Huasheng Online News on October 3 (Reporter Wang Han) "When will the children's drama performance be held next year?" "Can our children participate?" On the evening of October 3, the special performance unit of the 5th Yuelu Mountain Youth Drama Festival The drama performance project of the "Young Seedlings Project" - the song and dance mythological drama "The Classic of Mountains and Seas: The Battle of Zhuolu" came to an end with the reluctance of parents and children. From September 26th to October 3rd, young actors from 7 primary schools in Changsha City, as well as Huaihua City and Chongqing City, took to the stage of the multi-functional theater of Meixi Lake International Culture and Art Center to show off their talents from the perspective of children. Interpret, perform and spread the excellent traditional Chinese culture.
"The Classic of Mountains and Seas: The Battle of Zhuolu" is one of the series of plays in Changsha's "Young Miao Project Children's Drama Training Program". It is adapted from the legend of "The Battle of Zhuolu" in "The Classic of Mountains and Seas". There are six scenes including Chi You's ambition, capturing Kui Niu, and taming the mythical beast, and lasts for one hour. As a special performance unit of the 5th Yuelu Mountain Youth Drama Festival in 2024 - the "Qingmiao Project" drama performance project, "The Classic of Mountains and Seas·The Battle of Zhuolu" brought together more than 300 child actors from many schools in Changsha, More than 200 cast and crew members.
Yellow Emperor (Xuanyuan), Shaohao (son of the Yellow Emperor), Chi You, Queen Mother of the West, Xuannv, Nvba, Little Fairy Boy... On the night of National Day on October 1st, 40 primary school students from Yangtian Lake Experimental School in Tianxin District took the stage. The characters in the mythical stories were brought to life by them, winning rounds of applause from the audience.
"After a short-term training, the children quickly grew into qualified young actors and developed solid drama skills and artistic literacy." Tang Lingjuan, principal of Yangtian Lake Experimental School, said that the school attaches great importance to humanities and art education and aesthetic education, and offers rich and colorful Special courses and different platforms are built to promote the improvement of students' comprehensive quality. She believes that children's drama integrates literature, history, music, dance, art and other subjects, allowing children to experience the development of stories, emotional conflicts, aesthetic expressions, and artistic tension in vivid situations. It is the most flexible Aesthetic education courses.
"The moment my child took the curtain call, I shed tears of emotion." A parent of a young actor said that through performing dramas, his children deepened their love for traditional Chinese culture, improved their aesthetic ability and artistic appreciation, and gained growth. with confidence and very much looking forward to participating again.
Qingmiao Drama is a key project of the "Qingmiao Project" of Meixi Lake Grand Theater. It is also an important platform for high-quality children's drama education and performance in Changsha. From 2020 to now, the "Young Seedlings Project" drama performance has been held for five consecutive years. More than 3,000 young drama actors have appeared on the stage of Meixi Lake International Culture and Art Center, attracting more than 20,000 large and small audiences into the theater.
"The performance practice in the past few years has proved that the experience and appreciation of excellent children's plays are irreplaceable for children to improve their aesthetic taste, enrich their imagination, build a spiritual home of 'truth, goodness, beauty and upward', and achieve comprehensive and healthy growth. "It plays an important role." The relevant person in charge of the event organizer said that the children's drama art performance enriched the cultural life of the people and gave the children the drama dream of "Fairy Tale Kingdom". In the future, we will continue to dig deeper into the stories of "The Classic of Mountains and Seas", allowing children to use the unique medium of children's drama to tell Chinese stories and spread the voice of China.
It is reported that an expert review meeting and a children's drama education industry seminar were also held during this event. Nearly 40 youth and children's drama education representatives from Hunan, Guangdong, Shanxi and other places gathered at the Meixi Lake International Culture and Art Center to provide Chinese children with He has contributed ideas and wisdom to the popularization and development of drama.
