Sichuan Opera has a long history, rich repertoire, lively performances and rich flavor of life, and is very popular among the people——

Old dramas resonate with the new era

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　　Since the beginning of this year, the Standing Committees of the People's Congresses of Sichuan and Chongqing provinces have collaborated to conduct legislative research on the protection and inheritance of Sichuan Opera. In February 2024, the Education, Science, Culture and Health Committees of the People's Congresses of Sichuan and Chongqing provinces jointly signed a cooperation agreement to jointly assist the construction of the Chengdu-Chongqing twin-city economic circle, forming the "Memorandum on Collaborative Legislation for the Protection and Inheritance of Sichuan Opera" to clarify matters related to collaborative legislation.

　　"Watching theater during the New Year and holidays is a happy memory of our childhood. I feel that walking into the theater is like truly celebrating the New Year." March 27 is World Theater Day. After watching the Sichuan Opera "New Year's Eve" in Yongxi Ancient Town, Dazu, Chongqing, theater fan Feng The uncle smiled from ear to ear.

　　"Sichuan Opera contains the local accents and sentiments of our people from Sichuan and Chongqing. We have to find a way to make the dolls like it as much as our generation and keep the roots of traditional culture." Uncle Feng said. It is the wish of every opera worker to bring joy to theater fans through innovative performance forms.

Deep integration of opera and cultural tourism

　　The hall drums were played first, and then the actors took the stage to sing their voices amidst the cheerful sounds of large gongs, small gongs, snare drums, large cymbals and other musical instruments. With a babble, the audience in the audience was intoxicated, and the applause and cheers suddenly sounded, deafening...

　　Not long ago, the Chongqing Dazu District Cultural and Art Center held a double-city "Plum Blossom" gala performance. The event gathered Shen Tiemei, winner of the Chinese Drama "Plum Blossom Award", Chen Zhilin, chairman of the Sichuan Federation of Literary and Art Circles and director of the Sichuan Sichuan Opera Theater, as well as Cheng Lianqun, Huang Ronghua, Tan Jiqiong, Wu Xi and more than 10 famous Sichuan opera actors from Sichuan and Chongqing.

　　In the performance that night, Wu Xi, Jiang Shumei, Yu Jia and other "Plum Blossom Award" winners presented classic Sichuan Opera excerpts such as "Visiting Friends", "Missing Love at the Bottom of the Tower", "Cao Fu Walking in the Snow" and "Watching Cake", with exquisite facial makeup, gorgeous The costumes, the high-pitched singing, and the audience applauded one after another as soon as the performance started.

　　Sichuan Opera, also known as Sichuan Opera, is mainly popular in Sichuan Province, Chongqing City, and parts of Yunnan, Guizhou, and Hubei Provinces. It is the most influential local opera in southwest China.

　　In recent years, in order to inherit the heritage of Sichuan Opera and continue the soul of Sichuan Opera, Yongxi Town in Dazu, Chongqing has worked hard to build the most distinctive Sichuan Opera cultural inheritance base in China, shouldering the heavy responsibility of inheriting and protecting Sichuan Opera art, and polishing the "Yongxili· "Youxi" business card supports the construction of an "international cultural tourism city" with Dazu Rock Carvings as the core.

　　The inheritors of Sichuan Opera have combined the local culture of Dazu to write new lyrics, and through the form of new singing of old tunes, Sichuan Opera can enter everyone's lives and better realize the "living" inheritance of Sichuan Opera. At the same time, the inheritors also dig deep into the culture of Dazu Rock Carvings and further promote Sichuan Opera and Dazu Rock Carvings through the combination of Sichuan Opera and stone carving culture.

　　To this day, Yongxi Ancient Town is still crowded with people, and the ancient theater stage is still full of high-pitched drama. The new vitality of the old theater is the epitome of protecting and inheriting Sichuan Opera culture in this place.

　　During the event, the organizers also organized special activities such as intangible heritage, Sichuan Opera cultural reminiscence, and intangible heritage, traditional culture study. Elderly fans were invited to listen to the opera, take photos and check in, recall the operas they loved when they were children, and invited college students in the area Participate deeply in this Sichuan Opera Tourism Culture and Art Festival and experience first-hand the charm of China’s excellent traditional culture.

