Wearing costumes, dancing with water sleeves, and performing fancy tricks, the inheritor of national intangible cultural heritage Gan Opera has become a fan of college students

　　China News Service, Nanchang, March 22: Wearing costumes, dancing with water sleeves, and performing tricks, the inheritor of national intangible cultural heritage Gan opera becomes a fan of college students

　　China News Service reporter Li Yunhan Huashan

　　A video of an inheritor of a national intangible cultural heritage Gan Opera performing tricks in a college classroom has become popular on the Internet. The ancient Gan Opera with a history of hundreds of years has ushered in an "expression of youth."

　　Wearing costumes, playing tricks, and throwing water sleeves... Recently, in the Gan Opera art appreciation class at Nanchang University, Chen Li, a national first-class actor and inheritor of Gan Opera, a national intangible cultural heritage, waved her water sleeves and looked like a giant. The scene was also photographed by students and posted to a short video social platform, which received over a million likes.

In the Gan Opera art appreciation class at Nanchang University, Chen Li, a national first-class actor and inheritor of Gan Opera, a national intangible cultural heritage, was waving her sleeves. Photo by He Yumei

　　"It's not that many young people don't like traditional opera, they just haven't understood its charm yet. When students experience opera immersively, they will discover the charm of this traditional Chinese culture." Chen Li said, whether in class Whether it's the gentle folding fan or the sonorous and powerful flower gun, many students are eager to try it.

　　Gan Opera is one of the national intangible cultural heritages. Yiyang tune, one of the four major tunes in the Ming Dynasty, is the basis of its tune. During the reigns of Emperor Kangxi and Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty, the birthplace of Gan Opera in Northeastern Jiangxi was the emergence of the "Clave Clapper Opera". Zheng Tinggui, a native of Fuliang in the Qing Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty, recorded in his "Taoyang Bamboo Branch Ci": "The green kiln produces a good dragon vat, which shows off the new and old gangs in the industry. . Tao Qing and Tao Cheng came to the meeting together to reward God Bao Ri by singing and playing tunes."

　　Over the course of history, Gan opera has absorbed Kunqu opera, Luantan opera, etc., forming a multi-vocal opera type. At present, there are more than 200 tunes of Gan Opera Gao Qiang, and it still retains the artistic characteristics of Yiyang tune of "no music score, only following local customs".

　　"The singing, chanting, acting and fighting in opera are very particular. It is a comprehensive art. How to make more young people pay attention to Gan Opera is what I have been doing." Chen Li, who has been exposed to Gan Opera since she was 12 years old, said, I have always been very concerned about the inheritance and innovation of Gan Opera. In order to attract more young people to pay attention to Gan Opera, many inheritors have worked hard on the creation of Gan Opera.

　　"Characters like Du Liniang can be found in many dramas. Du Liniang in Peking Opera and Kunqu Opera gives people the feeling of a lady, but Du Liniang in Gan Opera shows a lively girlish image." Chen Li said that in most dramas, They only performed until Du Liniang came back to life, but the Gan opera performed Du Liniang after her resurrection, telling her story of fighting for free love.

The picture shows Chen Li, a national first-class actor and inheritor of Gan Opera, a national intangible cultural heritage, rehearsing in the dance studio. Photo by Li Yunhan

　　In addition to continuous innovation in scripts, Chen Li also pays more attention to the integration of traditional culture and modern art in terms of performance methods.

　　Chen Li said that in the process of inheriting Gan Opera, it absorbed the performance methods of drama, and also drew on dance figures and symphony accompaniment to attract the love of young people. Injecting new vitality into the ancient opera of Gan Opera is the direction that I have been researching and working hard on.

　　"How can you know the beauty of spring unless you are in the garden." Chen Li in the college class, with clear and firm eyes, high-pitched and melodious singing, flexibly spinning the folding fan in her hands, and waving her sleeves not only attracted students to take photos and records, but also attracted many students Follow along and learn together.

　　"I feel like I'm about to reach the age where I like to listen to theater." "These moves look so beautiful." In the comments of the popular video, many netizens said, "I'm really envious of such a university class."

　　"In the next class, I will tell you about Tang Xianzu's Four Dreams of Linchuan, so that everyone can have a deeper understanding of the history, vocals and performance characteristics of Gan Opera. I also hope that in this way, everyone can feel the breadth and depth of Chinese traditional culture." Faced with this. In response to the sudden and huge attention, Chen Li said that she will continue to pass on Gan Opera and will also listen to some suggestions to let more young people pay attention to Gan Opera, love Gan Opera, and participate in Gan Opera. (over)