Zhang Jiayin, a 23-year-old girl from the northeast, took an overnight train to Tianjin just for a dream meeting.
On August 8th and 11th, Shaoxing Little Hundred Flowers Yue Opera Troupe staged the traditional classic Yue opera "Three Looks at the Royal Sister" and "Liang Zhu" in Tianjin, which is known as the hometown of qu art. Yue opera fans came from all over the country to look forward to meeting the idol - the winner of the Plum Blossom Award, the highest award for Chinese drama, including many post-12s and post-90s drama fans. Hu Qiaoyan, head of the Tianjin Youth Yue Opera Troupe, told reporters, "Now many young people are fascinated by traditional drama, and these two days are simply a carnival for Yue opera fans."
"There is a little ninth sister in my family" "On that day Qiantang Road sent you back..." On the evening of the 12th, the Tianjin Grand Hall was full. The water sleeves fluttering, the sound of the voice, several masters starring in the beautiful appearance and beautiful singing, bringing the audience into that poignant love story.
"Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai" is regarded as the Chinese version of "Romeo and Juliet", which is a well-known legend in China and has also become the most popular classic drama on the stage of Yue Opera. In the past few decades, this version of the Yue opera "Liang Zhu" starring two Plum Blossom Award winners Wu Fenghua and Chen Fei has become a long-standing classic.
"After reading it, I believe in love even more!" After the performance, a group of post-00s fans excitedly ran to the stage to take a photo with the starring actor. Zhang Jiayin felt that tears were about to welling up several times, as a fan of Yue Opera, she was familiar with the singing rhythm of this drama, "This is the first time to listen to it live, and I still feel too shocked." ”
What fascinated her was Chen Fei, the actor of Zhu Yingtai and a national first-class actor. As the Fu Pai Hua Dan of Master Quan Xiang, Chen Fei is affectionately known as "Fei Niang Niang" by fans. In Zhang Jiayin's eyes, Fei Niangniang is radiant on the stage, the emotions expressed are rich and delicate, and the singing tone is gentle and mellow and melodious, "making people mesmerized".
"It's a textbook-level rendition, straight to the heart." Hu Qiaoyan can't hide her excitement, she believes that drama must be seen and heard with her own eyes to achieve the best results.
Chen Fei also felt that in recent years, there have indeed been more young people who are obsessed with traditional culture, more people have entered the theater to watch plays, and the younger generation of actors has also grown up one by one.
In recent years, activities to promote traditional arts such as traditional culture entering schools and going to the countryside have played a certain guiding role, and more young groups have the opportunity to feel the charm of traditional opera. "Now some very young children can also see the performance, see the high-level interpretation." Chen Fei believes that "it is still necessary to use classics to attract people".
Shang Jingyu, born in 2006, is a high school sophomore and a veteran Yue opera fan, and this time she saved enough pocket money to buy tickets to "chase stars". She told reporters that when she was a child, listening to her grandmother sing Kunqu opera "has always been particularly fond of Jiangnan opera." Growing up, she found that the costume of Yue Opera is very beautiful, and the singing tone is particularly tasteful, "This time they performed the love of the ages on stage, I think it is very moving!" ”
Chen Fei believes that the reason why Yue opera is loved by many young people is, on the one hand, because Yue opera is good at talent and beauty drama, and love is an eternal topic that is easier to touch people's hearts; At the same time, the style of Yue opera is more aesthetic and fresh, and it is also a style that urban youth prefer.
"We Shaoxing Xiaobaihua is a theater troupe with both culture and martial arts, and our actors have practiced since childhood, and they can perform both literary and martial arts." Chen Fei said that these hard-working kung fu under the stage will be used in the shaping of characters on the stage, so the audience is addicted to watching and feels wonderful.
Yue opera is recognized as having thirteen genres, which can be described as varied, Chen Fei said: "In one play, we may incorporate the style of multiple Yue opera genres, which can be set according to different characters, so that the musical image is particularly rich." ”
Liang Shanbo's actor Wu Fenghua is a disciple of Fan Ruijuan, the grandmaster of the Fan School, and is a rare literary and martial arts student in the Yue opera world. Inheriting the simple and natural, masculine and steady basis of Fan Pai, she combined her performance characteristics to form a distinct personal style, coupled with her handsome appearance, she was affectionately called "Hua Shuai" by fans.
In addition to starring in "Liang Zhu" this time, she also performed the happy story of "Three Looks at the Royal Sister" with another Plum Blossom Award winner, Wu Suying. Two dramas, one happy and one sad, the audience shouted wonderful.
Many fans know that Chen Fei has a famous stage skill - nine-foot water sleeve. The water sleeves are dancing, which not only tells the characters' hearts, but also expresses the complexity of the personalities. Her performance of "The Road" in which the nine-foot long water sleeve was also selected for the Guinness Book of World Records.
However, before this performance, Chen Fei's left arm was accidentally injured, and when she met the fans two days before the performance, she participated in the splint, which made everyone worry.
Old partner Wu Fenghua advised her to cut the water sleeves shorter, which would not affect the stage effect; Some old opera fans felt sorry for her and suggested that she not dance her sleeves this time. But on the night of the performance, Chen Fei still showed a stage image of Chu Chu's moving Zhu Yingtai, and the long water sleeves danced dazzlingly, and the scene was boiling.
"This is the artist's artistic virtue, no matter how painful he is, he will not let the audience down." Hu Qiaoyan sighed.
Although there are many young people who like Yue opera at present, many of them are cross-border tickets in their spare time, and there are not many young people who are really willing to devote themselves to this industry.
"Now that the material conditions are better, some young people are not very willing to suffer so much." Chen Fei said that those who are willing to learn now really "like it to the bone."
In order to make these young talents who really love Yue opera stand out, in recent years, Shaoxing Xiaobaihua has also paid great attention to cultivating young talents, and rearranged a number of classic dramas, including "Saving the Mother from the Mountain", "Mu Guiying Hangs the Marshal", "Lu Wenlong", "Peacock Southeast Flight", "Pan Wife Asks for Wife" and so on; It is also planned to continue to promote the inheritance of classics at the rate of rehearsal of two or three major plays every year, so that young people can be the protagonists and take the lead.
Not only that, in order to meet more young people's love for Yue Opera, they have also opened a WeChat public account, and launched video official accounts on WeChat, Douyin, and Station B to promote the performing arts of Yue Opera in an all-round way.
"We must keep the right innovation and keep pace with the times in order to better inherit it." Chen Fei said that every play is always performed and new, "there are so many young people who like it, and there are people who will succeed Yue Opera, and we also feel very happy."
Hu Chunyan, reporter of China Youth Daily Source: China Youth Daily