China News Service, Fuzhou, February 6 (Reporter Liu Kegeng) "The theater launched the 'Happily Celebrate the New Year' Spring Festival series of 16 performances to benefit the people, and spent the New Year with the people with a rich feast of Fujian opera." On the evening of the 5th, Fujian Province Zhou Hong, director of the Experimental Fujian Theater, said in an interview in Fuzhou that following the performance of the classic play "Fujian Charm", the theater will start from the third day of the Lunar New Year in Fuzhou city and Changle, Fuqing, Luoyuan, Fu'an and other places. Actors who won the Wenhua Performance Award and the Plum Blossom Award went deep into the grassroots to perform Fujian operas such as "The Demotion of an Official", "The Match of Plum and Jade", "The Great Breaking of the Heavenly Gate", "Five Women's Birthday Wishes", and "The Story of the Jingchai".
On the evening of February 5, the "Celebrate the New Year with Joy" Spring Festival benefit performance and "Fujian Charm" Fujian Provincial Experimental Fujian Theater's 70-year review of classic plays were launched at the Fujian Provincial Experimental Fujian Theater. Photo by China News Service reporter Liu Kegeng
The famous Fujian opera performing artist Lin Ying (in the picture) and others performed excerpts from the Fujian opera "Wang Lianlian Worships Incense". Photo by China News Service reporter Liu Kegeng
That night, the "Happy Chinese New Year" Spring Festival performance to benefit the people and the "Fujian Charm" Fujian Provincial Experimental Fujian Theater's 70-year review of classic plays were launched at the Fujian Provincial Experimental Fujian Theater.
Zhou Hong, director of the Fujian Provincial Experimental Fujian Theater, winner of the Wenhua Performance Award of the Chinese Culture and Arts Government Award, and winner of the Plum Blossom Award for Chinese Drama, performed an excerpt from the Fujian opera "Two Butterfly Fans". Photo by China News Service reporter Liu Kegeng
Chen Qiong, winner of the Plum Blossom Award for Chinese Drama (front), and Deng Zhenhui, a second-level actor from the Fujian Experimental Fujian Theater (back), jointly performed an excerpt from the Fujian opera "Plum Blossom Pairing". Photo by China News Service reporter Liu Kegeng
According to reports, the "Happy Chinese New Year" Spring Festival People-Benefit Performance and "Fujian Charm" Fujian Provincial Experimental Fujian Theater's 70-year review of classic plays focus on the theater's outstanding works in the past 70 years, focusing on the theater's seven decades of existence. Over the past ten years, the artistic pursuit of taking root in the people, keeping integrity and innovation, and the style of the academy are an important part of Fujian Province's theme year activities of "Cultural Tourism Connects Ten Thousands of Families, Blessings Connecting Fujian".
Deng Zhenhui (left), a second-level actor from the Fujian Provincial Experimental Fujian Theater, and Yan Huixin (right), an outstanding young actor, jointly performed an excerpt from the Fujian opera "The Hairpin-Headed Phoenix". Photo by China News Service reporter Liu Kegeng
Second-level actor Chen Lili of the Fujian Provincial Experimental Fujian Theater and others performed excerpts from the Fujian opera "Lady City". Photo by China News Service reporter Liu Kegeng
The performance is divided into three chapters: "A Song to Lingxiao", "New Life and Min", "Innovation and Rise", "Gratitude and Endeavor", and the end of "Hardening the Original Aspiration", a total of 15 programs. Excerpts from Fujian opera classics such as "The Hairpin-headed Phoenix", "Lychee for Red Peach", "Seal Refining", "Lady's City", "Plum Blossom Match", "Record of Demotion", "Life", "Wang Lianlian Worships Incense", "Double Butterflies Fan" and the opera song "Hardening" "Start the voyage again with original intention" and so on all appeared.
Through the wonderful performances of old, middle-aged and young Fujian opera artists such as Lin Ying, Zhou Hong and Chen Qiong from the theater, it was demonstrated that since the founding of New China, under the guidance of the policy of "letting a hundred flowers bloom and weeding out the old and bringing forth the new", the art of Fujian opera has been rejuvenated. Since the new era, Fujian Province's experimental Fujian Theater adheres to the theater development strategy of "famous plays, famous actors, famous theaters, and famous drama types". Artists from generation to generation pass on their persistence in Fujian opera, their gratitude to the times, their love for Fujian culture, and their dedication to excellent traditional literary and artistic undertakings. .
Excerpts from the Fujian opera "Life". Photo by China News Service reporter Liu Kegeng
Outstanding young actors Yan Huixin and Wen Yan from Fujian Provincial Experimental Fujian Theater performed the opera song "Ode to a Hundred Flowers". Photo by China News Service reporter Liu Kegeng
Fujian Opera, also known as Fuzhou Opera, is widely popular in central, eastern and northern Fujian, and has spread to Taiwan and Southeast Asian countries. It has a history of more than 400 years and is the largest opera type in Fujian and the most widely distributed area. In 2006, Fujian opera was included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage protection lists. Fujian Provincial Experimental Fujian Theater was established in March 1953. It was selected as a national key theater troupe for local drama creation and performance, and won titles such as "National Advanced Group in Cultural Work" and "National Advanced Group in Culture and Tourism System". Since its establishment, the theater has created and staged many outstanding plays such as "The Demotion of an Official", "Two Butterfly Fans" and "Life", and won national awards such as the "Five One Project" Award and the "Wenhua Award". (over)