"The remaining green locust trees and the snow stir up nostalgia" "How can you know the beauty of spring without visiting the garden?"... Today (April 17), the 2024 Changning District "Civilization in National Style" Chinese excellent traditional culture campus event came to Tianshan The Second Primary School brought a wonderful Kunqu opera class to the teachers and students.
This event invited Zhao Jinyu, a professional promoter of Kun Opera and a descendant of the Kun Opera Pengpa School, as a guest speaker, to deliver a lecture on the theme of "Endless Art and Endless Learning - Sowing the Seeds of Kun Opera" to the students.
In class, Zhao Jinyu first popularized the basic knowledge of traditional Chinese opera to teachers and students, shared his own journey of learning Kun Opera, and then introduced the art of Kun Opera to everyone in detail. "Kun Opera is an art of poetry, and what she sings is China's most beautiful language - ancient poetry." Zhao Jinyu introduced that Kun Opera is also an art of singing and dancing. "She has a Shuimo tune, soft and waxy, and sings clearly, When performing, attention is paid to hands, eyes, body, technique, steps, etc., and the dance posture is very elegant.”
When the students were fascinated by the art of Kun Opera, Zhao Jinyu taught everyone step by step the most important orchid finger, orchid fist, and Fingering techniques such as orchid palm and fan dance movements. "There are strict rules for orchid fingering. The thumb is pressed lightly on the side of the first knuckle of the middle finger, the index finger is straightened, the little finger and ring finger are slightly bent..." The students followed the study, and their smiles aroused many students' desire. Interested in learning Kun Opera more deeply.
At the end, Zhao Jinyu quoted the classic Kun Opera play "The Peony Pavilion" to encourage students to inherit and carry forward Chinese traditional culture and build stronger cultural confidence. Zhao Jinyu said, "The British Shakespeare and our Tang Xianzu are contemporaries and both are literary giants. We must have cultural confidence, and the basis of cultural confidence is the understanding and inheritance of our culture. The theme of this event uses ' The word "Jiu" just wants to tell everyone that there is no end to learning, and cultural inheritance requires the efforts of generations after generations." Hosted by the District Education Bureau and the District Culture and Tourism Bureau, it aims to help minors "button the first button of life" while learning, understanding, and promoting the excellent traditional Chinese culture through activities.
Source: Shanghai Changning
