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"Having been wandering for half a life, I have become a man, and I have to reflect on my sins and merits in my life. I am a high salary in the temple, or a clean breeze in the barnyard official. I am the gentle and gentle pioneer, the graceful and bold hero who praises Confucius and Mencius. . I am a glutton for Dongpo meat, and I am a fisherman in a deserted village. I have searched for him thousands of times in my dreams, but it is difficult to be a boatman in Sichuan." In the fourth year of Xining (1071), Su Shi passed through Changzhou for the first time on his way to Hangzhou. He died here in the first year of Jingguo (1101). Su Shi visited this place fourteen times, and finally chose to die and leave in Changzhou, living and dying with this place that haunted him for 30 years.
Chen Zhilin plays Su Dongpo
Chen Zhilin partners with post-2000 young actor Liu Yonghan (left)
On the evening of April 12, the Sichuan Opera "Dream Back to Dongpo" came to Changzhou Phoenix Valley Grand Theater. Taking the final chapter of Su Shi's life as the starting point, it shows the ups and downs of this literary giant's life through dream recall. On the stage, Chen Zhilin, the famous Sichuan Opera performing artist and winner of "Second Plum Blossom", and Liu Yonghan, a young Sichuan Opera actor born after 2000, starred together, bringing a fantasy journey across time and space to the Changzhou audience.
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"Dream" back to Changzhou
Exploring the soul of Chinese spirit
html In early March, the crew of Sichuan Opera "Dream Back to Dongpo" followed Su Shi's footsteps, starting from Chengdu and passing through Beijing, Shanghai, Xuzhou, Hangzhou, Jiaxing, Huanggang, Suzhou and finally arrived in Changzhou. The play uses dreams as a guide and skillfully uses the space transformation of the opera stage to trace Su Dongpo's journey of enlightenment in Huangzhou, the construction of Xuetang, the magnificent gift of Chibi, Huizhou's bridge-building charity, Danzhou's customs, and The touching love story between him and Wang Runzhi. Through the dramatic structure of prose culture, the work breaks the constraints of time and space and presents to the audience a fantasy life of Dongpo full of poetry and fantasy.As the last stop of the 2024 spring national tour, Chen Zhilin said frankly in an interview with a cover news reporter: The appearance of "Dream Back to Dongpo" in Changzhou is of great significance. "In the past two days, I went to Changzhou Su Dongpo Memorial Hall, Dongpo Garden and other places to look for traces, learn about his life in Changzhou, and feel the respect and reverence of Changzhou people for him." Chen Zhilin believes that Su Shi has long become a symbol of the Chinese spirit , ""Dream Back to Dongpo" re-examines Dongpo's spirit from the perspective of Chinese culture, including Dongpo's character, personality and soul. I believe that every audience is actually interacting with Dongpo when appreciating this play. A kind of conversation from a distance, sharing his spiritual world together."
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What makes Chen Zhilin sigh is that during this tour, audiences from all over the world loved Sichuan Opera "Dream Back to Dongpo" beyond imagination. "Many viewers told me that they came from other places and schools to watch it. No matter which city it was performed in, the audience showed great resonance and moved." In Chen Zhilin's view, this is because Dongpo's spirit has The appeal that transcends time and space can touch people's deepest emotions.
During the performance in Changzhou that night, the audience continued to laugh and applaud. There were also many children's voices reciting Su Shi's poems simultaneously with the actors on stage. Some comments said: "("Dream Back to Dongpo") uses Sichuan opera art and other means to express the full emotion and perseverance of the character Su Dongpo, and once again spreads how Chinese literati under the influence of traditional Chinese culture have always persevered under the influence of many hardships. He wrote about the temperament of a scholar and the highest morality, "If you are powerful, you can help the world, but if you are poor, you can be alone." And his character is as outstanding as his poems, which have left a "snow and mud claw" in the long river of history. "
After the performance. , "Su Dongpo" actor Chen Zhilin communicates with Su Dongpo's descendant Su Dong (right).
