"Huai Opera is a treasure of China's intangible cultural heritage and has profound historical and cultural heritage." In order to strengthen cultural confidence, cultivate young people's deep feelings for traditional culture, and better protect, inherit and promote Huai Opera culture, Xuhui District recently Xietu Street and the Shanghai Huai Opera Troupe organized the "Humanistic Walk, Discover the Beauty of Huai Yin" special summer vacation event of Rihui You Opera, leading young people to experience the charm of the Huai Yin stage.
Chen Rongrong, a national second-level actor of Shanghai Huai Opera Troupe, led the students to visit the "Huaiyin House" exhibition hall of Shanghai Huai Opera Troupe. Original scripts, classic stills, costumes and props and other precious opera materials showed the development history and artistic achievements of Huai Opera. Through the visit, the students had a preliminary understanding of Huai Opera. Later, Gao Ting, an outstanding young actor from the Shanghai Huai Opera Troupe, popularized the performance characteristics of the roles of raw, dan, clean and ugly in Huai opera to the students through singing, chanting, fighting and other forms of performance. Chen Rongrong's wonderful sleeve dance and sword dance, his eye-catching movements and his charming smile, won warm praise and applause from the students.
In addition to the wonderful and graceful theatrical performance, the students also put on costumes and learned from the teacher the "etiquette" of daily greetings between young students and female actors, and learned basic skills and moves of Huai Opera such as water sleeves and riding whips. Through personal experience, the students felt that body shape, footwork, and demeanor are integral to opera performance, and there is a lot of knowledge behind the elegant movements. Xiao Cao, a classmate who participated in the event, said: "Visiting the Shanghai Huai Opera Troupe is a profound cultural experience. I have a deeper understanding and understanding of the intangible cultural heritage of Huai Opera. I am very happy to put on Huai Opera costumes and experience Huai Opera in person Through the performance form, we have a more intuitive experience of Huai Opera. We not only feel the beauty of traditional Huai Opera culture, but also appreciate the hard work of Huai Opera actors.”
Through this “Humanistic Walk, Discover the Beauty of Huai Opera” activity, young people can immerse themselves in it. A unique experience to get closer to Huai Opera, enter the world of opera, and feel the charm of China's excellent traditional culture. Xietu Street said that in the future, "Rihui Youxi" will further enrich the form and content of "opera + aesthetic education" activities and show young people the broad, profound and diverse charm of opera art.
Source: Shanghai Xuhui
