Pu Cunxin
China Youth Daily reported on December 3 "I am a person who always performs." At the Qiong Beach in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan, 66-year-old Pu Cunxin said.
At the beginning of 2019, Pu Cunxin was performing "Tea House" that spanned his 20 years; near the end of the year, he starred in the original drama "Lin Zexu", which is about to land at the National Grand Theater in mid-December. The magic of the theater stage has never diminished in Pu Cunxin. Mentioning his wish for the new year, Pu Cunxin blurted out: "A repertoire of unexpected encounters."
At the end of November, in this land of mountains, waters, singing and dancing, the Great Liangshan Mountain The International Theatre Festival officially opened. This is the first international drama festival in western China jointly created by Pu Cunxin and Ji Di Majia, Liao Changyong, Alai, Li Ting and others. They hope to open up a new place for drama to belong to. Before coming to Daliang Mountain, Pu Cunxin read aloud Mr. Lao She's "Master Zongyue" at the Gulou West Theater in Beijing. "Without him, I might never go to school in my life. Without him, I may never remember the fun and meaning of helping others."
Use good drama works to influence more people, which is also the wish of Pu Cunxin and all the promoters of the festival. "Master Zongyue has shown us that there is such a person in the world! Laughing forever, no day is unhappy. Whether it is blessed or suffering, he is still laughing, he will always help others, how can we be in the world? Is there such a person?" Because meeting someone has a profound impact on the formation of Lao She's humanistic feelings in the future. Pu Cunxin was moved by the feelings in this work.
As early as March of this year, at the launching ceremony of the Daliangshan International Drama Festival, Pu Cunxin said that Bernard Shaw had a bold statement-"Life is not a short candle, but a torch held temporarily by us. We It must be burned very brightly and then handed over to the next generation of people." "So, in the Yi people's settlements that are famous in the world for the Torch Festival, we use drama to help the fire, and Liangshan mountains and small mountains are the stage."
Everything is for drama, everything is for the audience. Pu Cunxin's attitude is very clear. To organize a drama festival is to have more and more audiences who love drama, and they want to make progress with the audience.
In 1999, directed by Lin Zhaohua, Beijing Renyi re-arranged "Tea House" with a new cast and performed it at the Capital Theater, with Pu Cunxin as Chang Siye. At the beginning of this year, this version of "Tea House" is still open, with Liang Guanhua, Pu Cunxin, Yang Lixin, Gong Lijun and Feng Yuanzheng still participating in the performance.
In a few decades, the crowd and enthusiasm of the audience queuing to buy tickets has grown and increased year by year.
"Do you think about who bought the tickets 20 years ago? The audience is accompanying us to make progress. They support our version of "Teahouse" by buying tickets as a way of participation. The young "Teahouse" has performed for 20 years. So From this point of view, I feel that the audience is nurturing me.” This is associated with the Daliang Mountain International Drama Festival. Pu Cunxin believes that the core criterion for judging the level of a brand-new drama festival is the audience.
Pu Cunxin often watches excellent performances, theater festivals, and invitational exhibitions all over the world. He knows where his gap and room for improvement are.
"Some actors in our theater don't pay much attention to watching dramas. They just want to earn money for TV dramas. He doesn't watch these invitational exhibitions at these drama festivals. As a result, they have performed for many years, and it seems that they have not made much progress." Pu Cunxin described himself Frequent watching and learning of drama is "tasting the sweetness". "You see that it has an impact on me, so it will definitely have an impact on local audiences, artists, and actors. This is intangible."
describes the beauty of drama and opera, Pu Cunxin's eyes are full of vivid light.
In his mind, the cultural connotation behind that is natural and classical. "It's the wind, the leaves are fluttering, and the first flower blooms in spring. It is a subtle depiction of the natural world. It is the kind of sadness that is greater than the sadness, and we don’t have it today. So if this kind of traditional culture and classical literature If it is missing, opera is at best the personality and hobby of a very small number of people.” Pu Cunxin said that their various efforts are to prevent such a beautiful culture from being on the verge of today.Extinct.
Pu Cunxin hopes that drama audiences will increase, and he will sincerely say "Ah, dramas are so beautiful". He also believes in the charm of dramas, which can make many people like them gradually. Pu Cunxin observed that compared with foreign countries, Chinese theater audiences tend to be younger.
"It turns out that I wrote the word "drama enlightenment, art self-cultivation". Drama is more rich in dance and music. What is drama? It is a performance on the stage with plot and story. It must happen on the stage. Not copy art."
Standing at the starting point of the "first" of the Daliangshan International Drama Festival, Pu Cunxin is already looking forward to next and next year. Daliang Mountain has well-preserved native cultures of 14 generations of inhabitants. The "Daliangshan Cultural Phenomenon" that has emerged in recent years is the foundation of the festival. "We are slowly plowing our own cultural and ecological gardens, and the flower gardens we cultivate must be worthy of bees to pick."
Pu Cunxin cares about whether local audiences and artists can participate deeply, but he also has a peaceful and free mind. All things, "do it first today, let the big guy open his eyes first".
At the end of 2019, the original drama "Lin Zexu" starring Pu Cunxin will be staged soon. "If I didn't play Lin Zexu, I wouldn't know so many stories." When he mentioned this performance, he was so excited to talk about Lin Zexu's lines in the play, "Hey, do something with my sick body." In order to play this role well, Pu Cunxin tried his best to "mobilize those qualities in his life that can be close to Lin Zexu, the most tangible qualities of the drama itself."
"Just do anything. Soldiers are very nervous before the battle, especially when the enemy is just on the battlefield... when the enemy really starts to fight, the courage will come!" Pu Cunxin used his performance experience to sum up his current situation. The state of mind for each new challenge-"When you walk out of the screen during the performance, you should be able to forget the tension just now when you face the audience. But at the beginning, you are still nervous, which must be the case."
(Editor in charge: Hu Mengyao_NK5655)
