Any objective thing is constantly developing and changing. When the whole drama is ripe and tired, the audience's aesthetic concepts and needs will inevitably change. After the independence of Zhezi Opera, some enterprising actors constantly innovated from script to performance in order to create excellent works, form their own unique performance style and further improve their popularity among the audience, thus improving the ideological and artistic quality of Zhezi Opera and making it a boutique. In terms of plot, in order to let the audience understand the ins and outs of the play, they made necessary explanations without trace. For example, xiang opera's Hunting Back to Ben was put forward as a solo performance from the whole White Rabbit. Through Li Sanniang's story about the little general and the plot of writing a "blood book", the audience understood what happened before. More importantly, efforts should be made to tap the characters' personalities, enhance artistic appeal and create formal beauty. Farewell My Concubine is a classic plum opera. The original name of this play is The Debate between Chu and Han, which is a play by Yang Xiaolou and has nothing to do with Mei Lanfang. Someone once said that there is nothing wrong with the dispute between Chu and Han, and it is the people who are unlucky; Poor concubine, she died of injustice! Mei is an obedient good man and decided to learn from the past and adapt Farewell My Concubine. After the adaptation of the book, Yu Ji became the first person, but like the Chu-Han debate, it took two consecutive performances to complete. Master Mei invited experts, fans, relatives and friends to watch this informal performance. Everyone has no objection to watching the frontcourt during the day and watching the backcourt at night, except go to the opera, who is neither an expert nor an opera fan. Master Mei hurried over for advice. The man said that it was really tiring to watch two games in a row, and he also said that if you only watch one of them, will the audience have to gasp? Master Mei thought it was reasonable and decided to abbreviate Farewell My Concubine. The compressed Farewell My Concubine is indeed much more practiced and won a lot of prizes. Master Mei should be satisfied. But in a performance, he found an old man sitting in the first row shaking his head again and again, disapproving. Master Mei said to visit the old gentleman after he stepped off the stage. The next day, Master Mei came to the door. After a few pleasantries, I'll get this straight. The old man's surname is Zhu, and he is good at fencing. Just say that your swordsmanship is exactly the same as Shang Xiaoyun's. Shang Xiaoyun is the foundation of the warrior. He is full of energy in sword dancing. How can you compete with him? Besides, Yu Ji is a virtuous woman, so she should be soft and rigid, and the whole way should be changed. Master Mei thanked him again and again, and after returning, he started a new stove and rearranged it, forming the current road number. Mei Lanfang's fame is not accidental. He has a famous saying: "One teacher, two friends and three audiences." The three changes in Farewell My Concubine are the best explanation. From this story, we can also see the hard training process of Zhezi Opera.
There are many reasons for the emergence, formation and evolution of Zhezi Opera, and the most fundamental one is the result of seeking the new and eliminating the old and deepening the traditional opera. Zhezi opera is the product of the deepening of performing arts, which is conducive to the emergence of performing arts schools. The cultural level of ancient artists was restricted by themselves, and the teaching methods of learning from others and mentoring provided a new world for the emergence of schools. Traditional plays have been handed down from generation to generation, creating diverse artistic images with the same name, which enables the performing arts to accumulate, nurture and develop. According to Yangzhou Painting Boat, there are 12 kinds of trades, which can clarify the various trades and schools of Yangzhou Kunju Opera artists at that time. Schools that learn from others often take the performing arts of Zhezi Opera as the main content of inheritance. In addition to learning from others, we should also deepen, develop and innovate, so that we can create something on the next level. This is also one of the reasons why the "Zhezi Opera" is always new.
This kind of oral intangible artistic heritage, if not rescued in time, is mostly preserved on actors, especially old actors. Once you leave, your precious legacy is also taken away. At that time, I was not just sorry. I may be abused by my descendants.
Scripts are printed, performances are filmed and even made into CDs, which is of course a kind of protection and inheritance, but as far as inheritance is concerned, it is a static inheritance. The most realistic, vivid and ideal inheritance is to mobilize and help young actors to learn directly from teachers. Through word of mouth, young actors can not only learn the teacher's masterpieces and masterpieces, but also learn the teacher's experience in performing the play, the expression of characters, and the understanding of the charm and backbone of the play.
The holding of the Chaozhou Opera Fine Opera Art Competition is to let the leaders and professionals engaged in Chaozhou Opera know the seriousness of the loss of traditional operas, especially operas. This is not only a question of how to treat the national cultural heritage correctly, but also related to the continuation of the vitality of a drama, so as to improve ideological understanding, take practical measures, mobilize and help young actors, study hard and inherit excellent operas. On the basis of predecessors' creation, young actors should use modern knowledge to re-recognize and re-create the Chaozhou Opera art, so that it can be further developed and truly become an integral part of advanced culture.