China News Service, Hohhot, April 16th. Title: The drama "White Deer Plain" has regained its vitality in Inner Mongolia. China News Service reporter Li Aiping said that during the curtain call of many actors, Liu Qingyu stood up and sat down several times. It was not until the cu

China News Service, Hohhot, April 16, Title: The drama "White Deer Plain" has regained vitality in Inner Mongolia

China News Service reporter Li Aiping

During the curtain call of many actors, Liu Qingyu stood up and sat down several times until the curtain was all closed. She I reluctantly left the Ulanqat Grand Theater in Inner Mongolia.

The picture shows the curtain call of the drama "White Deer Plain" in Ulanqat, Inner Mongolia. Photo by China News Network reporter Li Aiping

In an interview with reporters on April 16, the history professor from Inner Mongolia University bluntly said that within 180 minutes, he was deeply attracted by the Shaanxi dialect on the stage, and he also participated in the drama "White Deer Plain". lamented the fate of the characters in it.

This drama produced by the Shaanxi People's Art Theater has been hailed by the industry as "a conscientious masterpiece that is a milestone in Chinese drama" in the past seven years. It is also the version of the drama that the original author Chen Zhongshi was most satisfied with during his lifetime. Starting from March 8, the theater will embark on a national tour in the new year. Ordos and Hohhot in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region are two of the stops on the tour.

The picture shows the performance poster of the drama "White Deer Plain". Photographed by China News Network reporter Li Aiping

After hearing the news that "White Deer Plain" was touring in Hohhot, Liu Qingyu initially just wanted to experience the charm of the drama. "What I didn't expect was that when I walked into the theater, the seats would be packed."

Hohhot Cultural Tourism According to department news, more than 950 viewers watched the play on the night of the performance.

Liu Qingyu, who has not read Chen Zhongshi’s original work "White Deer Plain", told reporters that when the play started, the lights on the entire stage were not very bright, and the actors all spoke Shaanxi dialect, so they had to keep staring at the subtitles, and it was really hard to watch. a feeling of.

However, a few minutes later, as the plot developed, Liu Qingyu was deeply attracted. She found that everyone in the theater was attracted by the fate of the protagonists Bai Jiaxuan, Lu Zilin, Tian Xiao'e, Hei Wa and others. There are gag lines in the play, and the audience will respond with thunderous applause.

During the 180 minutes of the drama "White Deer Plain", the reporter noticed that except for the intermission, not a single audience member left the stage during the viewing.

Many "post-90s" and "post-95s" viewers told reporters that although it was their first time to watch a drama, the unique Shaanxi dialect in the drama "White Deer Plain" as well as the towering archway, majestic ancestral hall, exquisite and delicate props The eaves all left a great impression.

What more people are amazed by is the music in the drama "White Deer Plain". Audience member Luo Fei said that in the play, the rhythm of the music highlights the fate of the story and the inner emotions of the characters, especially the long tone at the end of the play, which is unforgettable for a long time.

"In 180 minutes, the drama condensed the essence of Chen Zhongshi's 500,000-word story." Scholar Ma Lijun said that the drama presented various images of villagers in Guanzhong, Shaanxi, and seemed to let everyone relive the novel "Bailuyuan", just like the people living in Bailuyuan. People have experienced joys and sorrows together for more than half a century.

Many audience members told reporters that after the drama performance, they became very interested in Shaanxi dialects such as "Ganda", "Liao Sao", "Mada" and "Shu Nao", and planned to have the opportunity to see Bailuyuan written by Chen Zhongshi.

"After watching the drama, I most want to eat a bowl of Shaanxi noodles to satisfy my craving." Audience Zhang Heng told reporters that this was his intuitive feeling after watching the drama "White Deer Plain".

Public information shows that Chen Zhongshi’s novel "White Deer Plain" was first published in 1993 and has been republished many times. It has been adapted into various art forms such as movies, dramas, dance dramas, TV series, Qin opera, sculptures, comic books, etc. Since then, it has been adapted into various art forms such as Shaanxi people's The Art Theater's drama "White Deer Plain" is touring across the country, and "White Deer Plain", the Mao Dun Literature Award-winning work, once again radiates new vitality.

Playwright and drama critic Ouyang Yibing once told the media: "The work (referring to the drama "White Deer Plain") reflects the nearly half century of an era when China has undergone earth-shaking changes.The Chinese farmers living on this land, from families to families, from individuals to relatives and friends, and the relationships between brothers, brothers and sisters, father and son, and husband and wife, have undergone tremendous changes, thus staged a real and absurd life drama. It can be said that in recent years Another realist masterpiece in the field of stage art. "(End)

[Editor: Zhang Ziyi]