fanghua Yue Opera Theater's entry into Fujian, the original modern Yue opera "Mother of All Babies" is a 2023 large-scale stage drama and work creation funding project of the National Arts Fund, sponsored by the Fujian Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism Produced by, created and performed by Fujian Fanghua Yue Theater.
On the evening of the 1st, the original modern Yue opera "Mother of All Infants" was performed at the Fujian Fanghua Yue Theater. Photo courtesy of Fujian Fanghua Yue Theater
"Mother of All Babies" uses the art form of Yue opera to show and promote Lin Qiaozhi, an outstanding daughter of Fujian and one of the main pioneers and founders of obstetrics and gynecology in China. This play is written by Wang Yong, a national first-level screenwriter, vice chairman of the Chinese Dramatists Association, and director of the National Peking Opera Theatre, directed by Li Jie, a national first-level director, and Zheng Quan, director of the Fujian Fanghua Yue Theater and winner of the 31st Chinese Drama Plum Blossom Award. Starring, Zheng Quan’s mentor, Mr. He Saifei, is also invited to serve as the artistic consultant of this play, and has received strong support from Dr. Lin Qiaozhi’s grandniece Ms. Lin Laixin.
On the evening of the 1st, the original modern Yue opera "Mother of All Infants" was performed at the Fujian Fanghua Yue Theater. Photo courtesy of Fujian Fanghua Yue Theater
The whole play uses elegant and poetic artistic language and prose-like lyrical style to show Dr. Lin Qiaozhi's magnificent deeds of giving dignity and respect to life with superb medical skills, broad love and selfless love. The play cleverly overlaps the images between Lin Qiaozhi welcoming the birth of new life and the birth of New China, showing the birth of a new country through Lin Qiaozhi's perspective, revealing the broad-mindedness of New China in which the people are the masters of the country, put people first, and put life first. Thick and profound thematic meaning.
The picture shows the performance scene of the original modern Yue opera "Mother of All Infants". Photo courtesy of Fujian Fanghua Yue Theater
With the strong support of the National Arts Fund, the performance of "Mother of All Babies" has been comprehensively upgraded and improved in terms of singing, choreography, and soundtrack, and is once again presented to the audience with a higher artistic level and deeper cultural connotation. Massive audience.
As the representative inheritor of the Fujian provincial intangible cultural representative project "Yue Opera [Zhang (Yunxia) School]", the lead actor Zheng Quan continued to improve and won the Chinese Drama Plum Blossom Award in 2023. Since then, he has devoted himself wholeheartedly to the play "Mother of All Infants" of improvement.
On the evening of the 1st, the original modern Yue opera "Mother of Ten Thousand Infants" was performed at the Fujian Fanghua Yue Theater. Zheng Quan, director of the Fujian Fanghua Yue Theater and winner of the Chinese Drama Plum Blossom Award, played Lin Qiaozhi. Photo courtesy of Fujian Fanghua Yue Theater
"It's a great honor to play the role of Dr. Lin Qiaozhi. "Mother of All Babies" focuses on the ten years of Chinese people's perseverance in suffering. Behind the birth of New China is the selfless dedication of countless patriots like Dr. Lin Qiaozhi." Zheng Quan said , hoping that through this performance, we can pay tribute to our ancestors and inspire our generation to move forward bravely and continue our national heritage.
According to reports, this time the repertoire has added outstanding young actors from the Fujian Fanghua Yue Theater, Zhao Yang and Zheng Quan to co-star as Lin Qiaozhi. The backbone actor team of the troupe performs with all their strength, working together to create a high-quality play with "youth characteristics", contributing "the power of youth" to promote the "Fu" culture, build the "Fu" cultural brand, and promote the development of the cultural tourism economy.
The play won the 2021 Fujian Provincial Special Fund for Local Opera Support, was selected as a key play in the 2022 Fujian Provincial Stage Art Quality Project, and was selected for the 2023 National Arts Fund as an outstanding modern drama show in Fujian Province for the "Welcoming the Twenty-First Century Endeavor New Journey" Funding projects. The original modern Yue opera "Mother of All Babies" will be open to medical workers as a charity performance from January 30 to 31, and three performances will be held in the evening from February 1 to 3. (over)