Original title: The original drama "Tree Soul" sings the "Song of the Earth"
Based on Huang Zhenfang's family forest farm, it tells the touching story of three generations of a family who went to the mountains to afforestation
The original drama "Tree Soul" sings the "Song of the Earth"
( Fujian Daily reporter You Fangming, Shi Chenjing, correspondent Zheng Wenmin, Wei Zhiqiu)
html In 1983, Huang Zhenfang, a villager in Houyang Village, Zhouning County, who was over 50 years old, resolutely took a loan of 80,000 yuan and took his family to the mountains to plant trees. In three years, he planted 1,207 acres of forest and became a famous local "afforestation king".For more than 40 years, three generations of Huang Zhenfang's family have continued to pass on the baton and deeply cultivated forestry; Zhouning County has continued to promote afforestation, forest tending, and mountain closure for forestation. The county's forest coverage rate has increased to 72.96%, and it has won the "National Ecological Civilization Construction Demonstration Zone" and other "national titles" "honor.
When this story reaches the stage of drama, what kind of excitement will it present?
At 8 pm on July 28, Zhou Ning's "Sanku" Performing Arts Center was packed with seats, and the original drama "Tree Soul" had its public premiere.
is based on Huang Zhenfang's family forest farm. The play consists of three acts: "Deforestation", "Afforestation" and "Guarding the Forest". It shows the touching story of three generations of Lin Shougen's family who have persevered for more than 40 years, afforestation in the mountains and continue to protect the green waters and green mountains. It is a profound practice. "Green mountains and clear waters are priceless treasures" and "three reservoirs + carbon reservoir" are important concepts.
When the curtain opens, the blue-gray side backlight shines, and the dense forest scroll slowly unfolds. They have nourished the soil and water of Houyang Village for generations. In the interplay of light and shadow, the protagonist Lin Shougen slowly walked out, recalling his indissoluble bond with this woodland.
Back then, the bugler of the Red Army guerrillas sacrificed his young life in order to protect Lin Shougen's father and the villagers. Everyone buried the martyrs on Qilin Mountain behind the village and erected a monument to remember that trees on the mountain could not be cut down at will.
But later, things backfired. By the late 1970s, the mountains in Houyang Village had turned into “bald mountains”. "The poorer you get, the more trees you cut down, and the more you cut down trees, the poorer you get." Poverty shrouded the mountain village. A mudslide even took the life of Lin Shougen's wife, and his daughter-in-law also became permanently disabled. In the face of natural and man-made disasters, Lin Shougen made an oath in front of the Red Army Tomb: to open up wasteland, plant trees, and protect the mountains and forests.
In 1983, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China issued Document No. 1, which “clearly announced that whoever plants the trees owns the trees; individuals have the right to inherit the trees planted by them.” Lin Shougen was the first to respond, resolutely quit his job as a master in the village collective brick and tile factory, picked up a hoe, and started the journey towards the barren mountains.
"Who turned youth into the annual rings of trees, and moistened the lush mountains with sweat." Under the moonlight, Lin Shougen caressed the trees he had cared for with his own hands, and the obsession "You can't cut down a tree of mine" emerged in his heart. During his years of perseverance, he has suffered criticism from the outside world and has been under heavy financial pressure. He has never been confused and hesitant. Thanks to the support of He Jianqiao, Secretary of the County Party Committee, the two worked hand in hand on the development of the forest farm, planting "witness trees", "difficulty relief trees" and "future trees" together, and finally the clouds cleared and the moon came out.
After that, the eldest son Lin Changqing, the second son Lin Changmao, the eldest daughter-in-law Wu Mei, the granddaughter Lin Miaomiao, and the She ethnic girl Lan Jingjing who worked in the Lin family tea garden in the early years... For several generations, "the road was covered with blue threads to open up the mountains and forests." Once the mountains were bald and the green mountains were hanging. The white Houyang Village has turned into a vast forest of fir trees and a sky!
reporters learned that "Tree Soul" was produced by the Ningde Municipal Party Committee Propaganda Department, Ningde Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism, Zhouning County Party Committee and County Government, Fujian Vocational College of Art, and was jointly produced by Shanghai Theater Academy and Tongji University.
This is a modern drama that blends local culture, red culture, She culture, and ecological culture. As Lu Ang, the chief director of "Tree Soul" and director of the Directing Department of Shanghai Theater Academy, said, if you want to use eight words to summarize the overall style of this play, it would be "vast, affectionate, poetic, and bright." The endless acres of forest and lush jungle flowers and trees create its vastness; the hard work day and night, and the unremitting persistence for decades interpret its deep feelings; the beautiful landscapes and tea gardens, the national customs The picture of life is written with its poetry; the joyful and lively tea-picking songs and the culture of the She people who are good at singing and dancing shine with its brightness.
At the end of the play, a tree of the future rises from the ground, and the visual effect of the stage's multimedia art characteristics of "the combination of reality and reality, the combination of movement and stillness, and the simplicity of tension" is fully demonstrated. "The tree has a beautiful meaning, is the wealth of history, and is also a symbol of the intention of neural networks in the era of artificial intelligence. This future tree represents the symbiosis of man, nature, and technology." "Tree Soul" multimedia design, design of Tongji University said Zhang Yinan, director of the Media and Communication Design major at the College of Creative Arts.
"This time we start from the perspective of an ordinary farmer and tell the story of how he used tenacity and perseverance to lead three generations of his family and villagers to plant trees, create miracles and create great achievements. This is a 'Song of the Earth', and we hope that this This work can go beyond Zhou Ning and go further and inspire everyone," said Huang Changyong, artistic director and screenwriter of "Tree Soul" and president of Shanghai Theater Academy.
