On the evening of January 19, the park tour of China's first psychological musical "Flowers Blooming in Hexi Lane" was successfully held at the Suzhou Culture and Art Center. The play is adapted from a true story and produced under the guidance of the Provincial and Municipal Disabled Persons' Federation and the Political and Legal Department. The Suzhou Song and Dance Theater took two years to create it. Through the small window of the mental health rehabilitation station, Suzhou's civilized background of improving the grassroots social governance system and enhancing the modernization level of grassroots governance is demonstrated. Jin Jie, member of the Standing Committee of the Suzhou Municipal Party Committee and Minister of the Propaganda Department, and Yao Wenlei, member of the Party Working Committee of the Park, Deputy Director of the Management Committee, and Secretary of the Political and Legal Committee watched the performance live.
"Flowers Blooming in Hexi Lane" focuses on the hot topic of the era of "mental health and social harmony", and takes Taohuawu Mental Health Rehabilitation Station (identified as a model of mental management by the World Health Organization and selected as the first pilot project in Suzhou for the "686 Project" of the Ministry of Health). As the stage background, by interpreting the advanced deeds of the prototype character Wang Liangyu (outstanding Communist Party member of Jiangsu Province, Jiangsu Province model worker, and Jiangsu good person), the person in charge of Taohuawu Mental Health Rehabilitation Station, it shows that the protagonist "Stationmaster Yao" in the play has taken root in Suzhou. Over the past 25 years, the story of various collisions and frictions with patients with various mental disorders during the rehabilitation process, and then mutual acceptance and tolerance, allows ordinary audiences to enter the unknown inner world of patients with mental disorders. The play is a 2022 Suzhou Art Fund support project. The script won the "Drama China" 2021 Outstanding Script Award for Musical Drama and will premiere at the Suzhou Public Cultural Center on October 10, 2023.
In the quiet alleys of Suzhou, police sirens sounded. Chen Xiaojiang, who fell ill, ran madly, and passers-by watched the police arrest him. However, they fled after learning that Chen Xiaojiang was a mentally ill person... As the plot progressed, the audience also followed the twists and turns of the plot and became excited. In the play, Hexi Lane Rehabilitation Station is the "last mile" for patients to be treated and return to society. Many people have regained acceptance and tolerance here. The plot of the play, which is adapted from a true story, has aroused deep resonance among the audience.
Police officer Yu Jiajie of the Park Public Security Bureau was deeply moved after watching the performance. In his opinion, the play shows the current situation of patients with mental disorders through several stories, plays a very good role in guiding and educating the audience, helps the public to improve their awareness, and provides care, understanding, and help to vulnerable groups in society. help. "In the daily work of the public security organs, we will also encounter similar rescue incidents. In the future, we will better cooperate with the community and relevant departments to provide assistance, and work together to make patients with mental disorders feel warm in their lives. Make society more harmonious."
This park tour is hosted by the park's Political and Legal Committee and Social Affairs Bureau. Member of Suzhou Social Advisory Committee for Caring for Disabled Persons, staff representatives of the Park Management Committee, police representatives from political and legal units, representatives from medical and health institutions, experts from university psychological societies and representatives of teachers and students, representatives of teachers and students of Xingpu Experimental Middle School, street civil affairs, health More than 700 people including cadres from the health, comprehensive management, and judicial lines, grassroots grid workers, social workers, mediators, and representatives of enthusiastic residents watched the performance.
Editor Yan Chunxia
January 22, 2024
