my country’s second largest opera genre, Yue Opera, has its first local protection regulations.
On October 30, the 23rd meeting of the Standing Committee of the Ninth People's Congress of Shaoxing City, Zhejiang Province voted and passed the "Shaoxing City Regulations on the Protection, Inheritance and Development of Yue Opera", which is the first comprehensive local regulation in China on the protection and development of Yue Opera, a traditional opera. .
On August 30, 2024, in Shaoxing, Zhejiang, the Yue opera melodrama "Journey to the Great Road" successfully premiered at the Chengbei Culture and Art Center Theater. The cast and crew sang and danced to praise Mr. Zhang Jie. Visual China Data Map
The Regulations aim to further promote the creative transformation and innovative development of excellent traditional culture through the integration and mutual promotion of modern life through the rule of law. According to Shaoxing Daily, the full text of the "Regulations" has a total of five chapters and 32 articles, of which the chapter on innovation and development alone has 8 articles. It not only stipulates content innovation, approach innovation, and form innovation, but also emphasizes the reform and innovation of systems and mechanisms, and new products. and innovation in business formats and innovation in the integration of culture and tourism.
Relevant personnel from the Legal Affairs Committee of the Standing Committee of the Shaoxing Municipal People's Congress said that the "Regulations" responded to the relevant focus issues reported by all parties in the legislative survey. For example, the "Regulations" have made corresponding provisions on the most concentrated issues of "money" and "people". In terms of funds, it is clear that the municipal and county (city, district) people's governments should set up special funds; in terms of talents, special provisions for talent cultivation and professional titles have been set up.
At the same time, unlike similar regulations in other places, the "Regulations" extend the protection of Yue Opera from the ontology to symbiotic cultural matters and then to cultural and ecological protection, and propose concepts and regulations that keep pace with the times, such as supporting the construction of Yue Opera cultural heritage ecological reserves. .
Yue Opera originated in Shengzhou, Shaoxing. It is one of the five major national opera types. It is known as the "Second National Opera" and was selected into the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage representative projects. The art of Yue Opera is an important part of Chinese culture and a precious cultural wealth for the people of Zhejiang. The prosperity and development of Yue Opera art is of great significance to carrying forward the excellent culture of the Chinese nation and promoting the construction of Zhejiang as a cultural province.
In 2023, the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism issued the first systematic, specific and comprehensive plan for Yue Opera - the "Five-year Action Plan on Accelerating the Prosperity and Development of Yue Opera (2023-2027)", proposing that through two years of efforts, Zhejiang will become a The core area and cultural exchange center for the inheritance and development of Yue Opera in the country has formed a working system for the revitalization and development of Yue Opera art, created a number of heavyweight Yue opera masterpieces handed down from generation to generation, cultivated a number of internationally renowned Yue opera art troupes, and created a team of both moral and artistic talents. Yue Opera talent team.
As the "hometown of Yue Opera", Shaoxing immediately accelerated the process of legislation for Yue Opera. The relevant person in charge of the Legal Affairs Committee of the Standing Committee of the Municipal People's Congress said that the passage of legislation can provide more rigid support for the city's "first trials" in the field of Yue opera. At the same time, although the state and provinces have corresponding regulations and policies to provide legal compliance and policy basis for the protection, inheritance and development of Yue opera, there are no regulations specifically targeting the protection, inheritance and development of Yue opera. “The formulation of the Regulations is to improve the protection and inheritance of intangible cultural heritage.” The practical needs of the regulatory system.”
