People's Daily Online, Beijing, May 20 (Reporter Liu Wei) "Listen, the wind from the other side of the mountain is about to blow." "There is no spring that will not come, and there will be no spring that will not warm the world."... May 17 On the evening of the same day, the large-scale original drama "Spring Warms the World" with the theme of reform and opening up, created by the Propaganda Department of the Guang'an Municipal Party Committee and the Chengdu Art Theater, was performed at the National Theater of China. From 1977 to 2024, more than forty years of memories of the times are condensed into a 120-minute stage performance.
Stills from the drama "Spring Warms the World". Photo provided by the Propaganda Department of the Guang'an Municipal Party Committee
Screenwriter Lin Weiran of the drama "Spring Warms the World" introduced that the play focuses on the changes in the fate of typical characters living in several families living in the old courtyard of the Deng family. It records the memories of the times through small things and big things, and creates a group of kind, friendly people. Natural, individual, vivid characters.
Zheng Guangming, an orphan who once had a meal without a meal, became the chairman of the group with the help of reform and opening up; a Beijing girl went to the countryside safely to become an educated youth, and became a people's teacher after resuming the college entrance examination in 1977; Du Dongsheng, a mountain boy, rose from the factory assembly line Rise up in the world, start a family and start a business in Shenzhen... The drama "Spring Warms the World" tells the vicissitudes of the reform and opening up for more than 40 years through the stories of small characters full of fireworks and human touch.
viewer Zhou Chen said that only by understanding the difficulties of the past can we cherish today's happy life more. "The struggle experiences of the young people in the play inspired me that we should seize the opportunities of the times, work hard and realize value."
"We are the beneficiaries of reform and opening up, and we should also be good narrators of this history." Ye Mengyao, who plays Zhongzhong Fuping, said that the good reputation from the audience made her more determined to do her best to play the role and tell the story well. Li Bonan, the chief director of the
drama "Spring Warms the World", said that what was met with the Beijing audience this time was a version that was polished and improved after research and discussion by the main creative team. On the evening of May 21, the play will continue to be performed at the Centennial Lecture Hall of Peking University.
