The pavilions, terraces and pavilions freeze the tenacious life of a heroine guarding the national treasure; the two tripods brush away the loess, allowing the splendid culture to reappear in the Chinese world. The opera film "Guoding Soul" starring famous Su opera actors Wang Fang and Zhang Tangbing will be released within the year. The film is produced by Suzhou Su Opera Troupe Co., Ltd. and Suzhou Su Opera Tradition and Protection Center. It is adapted from the Su opera of the same name and directed by the award-winning director Directed by directors Wang Hao and Lan Tian who won the Golden Rooster Award for "Best Opera Film". The creative team translated the opera onto the screen and told a true story about loving country and family and protecting national treasures. At the beginning of September, "The Soul of the National Cauldron" will carry out roadshows in multiple cities, striving to let more audiences know the touching story of Mr. Pan Dayu's perseverance and protection of the national treasures "Da Yu Ding" and "Dake Ding".
The story of "Guoding Soul" takes place in Suzhou. The "Pan family", a prominent local family, has many ancestors with talented people, and their family tradition emphasizes etiquette and culture. As a master collector in Jiangnan, the Pan family has carefully preserved the two cultural relics unearthed in the 19th century, the "Big Yu Ding" and the "Dake Ding". Ding Suzhen, a medical lady, married into the Pan family to cheer up her sick lover, but unexpectedly something unexpected happened on the wedding day. The husband, father-in-law and step-son were separated from Suzhen by Baoding one after another. No matter what life changes he has experienced, no matter whether the current situation is turbulent or relatively calm, Suzhen - Mr. Pan Dayu, who has changed his name to express his ambition to protect the treasure, has always been cold-eyed towards others and coveted others. The national treasure always shows his sincerity and courage. The ups and downs legend of
cultural relics carries a very rich cultural and historical heritage. In order to find the means of expression that can best explore its core, the main creative team of the film was very careful and patient when creating. Such a "Suzhou story" full of Jiangnan charm, Su opera with a long history and "the best troupe in the world" is naturally the most appropriate way to present it; and what is more natural is that the soul of this story should be captured by Suzhou artists. Hold on, they were born and raised here, and they have a different kind of emotional resonance with the past of this land. The two leading actors in "The Soul of the Kingdom" are rich in experience, and their natural performances make the roles absolutely perfect for them.
Teacher Wang Fang, who plays Mr. Pan Dayu, is a famous Su Opera and Kun Opera performing artist. He is also a "National Cultural Master" and "Four Batch" talents, and a representative inheritor of the National Intangible Cultural Heritage Project (Kun Opera). He has won the "Two Degrees of Plum" at the 12th and 22nd Chinese Drama Plum Blossom Awards, the 12th "Wenhua Performance Award", the 24th "Shanghai Magnolia Drama Performance Protagonist Award" and many other awards. Domestic and international honors. Teacher Wang Fang's unique performance vividly displayed Mr. Pan Dayu's dignity and beauty in her youth, her perseverance and calmness in her middle age, and her majesty and solemnity in her old age. Her every frown and frown in the film made people feel it all the time. This heroine is worried about the fate of Baoding and is determined to advance and retreat with Baoding.
Teacher Zhang Tangbing, who plays Pan Zunian, is also a famous Soviet opera actor. He has won the first place in the 24th "Shanghai Magnolia Drama Performance and Supporting Actor Award", the Outstanding Performance Award at the 5th China Kun Opera Art Festival, and the Outstanding Performance Award at the 1st, 3rd and 5th China Jiangsu Drama Festival. Award, is an experienced performing artist. In the film, Pan Zunian's gentleness, tolerance and upholding justice complement Pan Dayu's noble temperament. In addition to these two actors, Pan Jiayu's preferring death to surrender, Bai Zheng's complex world management, etc. It is precisely because of the dedicated performances of many outstanding Soviet opera artists that the positive and multi-faceted history behind the national treasure can be revealed.
In addition to the actors, the creative team is also unique in polishing the story itself. "Guoding Soul" is adapted from the deeds of real characters. In order to display artistic creativity on the basis of accurate restoration, the main creative team visited the "Pan Mansion" in Suzhou many times, listened to expert opinions, and carefully wrote the script. The opera version of "Guoding Soul" has been performed many times in China and has received repeated praise. The play itself has continued to accumulate experience and strive for excellence with the increase in the number of performances.Thanks to its sincere creation, the opera version of "Guoding Soul" has won many top honors: the 16th China Culture and Art Government Award "Wenhua Award", the 11th Jiangsu Province Spiritual Civilization Construction "Five Ones" Project It has won many awards including the Grand Prize of Honor; as a key play supported by the Ministry of Culture and Tourismโs โHundred Centenary Worksโ, it also held a reporting performance at the Suzhou Culture and Art Center Grand Theater on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Party. Various achievements and hard work have provided a good foundation for further filmmaking.
In the presentation of the movie version of "Guoding Soul", it is not difficult to see that the connection between the opera elements and the movie is smooth and natural, and those slightly transcendent stage scenes also add to the inner joy, anger, sorrow and joy of the characters in the movie. A melancholy symbolic power. With dream-like scenes and carefully crafted audio-visuals, "Guoding Soul", which is about to land in cinemas, will surely allow the audience to experience the multiple charms of different art forms.
The loess soil reappears in the human world, and the heroic soul of Gusu will be cast forever. In order to reflect the movement of the two tripods in the long river of history, the road show of the film was also carefully designed accordingly. This road show of "Guoding Soul" will start from Xi'an, because both tripods were unearthed in Shaanxi Province. Along the way, we walked through the four cities of Nanjing, Hefei, Hangzhou, and Shanghai, and finally came to Suzhou, all the way back to the place where cultural relics are "life-threatening", and then looked back at the heroic souls who guarded them. Throughout Mr. Pan Dayu's life, her firm belief in guarding the tripod has been deeply integrated into her blood as a Chinese son and daughter.
Today, the "Big Men's Cauldron" and the "Big Ke Ding" are displayed in the National Museum of China and the Shanghai Museum respectively, safely for guests from all over the world to enjoy. For a country and a nation, cultural relics are a timeless business card. They bear in mind the origin and flow of a culture, and tripods, as an important category of cultural relics, carry even deeper cultural significance. The inscriptions on the "Da Yu Ding" and "Dake Ding" are of great origin. They record the experience and expectations of the Zhou Dynasty in governing the country and maintaining peace and respecting the sages. They also record the praise of the virtues of the Emperor of Zhou and the worship of Ke. The spirit of my grandfather and my father is in heaven. As the leaders have earnestly taught, "We must pay attention to the protection and inheritance of historical culture, protect the endless roots of the Chinese nation's spirit, and continue to pass on the only uninterrupted civilization in the world." Although the inscriptions engraved on the two tripods are relevant to the present There is no direct connection, but looking at their roots, they demonstrate the beautiful vision of the harmony of heaven and earth and the noble qualities of obeying laws and self-denial of generations of Chinese people. Mr. Pan Dayu's life-long work is to protect the national lineage and cultural heritage, the national destiny and the cultural destiny.
At present, a movie like "The Soul of the Kingdom" is of great significance: in terms of its story itself and form of expression, it enriches the interactive mode of movies and operas, and can better show the charm of excellent traditional culture; In its overall significance, its local characteristics not only tell the "Suzhou story" well, but also tell the "Chinese story" well because of its broader cultural and historical context starting from Baoding. As descendants of Yan and Huang, we should all go to the theater to watch this film to feel admiration and excitement, and to experience the solidarity with the spread and sincere protection of cultural relics.
