- Notes on the performance of the non-fiction stage play "Red Rock Gu" in Yishui, Shandong Province at the Shenzhen International Cultural Expo and Art Festival
The autumn wind blew gently and the waves sang. In the modern metropolis of Shenzhen, the 19th China (Shenzhen) Cultural Expo and Art Festival has set off a boom in exhibitions. From September 12th to 13th, the red-themed non-fiction stage play "Red Rock Gu" with strong Yimeng characteristics landed at the Shenzhen Grand Theater, showing the greatness and depth of the Yimeng spirit to the special zone audience.
The birth of a red boutique stage play
From March to July 2022, with the strong support of the Linyi Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government, the Yishui County Party Committee and the County Government identified the creation of "Hongshigu" as one of the important tasks of the cultural tourism county. 1. Establish a dedicated creative team to carry out top-level design, comprehensive coordination, and overall resource planning, and implement it with an attitude of fighting a tough battle and winning the battle, building a layout in which all involved units and departments are twisted into a "one rope", and the political and cultural "integration" ” work pattern. We rehearsed the red-themed non-fiction stage play "Red Rock Gu", which was listed as an outstanding touring play in the province for "Celebrating the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and Forging ahead on a New Journey" in Shandong Province.
This drama is based on six true red stories that happened in Yishui County, Yimeng Mountain. It is divided into "Red Sun", "Blood-stained Battle Report", "Flowing Red Flag", "Red Heart", "Red Clouds on the Gu Shang" and "Life and Death". In the six chapters of "Standing Together", the "Shandong Branch of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the Shandong Column of the Eighth Route Army and the Dazhong Daily" were established in Wangzhuang with the artistic technique of threading a thread through pearls; the people of Yuntouyu Village risked their lives to protect the "Dazhong Daily"; farmers Liu Hongxiu and His wife Yang Fengqin clung to her faith and coexisted with the "first party flag" of Shandong Province; Wu Shantong, secretary of the Xiawei District Committee of the Communist Party of China, jumped off a cliff to protect the people and the wounded of the Eighth Route Army; Chen Ruoke, a female cadre of the Shandong Branch of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, and her 20-day-old daughter Yishui City heroically died; Eighth Route Army scout Guo Wushi was injured and rescued by the red sister-in-law Zu Xiulian; Guo Wushi traveled thousands of miles to find his mother; the two formed a mother-son love and stayed together for life and death, and other stories were put on the stage. Using the real "Hongshigu" as a symbol and using the news of these six stories reported by Dazhong Daily as a guide, it artistically demonstrates the perseverance, loyalty and fearlessness of the Yimeng people, the lofty and sacred red culture, As solid as a rock, the victorious achievements of the Chinese revolution will last forever and remain undefeated.
From a small county town to a big city
"Hongshigu" will be performed in July 2022 and has been performed more than 60 times in Yishui, Linyi, Jinan and other places. Nearly 60,000 party members and cadres and general audiences from the Shandong Provincial Party Committee Party School, Dazhong Newspaper Group, Shandong Normal University, Linyi Municipal Party Committee Party School, Yimeng Cadre College and Yishui County have watched the play and received rave reviews. More than 100 domestic online media published news, newsletters, and commentary articles around the play, pushing the in-depth spread of red culture and further promoting the Yimeng spirit to a new climax.
The Shenzhen Municipal Culture and Tourism Bureau paid close attention to the play. The 19th China (Shenzhen) Cultural Expo and Art Festival enthusiastically sent a performance invitation to the Yishui County Cultural Center, the performance unit of "Red Rock Gu", hoping to perform in the cultural museum with great influence At the Art Festival, the play was seen on the art stage of Shenzhen in the new era, thereby promoting the close integration of Yimeng spirit and the spirit of the special zone, and inspiring the people of Shenzhen to work harder. This is undoubtedly a great encouragement and honor for the people of Yimeng Old District, because the China (Shenzhen) Cultural Expo and Art Festival is a large-scale art festival with international influence. Each session lasts for 2 months. The literary and art teams that can be invited need to Only if it is well-known at home and abroad, and has a mature and influential play or a wonderful cultural program, can it be displayed artistically. Yishui County Cultural Center, as a county-level art team, was invited, which is rare since the Shenzhen Cultural Expo and Art Festival was held.
Practicing the spirit of Yimeng and going all over the country
"Red Rock Gu" has a grand scene, involves many characters, and has a total of more than 70 actors and actresses. 99% of these actors are Yishui local actors and amateur literary and art lovers, but they never forget their original aspirations and keep their mission in mind. With great enthusiasm and firm belief, they eat pancakes and lunch boxes to participate in this show full of innovative consciousness and humanistic sentiments. , a performance of a large-scale drama that is deeply touching and tear-jerking.
One of the leading actors, Li Shengxia, is nearly 70 years old. She suffered a fracture in her right arm due to an accidental injury before going to Jinan to perform. However, she endured the pain by hanging her arm and went to Jinan for two consecutive performances. After learning the true situation, many viewers were moved and praised that this is a true people's artist. But Li Shengxia said: "The play is as big as the sky! As an old literary and art worker, I can't delay the performance of the whole play just because I got injured."
Director Xue Yan is a famous drama screenwriter and director. Many works have won domestic awards. As the core figure of the creative team of this drama, he has devoted a lot of effort and sweat to the success of this drama. He is over sixty years old and has been in sub-health due to long-term hard work. However, in order for the play to be successfully brought to the stage, he braved the heat and insisted on rehearsing, setting a good example for all the cast and crew and stimulating the enthusiasm of the actors.
stage director Zhang Weiliang not only oversees all aspects of the play, but also plays an Eighth Route Army soldier in the play. During the rehearsal process, he rushed to the scene at around 7 o'clock every day. He didn't have time to have breakfast, so he brought pancakes and pickles with him to have a bite whenever he had time. After the whole play was rehearsed and put on the stage, he lost nearly 20 pounds. He, who was already thin, looked even thinner. But he said: "It is not easy for a county-level cultural center to rehearse a big play. As the person in charge of the cultural center, I must take the lead and do my best to complete the play and make it a masterpiece."
