China News Service, Beijing, March 12 (Reporter Ying Ni) The original Gaojia opera drama "The Weirden Bride" created and staged by the Quanzhou Gaojia Opera Inheritance Center will be performed at the Central Opera House from March 15th to 16th. . The play uses the marriage and love experiences of two women as the main line, and uses a unique perspective to interpret the inseparable blood bond between people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait and the great charm of southern Fujian culture. It is an original drama with the style of "civilian epic".
Information and stills from the high-level drama "Weitou Bride". Photo courtesy of Quanzhou Gaojia Opera Inheritance Center
"Weitou Bride" is based on real life. The play incorporates the rich folk customs of southern Fujian and Kinmen, further enhancing the regional characteristics of the play. The play also gives full play to the advantages of Gaojia opera, which is both solemn and humorous, with a mixture of tragedy and joy. In order to highlight the unique geographical features of Weitou Village, director Guo Xiaonan used modern technical means to use LED backgrounds to dynamically present the changes in the waves of the sea under different scenes and emotional states.
Information and stills from the high-level drama "Weitou Bride". Photo courtesy of Quanzhou Gaojia Opera Inheritance Center
This work, which features multi-person narratives, also allows the audience to see the exciting situation of the orderly inheritance of talents in Quanzhou Gaojia Opera Inheritance Center.
Ji Guoping, consultant to the Chinese Dramatists Association and president of the Chinese Opera Modern Drama Research Association, believes that "The Weirden Bride" interprets the romance between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait, the joys and sorrows of separation and reunion, and is emotionally moving. It has unique themes and profound implications. In recent years, the creation of cross-strait plays has stand out. At the same time, the creation of the play has profound and significant practical significance. While carrying forward the excellent traditions of the play, it also incorporates elements of the new era, which is also of great significance to the inheritance and development of Gaojia Opera in the contemporary era.
Information and stills of the high-level drama "Weitou Bride". Photo courtesy of Quanzhou Gaojia Opera Inheritance Center
Gaojia Opera, one of the first batch of national intangible cultural heritages, is one of the largest opera types in southern Fujian and is also a popular opera type for people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait. Its artistic features are distinctive, its performance form is unique, it pays equal attention to singing and acting, is both solemn and harmonious, turns ugliness into beauty, is full of fun, and has a strong flavor of life. Quanzhou Gaojia Opera Inheritance Center is a representative troupe of Gaojia Opera. Zhou Jiejun, director of the center, said that the creation of "The Weirden Bride" has the cultural character and artistic value of "seeing the new in the old, and seeing the roots in the new". Its unique theme and innovative art form will undoubtedly become a contemporary Gaojia opera. An important work in the development process, it will also play an important role in the inheritance of intangible cultural heritage. (End)
[Editor: Cao Zijian]
