The Chinese intangible cultural heritage-themed epic drama "West to East" will be performed at the Poly Theater from September 15th to 20th, kicking off the 2023 performance season of "Seeing Beijing in a Big Drama". The drama "West to East Lai" is based on the 120-year glorious history and craftsmanship of the Donglaishun brand to construct plots and characters. It has a talented creative team and a dazzling cast. Using Donglaishun Restaurant as a carrier, it artistically presents China's excellent traditional culture and non-traditional Chinese culture. The spirit of craftsmanship allows every audience to immerse themselves in the charm of Chinese food culture and drama culture.
At present, the drama "West to East" is in the intensive synthesis stage. On the afternoon of September 8, China Film Theater and the Weibo drama "Take advantage of every opportunity" conducted a live broadcast for more than 20 minutes at the synthesis site. Actor Li Lin, who played three roles in the play (played by Eunuch Wei, Datou He) , Liu Stutter) served as the host of the live broadcast. Actors Liu Peiqi, Liu Liu, Period, Yang Jiulang and Yang Shulin appeared in the live broadcast room, using the crew's unique "humorous" method to expose the scenes in front of and behind the scenes and share their creative feelings. Although the live broadcast of
is short, the amount of information is huge. The audience can see the scene in front of the stage and the "scenery" of the sub-stage that they can never see in the theater, as well as the "explosive memes" generated by the wonderful reactions between the actors, all of which are broadcast live. exposed one by one.
Exposure point 1: Stage design - a miniature "Transformers"
When you walk into the theater, the first thing you see is a three-story building that can rotate, rise and fall, and can be divided into different performance spaces. The director said that "stage setting" The scene is a miniature Transformer." The story of the drama "West to East" spans 120 years. According to the live broadcast, from the prologue, first act, second act, third act to the end, a total of 12 large LED screens are used to display different scenes. The style of the times, as well as the ups and downs of the fate of Laishun restaurant in the great wheel of time.
Exposure point 2: Prop design - striving to restore and maintain fidelity
The old copper pot of Donglaishun Restaurant was directly moved to the stage, and there will be no shortage of mutton, sugar garlic, and garlic jars; a bronze statue engraved in the image of Ding Deshan, the founder of Donglaishun will appear on the stage; what deserves special attention is that the meat cutter of Dong Lai Shun came to the performance site and used Dong Lai Shun's 39th knife with the words "Inheritance of Intangible Cultural Heritage" written on it to demonstrate his unique meat cutting skills at the performance site; In addition, , the food-passing “robot” equipped with high-tech means allows the audience to intuitively experience the development and changes of food culture over the past 120 years.
Exposure point 3: Actors - mutual help without reservation. On the day of
's visit to the class, the leading actors Liu Peiqi (played as Ding Deshan), Liu Liu (played as Liao Xiaoyong), Period (played as Eunuch Li), Yang Jiulang (played as Guan San), Yang Shulin (played by Guan San), (played as fake Puyi) shared their feelings and gains from being on the set. Liu Liu's role as Liu Datou in "Country Love" was impressive. Yang Shulin also has rich experience in sketch performances, but this is his first time acting in a drama. Both said that teacher Liu Peiqi was of great help because He has no reservations in art and never hesitates to put forward better performance suggestions to help young actors "grow success" in their performances.
Exposure point 4: Which steamed bun is better, or mutton?
This is not the first time Yang Jiulang has acted in a drama. He had previously performed well in "Wotou Club" co-produced by Deyun Society and Longma Society. This time, Guan San, played by Yang Jiulang in the drama "West to East", is a marginalized figure in society who always wants to "get in" to the center of society through unfair means. Both works are plays that tell the story of Beijing. Yang Jiulang believes that "Wotou Guild Hall" is more concrete, while "Going to the East" is more macroscopic. Faced with the "digging" question from the same cast: Is the steamed bun better, or the mutton? Yang Jiulang smartly replied: "The only thing in the cornbread is mutton!" The premiere of
's drama "West to East" is about to premiere. Friends who are interested in food culture, intangible cultural heritage culture and even drama culture should not miss such a painstaking masterpiece. Chinese food culture has a long history and is extensive and profound. Donglaishan is a shining treasure in traditional Chinese food culture and an important national intangible cultural heritage.Coming to Dong Laishun to eat is more than just eating. As Liu Peiqi said at the end of the live broadcast: ""West to East Lai" tells the story of Dong Laishun. After watching the drama, you can go to Dong Laishun to eat. After eating, you can continue watching the drama and you will understand. It shows the depth and depth of Chinese food culture."
The second batch of makeup photos show
Cast list
Ding Deshan: Liu Peiqi
Ma Yuelian: Yu Mingjia
Ding Mu: Cai Ming
Liao Xiaoyong: Liu Liu
Li Eunuch: Period
Guan San: Yang Jiulang
fake Puyi: Yang Shulin
Ding Yishun: A Nan
Mr. Zhou: Jungle, District Ning
Li Xianglan: Shi Ting, Jiang Mu Yuanjian
Kawashima Yoshiko: Du Juan, Long Yue
Wei Eunuch, He Datou, Liu Stutter: Li Lin
Village Understand: Zhang Naitian
Cui'e: Meng Nan, Jiang Mou Yuanjian
reporter, Hu Zhangkou: Fu Lewei, Chen Sen
Shopkeeper Lu, Professor Qi: Wang Haowei
Boss Gao, Commander Fu: Shao Jinghua
Cao Wu: Liu Yong
Ren Da: Jie Tian
Fu Dong: Deng Li
Xiao Chen: Li Siwei
Second Spring: Luo Fan
Shuangli: Luan Xiaoyu
Police: Zou Bowei
Xu Guangzhi, Secretary Yan: Liu Junqi
Shopkeeper Chen, Zhongtong Officer: Sun Kuo
Newsboy, Lin Ming : Zhang Kaige
Director Wang: Xiao Xiao
Female student, waitress: Zhao Danyang Wang Boya Xinjile
Military commander, Zhongtong soldier: Luo Junzhuang, He Zhilin
National army guard: Shi Shaofeng
Note: The role of the diners is played by actors in this drama.
Performance information
Time: September 15th - September 20th
Location: Beijing Poly Theater