In fact, in the Hongshigu theater crew , every actor has paid a lot. No matter how favorable their personal family conditions are, on the set, they still eat packed lunches and work overtime and stay up late. Even the ten-year-old actor Zhang Xinxin is not afraid of hardship or fatigue like her big brothers and sisters, which is praised by everyone.
In order to save money, all the cast and crew took ordinary trains to perform in Shenzhen this time. The journey was more than 2,000 kilometers and 27 hours. From the leader to the cast and crew, from the elderly in their seventies to the ten-year-old For the children next year, no one will complain about suffering or tiredness. Not only that, everyone ate pancakes in addition to box lunches along the way. A team of more than 70 people formed a pancake-eating scene, which made many tourists watch curiously. And when they learned that this was a group of actors and actresses who went to Shenzhen from Yimeng Mountain to perform the red-themed non-fiction stage play "Hongshigu", they all gave a thumbs up and praised Yimeng people for being simple and hard-working. The Yimeng spirit created by Yimeng people is not In vain, they are really practicing the Yimeng spirit and going all over the country.
The special performance in Shenzhen was popular
"Red Rock Gu" was enthusiastically welcomed by the Shenzhen audience during the special performance in Shenzhen. Among them are old people in their fifties and many young people. Even several retired leaders who once held high positions quietly came to the theater to watch the play. During the two performances, the audience was completely silent. No one moved around or talked nonsense. Even the primary school students watched quietly. What was even more touching was that at the end of the performance, an eight or nine-year-old child ran to the front of the stage and gave a military salute to the actors who were taking their final call. This military salute is undoubtedly the highest praise a child can give to the play, and it is also the greatest compliment to the cast and crew of the play. During the performance of
, audiences constantly asked the director and actors for their autographs. When discussing his feelings with the chief screenwriter Wei Ransen, a young man born after 2000 said: "The actors in this drama are not famous stars, but their performances are unpretentious and profound, no worse than famous stars. And the Yimeng spirit they convey is ours The younger generation needs to understand, understand and inherit in-depth. Therefore, after watching this drama, I feel that they are taller than the stars." An old man in his seventies said: "While watching this drama , I cried many times. I think the people of Yimeng are really amazing. Every actor has a touching red cultural atmosphere." After watching the play, a company boss ran onto the stage holding flowers and solemnly presented I gave it to Liu Lilong, who plays the old general in the play, and took photos with the cast and crew with excitement.
It is not just a play that is successful.
This time "Red Rock Gu" was performed at the 9th China (Shenzhen) Cultural Expo and Art Festival. It not only completed the leap of a play from Yimeng Mountain to the whole country, but also led to Yishui, Shandong Province. (Shenzhen) Double Recruitment, Double Introduction and Tourism Promotion Conference were successfully held in Shenzhen.Senior leaders or senior leaders of Yongzhou Military Division, Shenzhen Tobacco Monopoly Bureau, School of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Engineering of Shenzhen University, Yishui Talent Recruitment Workstation in Shenzhen, Linyi Mobile Party Committee in Guangdong, Linyi People’s Government Liaison Office in Guangdong, etc. The current responsible comrades attended the promotion meeting. Yishui County leaders Chen Shixian, Wang Haijuan, Zhang Xiaohua and other comrades promoted the "Yishui Premium Tourist Routes" as well as the "Yishui County 2023 Overnight Tour Team Reward Measures" and "Yishui County's Ten Measures to Promote the High-Quality Development of Tourism B&Bs" at the promotion meeting 》. At this event, projects such as Changqing Combined Heat and Power, annual production of 2,800 Gaocong arm cleaning robots, Jingtian natural drinking water (Shandong) base, and Shenzhen Yangsen Industrial Group’s food industry intelligent production were signed, with a total investment of 4.33 billion yuan. .
During the performance of "Red Stone Valley", the Yishui Cultural Tourism Products Exhibition, Yimeng Intangible Cultural Heritage Handmade Products Exhibition, "Yishui Ten Products" Exhibition and Mengshan Yishui Calligraphy and Painting Exhibition were also held in the Shenzhen Grand Theater Exhibition Hall. It attracted endless calls from Shenzhen citizens to visit.
In fact, the performance of "Red Rock Gu" has shown a good momentum of "more than just a successful play" since last year. The drama has played a huge role in promoting the development of regional red tourism and driving income growth in catering, transportation, accommodation and other aspects. At the same time, with the help of the heat radiation generated by the play, a number of new red immersive situation dramas are cultivated, such as "The Bride in Red", "The Red Merchant", "Commander of Commoners", "Original Intention", "Hot Blood", "Sincerity", "Persistence" "Heroes", "Dedication", etc., enter red scenic spots, red old sites, and red memorial sites to perform live performances to meet the needs of foreign tourists for local red cultural performances, not only revitalize resources and fill the gap in open-air performances in Yishui County, Moreover, it has realized the reconstruction of actors' business and the reshaping of life value, improved the business level of red scenic spots, red old sites and red memorial sites, and become new selling points. It promotes the rapid conversion of red souvenirs, folk handicrafts and intangible cultural heritage from works to products to commodities, achieving the ideal goals of entertaining, educating and traveling, and educating and purchasing, and provides an innovative inheritance of red genes. , providing a multi-industry integration model and important economic support. He has made positive contributions to the innovative inheritance of red genes! (Zhao Huanxiang)
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