Sichuan drama in a century-old theater

　　Dianjiang Ancient Theater has a history of more than 180 years. It is a courtyard-style building with two floors, which can accommodate nearly 500 spectators. The reporter learned that during holidays, Sichuan opera performances are often held in the ancient theater. Every year when the art festival is held, the ancient theater will perform more than 10 Sichuan opera performances, including famous pieces such as "Picking Up a Jade Bracelet", "The Drunken Concubine" and "Eight Lang Returns to the Camp".

　　78-year-old Deng Guangchun and 77-year-old He Shengyin are both theater fans and took the bus from nearby towns to watch the show. "During the Spring Festival, I came to the ancient theater to watch two excerpts, but it was not satisfying. Today I can't even shout out, so I have to watch another one." He Shengyin told reporters that he has been watching operas in this ancient theater since he was a child, and it is very important to him. Sichuan Opera is the taste of hometown.

　　"I have been working in the theater for so many years, and I have found that if you want to inherit and develop Sichuan Opera, you need to use opera to bring people together. Therefore, I propose that creating unique and high-quality plays to bring people together is the foundation of a theater. Based on the premise of society." Chen Zhilin said that the Sichuan Opera Theater did not have such conditions before. In addition to providing food and clothing for employees, the one-year financial allocation did not leave much creative funds and no office expenses. It was completely borne by the theater itself. Producing high-quality products is the only way to "save yourself". With popularity, you can have funds and retain people.

　　At that time, Chen Zhilin was also the dean of Sichuan Art Vocational College. He proposed to cultivate Sichuan opera talents through the reserve of hundreds of operas, activate the connection between colleges and troupes, and create a professional "industry-education integration" platform. With the help of media platforms, Promote and promote innovative projects to increase public awareness and understanding of Sichuan Opera.

　　"The reason why I am able to get to where I am today is because I did not let myself 'overtake others around the corner.'" Chen Zhilin said that as a representative inheritor of Sichuan Opera, he did not give up practicing and performing just because he became famous as a teenager. In promoting the development of Sichuan Opera, he also insisted on being down-to-earth, starting from cultivating talents and preserving repertoire.

Promote cultural integration and innovation between Sichuan and Chongqing

　　Standing, kicking, opening and closing the fan, a red face suddenly turns into a white face, turning around, flicking the hat and belt, the white face turns into a black face... In just a few minutes, the Sichuan Opera face changes of Wu'an Primary School in Dianjiang County, Chongqing The students in the club changed 5 faces without leaving any trace.

　　In 2006, Sichuan Opera was included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage lists. "I feel that Sichuan Opera is being liked by more and more people." Liu Yun, a national first-class actor, said that in the past two years, Sichuan and Chongqing have joined forces to promote the art of Sichuan Opera. She performed Sichuan Opera classics and shared Sichuan Opera knowledge live in schools, and found that Many young people are attracted by the charm of Chinese opera treasures, and learning and listening to Sichuan opera has become fashionable.

　　Wu'an Primary School in Dianjiang County is a rural school with only more than 600 students. In recent years, the school has actively carried out the "Intangible Cultural Heritage into Campus" activity and collaborated with local folk artist Li Yong to introduce the representative face-changing performance of Sichuan Opera to the campus as a Special courses allow students to feel the charm of traditional Chinese culture in the course.

　　During the interview, the reporter found that there were many young people in the audience. "In the future, I will go to the theater and feel the charm of traditional culture." Peng Lu, a freshman majoring in design, watched Sichuan opera for the first time. She told reporters that Sichuan opera is interesting, full of stories, and the dialogues in Sichuan dialect are humorous. The actors' costumes and headdresses flash under the lights, which is very beautiful. “It’s an immersive experience to watch a play in the ancient theater.”

　　"In the new era, the most basic and important point for the inheritance and development of Sichuan Opera is to resonate with the times and achieve the integration and innovation of Sichuan and Chongqing. As an intangible cultural heritage, Sichuan Opera must inject new vitality into it in the new era. vitality, releasing new energy, blooming new brilliance, and enriching people's spiritual life." Chen Zhilin said.

　　Workers Daily reporter Li Guo