That night, Su Dong, the 30th grandson of Su Shi and deputy director of the Su Dongpo Memorial Hall in Changzhou, also made a special trip to watch the show. He said with emotion: "The performance is very exciting." Su Dong revealed that when he learned that "Dream Back to Dongpo" was coming to Changzhou to perform, he happened to be on a business trip. "I decided to rush back and meet Dongpo's ancestors on this stage. After the hardships in his life were expressed in the art form of Sichuan Opera, our hearts gradually merged into this helplessness.Moreover, this drama also gave a very complete description of Leung's great-grandmother, and the evaluation of her was every word, and it also expressed our feelings. Thank you very much. ”
Xie Xuemei, president of Changzhou Huang Zhongze Poetry Research Association, also expressed her emotion: “Changzhou is a ‘state of gentlemen’ in Su Dongpo’s eyes. Teacher Chen, a two-time plum winner, leads such an outstanding team to deliver such a wonderful opera to our hometown. This is really a rare blessing and I am deeply honored. Changzhou audience Li Juan, who studied at Sichuan University, also shared her experience of watching the opera: "I didn't know much about Sichuan opera before, but I always found Sichuan dialect particularly charming." Tonight on the stage, I saw the elegant Su Dongpo perform affectionately in Sichuan dialect full of life, which was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. The performances of the young actors are also outstanding, and the composition is particularly touching. ”
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00’s rise to prominence
“The old brings the new” to create a new chapter of Sichuan Opera
During the tour of "Dream Back to Dongpo", not only senior artists like Chen Zhilin performed with passion, but also a group of young actors born in the 2000s emerged. They Through her understanding of the role and solid acting skills, Liu Yonghan, a young actor born in the 2000s, plays the role of Mrs. Su Dongpo "Wang Runzhi" in the play. Although she faced many challenges in taking on the leading role for the first time, she relied on her excellent singing skills. and deep understanding of the role, successfully demonstrated the fierceness, tenacity and affection of "Wang Runzhi" to the fullest, which is eye-catching.
Liu Yonghan played Wang Runzhi
When being interviewed by a cover news reporter, Liu Yonghan said bluntly: "It is because of the senior teachers in the theater. Their careful guidance, such as vocal techniques, modulation methods, application of program exercises, etc., has made me who I am today. "For her, every rehearsal and performance is a valuable learning opportunity. Especially after the experience of this tour, her singing has become more smooth and natural, and her voice is melodious and beautiful, which adds rich color to the emotional expression in the play.
In addition to the improvement in performance and singing skills, Liu Yonghan is also very grateful for this tour, "I feel that the communication with teachers, senior sisters and brothers has become more frequent, the mutual understanding and tacit understanding have become deeper, and the relationship between the entire team has become closer. . "This warm atmosphere made her feel warm and comfortable, and also provided strong support for her performance.
Young actor Wang Zihao played "Zhuge Liang"
html Post-300 actor Liang Haolong played "Zhou Yu"
who also grew up with the crew, and also There is actor born in the 2000s, Liang Haolong. He said frankly that this tour allowed him to deeply experience the customs of different places and the enthusiasm of the audience, and learned how to deal with emergencies on the stage in various situations, which improved his stage performance ability. . Even though the "Zhou Yu" played in the play this time is only a background role, Liang Haolong still understood and shaped the character with his heart. "Zhou Yu is a Confucian general who has the bravery and wisdom of a military commander and the temperament and cultivation of a scholar." I hope that through my performance, the audience will know more about this historical figure. "
Chen Zhilin spoke highly of the performance of the young actors in the play. He believes that these young actors have unlimited potential and possibilities, and they will inject new vitality and creativity into the inheritance and development of Sichuan Opera. He looks forward to the future. Here, we can see more outstanding young actors shine on the stage of Sichuan Opera. "I also hope that the drama "Dream Back to Dongpo" can arouse people's attention and love for Sichuan Opera, a traditional culture and art, and let more people People understand and appreciate the charm of Sichuan Opera. ”
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