January 15, 1935, Zunyi, northern Guizhou. A two-story building of brick and wood structure, combining Chinese and Western styles, stands facing the street, where the Zunyi Conference, which is famous in the annals of history, was held.
This important meeting with "great turning significance" saved the party, the Red Army, and the Chinese revolution at the most critical moment, and became "a life-or-death turning point in the history of the party."
On January 15, 2024, on the occasion of the 89th anniversary of the Zunyi Conference, a red drama - "The Great Turning" will be staged in Zunyi.
Theater: Full of "Ambition for Turning"
Walk into the Phoenix Mountain Cultural Square, which is 600 meters away from the Zunyi Conference site where the "Great Turning" took place. Next to the Red Army Martyrs Cemetery, shaded by green trees, there is a ferry that looks like "riding the wind and waves." "The red theater is in front of you.
This theater named after "The Great Turning" is tailor-made for China's large-scale Long March cultural immersive performance - "The Great Turning". Its shape cleverly draws on the artistic conception of "a light boat crossing the Chishui River, a hero", and perfectly demonstrates the revolutionary spirit of the Red Army when they crossed the Chishui River for the fourth time. At the same time, the concept of "ride the wind and waves and set sail" is also integrated into the design, making the entire theater more solemn. The clever use of Chishui red sandstone, glass, aluminum plates and other materials on the facade reflects the full "ambition of transition" of Zunyi, the "City of Transition" in the new era.
The day when the Great Turning Theater is completed and put into use, when "The Great Turning" premieres, in Zunyi, the red holy land, a "new IP" for red cultural tourism will be born!
A few days ago, Guizhou Great Turning Point Cultural Development Co., Ltd., which created the Great Turning Theater and the play "The Great Turning", announced through its official WeChat public account that on January 15, 2024, the Great Turning Theater will premiere "The Great Turning" on the 89th anniversary of the Zunyi Conference. Turning Point. Opening special offer starts from 99 yuan.
Repertoire: Understanding the "Beauty of Faith"
On the evening of January 15, 1935, the Baihuizhang Mansion in Zunyi was brightly lit, and the Zunyi Conference was held to summarize the experience and lessons of the fifth counter-campaign against "encirclement and suppression". The conference pointed at Comrade Bogu's military command. serious mistakes, and also criticized Comrade Li De's military advisory work. It ended the rule of Wang Ming's "Left" adventurism in the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, in fact established Comrade Mao Zedong's leadership position in the Central Committee of the Party and the Red Army, and began to establish the correct leadership of the correct Marxist line with Comrade Mao Zedong as the main representative in the Central Committee of the Party. status, began to form the party's first generation central leadership group with Comrade Mao Zedong as the core, and opened a new stage for our party to independently solve practical problems in the Chinese revolution. At the most critical moment, it saved the party, the Red Army, and the Chinese revolution. . After the meeting ended and the sun rose, loud cries came from the low house where Xiao Hua Tuo delivered the baby...
This is a wonderful scene in the play "The Great Turning". The entire drama takes the Chinese Communist Party's firm belief, truth, independence, and unity as the main point of view. It takes the Central Red Army's bloody battle on the Xiangjiang River and then moved to Guizhou and held the Zunyi Conference as the main line. It also focuses on the battles, life, and emotions of Xiao Hua Tuo, an ordinary Red Army soldier and medic. As a auxiliary line, through the use of modern stage creativity and new technological means, giant-screen oil paintings, battlefield smoke, red songs and water dances, surround sound effects and other technologies, it reproduces "the Central Red Army under the leadership of Comrade Mao Zedong, fought flexibly, made circuitous intersperses, and entered Zunyi in two ways". , crossed Chishui four times, pretended to attack Guiyang, intimidated Kunming, skillfully crossed the Jinsha River, and finally marched north victoriously." This is a magnificent history.
The play uses "small cuts" to present "big themes". By telling the touching stories of Red Army soldiers Captain Han, Xiao Lu and Xiao Hua Tuo, it portrays the spiritual quality of Red Army soldiers who "fight for their beliefs and die for the people" and uses more With far-reaching time and space dimensions, a broader historical perspective, and richer character stories, it comprehensively presents the magnificent and touching red revolutionary epic, allowing people to be immersed in the play, understand the "great turning point", and appreciate the "beauty of faith."
project: pilot demonstration sample
Great Turning Theater is built by Guizhou Great Turning Cultural Development Co., Ltd., a holding subsidiary of Colorful Guizhou Cultural Investment Group. It is the first immersive red drama performing arts center in Guizhou, with a construction area of about 9,400 square meters. It can accommodate 800 spectators to watch the show at the same time. It is understood that this project is a key project specified in the "Long March National Cultural Park Construction and Protection Plan" and the "Long March National Cultural Park (Guizhou Section) Construction and Protection Plan", and is also the "1+3+8" key construction area of the Long March National Cultural Park in Guizhou. "One of the iconic projects. In the future, combined with surrounding supporting projects, a landmark demonstration project and pilot demonstration sample will be formed in Guizhou's key construction area of the Long March National Cultural Park with prominent red cultural elements, strong cultural atmosphere, rich cultural formats, industrial agglomeration and integration, and benefiting people's lives.
Zunyi shines brightly in the history of the Chinese revolution with "one building" and reproduces the red revolutionary epic with "one drama". The drama "The Great Turning" carries the mission of Zunyi's new business card and conveys the great spirit of the Zunyi Conference to the world. On January 15, 2024, walk into the Great Turning Theater, immerse yourself in the performance, travel through time and space, and relive the Communists’ firm faith; recall the glorious past and cherish the feelings of the revolutionary ancestors for their home and country; embark on the journey again to build the great cause of the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
