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html On January 29, the launch ceremony of the large-scale original drama "Su Mu" produced by the Sichuan People's Art Theater in 2024 was held in Chengdu. The drama "Su's Mother" uses a "Family Instructions" as a clue to tell the story of Mrs. Cheng, the "backbone" of the "Meizhou Su family" and the most important woman in the lives of the "Three Sus", who supports and manages the family.At the ceremony, as co-producers, Yuan Shijun, Party Committee Member and Deputy General Manager of Sichuan Cultural Industry Investment Group (hereinafter referred to as "Sichuan Cultural Investment"), and Party Secretary and Chairman of Sichuan People's Art Theater (hereinafter referred to as "Sichuan People's Art") Luo Hongliang made speeches respectively, introducing the creative opportunities and some highlights of the drama "Su Mu".
Group photo at the launch ceremony
Yuan Shijun of Sichuan Cultural Investment:
Let the audience immerse themselves in Chinese mother culture and drama culture
Yuan Shijun, member of the Party Committee and Deputy General Manager of Sichuan Cultural Investment, said in his speech that the five thousand years of Chinese national history have created Rich and excellent traditional culture, among which family culture has a long history, is extensive and profound, and accumulates the deepest spiritual pursuit of the Chinese nation. For Sansu, the most precious spiritual wealth is to study properly, be filial and kind, do not take what is wrong, and be honest as an official. On the other hand, Meng's mother moved three times and her mother-in-law got tattoos. Women also played a very important role in establishing good family traditions. Beside Sansu, there is also a great woman who is giving, this is Mrs. Cheng.
In Yuan Shijun's view, Mrs. Cheng not only assisted her husband Su Xun in becoming famous and famous, but also encouraged Su Che and Su Shi to strive for progress. "The honest thought of 'I will never take anything that is not mine' was exactly what she taught Su Shi through words and deeds," Yuan Shijun said.
Yuan Shijun, Party Committee Member and Deputy General Manager of Sichuan Cultural Investment Investment
The drama "Su Mu" jointly created by Sichuan Cultural Investment and Sichuan People's Art is the group's first foray into the field of stage drama. Yuan Shijun said that this is not only a manifestation of Sichuan Cultural Investment's focus on cultural responsibilities and main business, vigorously promoting the strategy of major cultural industry projects, and exploring and innovating the inheritance path of China's excellent traditional culture, but also an in-depth explanation of the modern social background by telling the story of Mrs. Cheng. Next, how to inherit family traditions and tutoring, promote the construction of family civilization in the new era, and promote the new trend of socialist family civilization, so that "every audience can immersively experience the charm of Chinese mother culture and drama culture."
Sichuan People's Art Luo Hongliang:
Integrating Bashu culture into the drama "Su Mu"
January 29th is Su Shi's 987th birthday. Luo Hongliang, Secretary and Chairman of the Sichuan People's Art Party Committee, reviewed the creation and performance results of the drama "Su Dongpo" at the scene, and introduced the creative concept of "Su Mu".
At present, the drama "Su Dongpo" has been performed more than 210 times across the country, and has successfully achieved a cultural and tourism residency in Chengdu. After the great success of "Su Dongpo", Sichuan People's Arts is also conducting relevant explorations to help Chengdu become a city with an important position in the national economy, society, culture, science and technology. At this time, they received a suggestion from writer and playwright Feng Li: Why not focus on the women who made Sansu successful? Therefore, as early as 2021, Sichuan People's Art began to conceive of a drama with Mrs. Cheng as the protagonist.
Luo Hongliang, Secretary and Chairman of the Sichuan People’s Art Party Committee
Luo Hongliang revealed that the drama "Su Mu" is currently being polished. When the spring of 2024 arrives, the crew and creators will collectively appear at a press briefing to introduce the drama "Su Mu" in more detail. He even said with a smile at the scene that the director and screenwriter were "retreating" to polish the script, which has now been revised to the sixth draft.
"To show a great woman today is inseparable from modern people's aesthetics. How to establish a link between ancient characters and modern audiences? We believe that the drama "Su Mu" will not only focus on family tradition and tutoring, but also The politics, economy, society, culture, folk customs and other contents of Sichuan during the Northern Song Dynasty will be displayed on the drama stage in multiple dimensions." Luo Hongliang said that in order to complete this part of the creation, the screenwriter has conducted a large amount of literature reading and field investigation.Therefore, the drama "Su Mu" will also present a lot of exciting content other than books.
In Luo Hongliang’s view, an excellent stage art creation not only needs a good subject matter, a character that can impress people and is authentic, but also needs to be valuable and meaningful to modern society. He summarized these aspects into the "three rules" of creation: universal values, eternal humanity, and contemporary aesthetics. These three points are indispensable.
"The creation of 'Su Mu' has gone through a process of three years, and we have always had admiration for the sages." Luo Hongliang said at the scene, "I believe that as long as we have admiration, we can create 'Su Mu' 'One corner stands on the stage."
