Promoting traditional Quyi Culture Sichuan Yuechi large original song art drama "Red Rhododendron" performed in Chengdu

Cover News Profile reporter Liu Yanjun

"The water rivers are bending, and the hood sounds the clouds. The flowers on both sides of the strait are looking forward to the spring rain, and the azalea river is looking forward to azalea." On the evening of July 9th, with the sound of a melodious small song, the second "Drama Beauty Beauty in Sichuan Province Tianfu's "Outstanding Act Exhibition Season" Red Rhododendron "kicked off in Chengdu New Sound Theater.

The play tells through various art forms in July 1948. Before the Yue (Chi) Wu (Sheng) uprising, the "Report" was destroyed by the Kuomintang reactionaries. On the banks of the Qujiang River, a family named Du, who inherited the carving skills of generations, did not fear the obstruction of the reactionaries, carved the promotion of the carving printing technology, engraved the revolutionary propaganda data, and guarded the moving story of the revolutionary fire with life and belief.

As early as May 2021, the play was successfully staged in Chengdu and Guang'an. Due to the integration of a number of unique song art forms in Sichuan, it has the characteristics of "party history, culture around you, and interpretation around". At the same time, the play was also included in the Sichuan Art Fund support project in 2021.

"Compared with the old version, the new version of" Red Rhododendron "has carefully adjusted both in terms of script, dance, or clothing modeling details. The logical structure is clearer and the details are richer." This drama fully taps the red resources and song art of Yuechi County. The Sichuan Provincial Quyi Research Institute and Yuechi County have jointly improved the drama again. In the form of form, it is more focused on how to convey historical memories through the art of art, reappear the red spirit of the revolutionary era, and resonate with young audiences.

"The performance is very shocking, and the actor's singing skills are in place. Through a unique form of music, the heroic story of Yue Chi's children can sing in the revolutionary era." Specializing in watching the performance with children, wanting children to receive the influence of patriotism education, learning heroic stories to cultivate the fearless spirit, and also understand the traditional Chinese music culture. "The children also looked very seriously, and learned to sing the actor, and he shed tears when he saw the movement of the plot."

"We have tapped the intangible cultural heritage of Yuechi County -carvings, chose the carving artist to engrav the leaflet, put into the real historical event of Yuechi Uprising, weave it into the plot, and become the cause of the development of the plot." Zhao Qing In addition, the entire repertoire uses Yuechi's folk song art to shape the characters of the characters, Wang Tianming, and Du Niang's characters in the drama, with the vocals of Qingyin, bamboo, and Yangqin. Waiting for the form of Quyi to reflect the unique and funny humor of the Sichuan people, and innovate while inheriting the tradition.

Zhao Qingxiang imagined that in the future, I believe that the play can go further and higher in the continuous performance practice and polishing improvement. Getting better artistic effects, eventually walking out of Sichuan, going out of China, and going to the world.

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