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Thoughts on Watching the Opera "Falling Flowers" by Errentai

Recently, I watched the duet of local opera "Flowers Falling and Flowers Blooming", which gave birth to many feelings. The theme of the story is well chosen and the plot is tortuous and moving. Starting from a deliberately created car accident, through the portrayal of Yue Qing in the play, the virtues of kindness, diligence and firmness of contemporary farmers in China are praised, and the main theme is promoted, which is full of the sense of the times. The play was rehearsed by Hohhot Folk Song and Dance Troupe, and won the "Five One Projects" award in the autonomous region, the first gold medal in Inner Mongolia duet performance, and the national gold medal in minority theme performance.

There is something touching about any successful drama. For drama, the innovation of form shows more vitality. "Falling Flowers" turned the duet into an opera, turned the traditional folk culture into an elegant art, and fully mobilized the stage background effect, sound effect, subtitle prompt, especially the breakthrough in language. Dialect has the flavor of Mandarin, which is basically understandable in southern Renye Fang. It really gives people a great shock, which I didn't expect.

The breakthrough of language is one of the keys to the success of this large-scale opera performance. There must have been an attempt to make Mandarin in local operas. When Jin Opera and Hokuriku Bangzi went to Beijing to perform a drama, they tried to read white in Mandarin, but the effect could not be said to be poor. Of course, although some of the little actors in "Flowers Fall and Flowers Bloom" read in white, sing close to or use Mandarin, most of them are local dialects, and they don't feel neither fish nor fowl, but they feel very novel. In addition, in many programs now, several foreign words often appear in Chinese. Is this called keeping pace with the times and connecting with the international community? There are many local operas in China, such as Shaanxi Opera, Huangmei Opera, Yue Opera, Sichuan Opera, Shandong Opera, Henan Opera, Hunan Opera, Jiangxi Tea Picking Opera, Fujian Liyuan Opera and Gaojia Opera. It's good to keep the original dialect habits, but it's difficult to develop without innovation in language. It's said that it keeps the original flavor, but it's actually not understood by the audience at all (confined to a narrow circle). Isn't this the reality?

The breakthrough of singing is also one of the keys to the success of this large-scale opera performance. The innovation of duet is actually the innovation of singing to a great extent. Yueqing, the main actor in Flowers Falling and Flowers Blooming, plays a role and must be able to speak Mandarin in life. From her singing, she clearly realized this. Especially in the aria, Jiang Jie, Honghu Red Guards and other tunes were absorbed, which showed great verve, fully mobilized the audience's emotions, successfully grafted the popular culture and elegant art of Errentai, and fully demonstrated the charm and shocking power of large-scale opera.

Of course, the importance of the stage effect of large-scale opera is not detailed here.

It is necessary to research the duet. According to the data, Errentai (West Road) is mainly popular in Hohhot, Baotou, Bayannaoer, Ordos, Wulanchabu, Wuhai and the agricultural, semi-agricultural and semi-pastoral areas south of Xilin Gol League in central and western Inner Mongolia. Many farmers and herdsmen in these areas are immigrants from Shanxi, Shaanxi and Hebei. In the early days of the birth of Errentai, it was just a simple rap art, and its performance form was limited to street folk activities. Most of the plays they sang reflected the miserable life of the poor people living at the bottom of society at that time, and their tunes were single and sad, so their development history was slow. Before the founding of New China, it was still an immature local opera. At that time, the status of Errentai was low, and it was called "things". Errentai artists are called "playing games" and live a life of vagrancy and begging. Hequ County is the most popular place in Shaanxi Province, followed by Baode, Yanggao and Dingxiang. "The duo is from Shanxi, Shaanxi and Hebei. Without it, there would be no table for two. After walking for 200 years, a two-person platform was slowly bred.

I feel that although I grew up in the hometown of duet art, it is hard to say how interested I am in duet (with all due respect). I believe you must feel the same way as the author. However, when I accidentally read "Flowers Blossom", I had so many ideas. I suddenly feel that, as an "indigenous", I seem to have a sense of responsibility or mission for locally produced dramas. I studied Chinese, not drama. Of course, I don't know drama, and I was even born tone-deaf. In fact, it doesn't matter, like it or not, often in an instant. Love your hometown and learn to cherish the art of your hometown.

If Errentai wants to move from rural areas to cities, from natural folk culture to elegant art, and from dialects to Putonghua, the content arrangement must keep pace with the times. Any art form is formed in continuous development. In the past, we were familiar with the classic songs of Errenzhuan, such as "Making Money", "Going West", "Wang Cheng Selling Bowls" and "Hanging a Red Light", which have been sung for decades and are still being sung many times. It's really old-fashioned. Therefore, some people call for "endless red lights, endless money, endless west exit and endless New Year". It's about content innovation.

Traditionally, the survival soil of Errentai was in the countryside, but with the continuous influx of rural population into the city, Errentai had to take the road of encircling the city from the countryside. Errentai is a deep homesickness, a sacred place for emotional sustenance and a paradise for people's spiritual life. Short and lively plots, rich and delicate emotions, rough and unrestrained dances, melodious tunes and humorous language expressions are deeply loved by the masses. Take Hohhot as an example. In the suburbs, a small troupe of two people is very popular, which may be the reason why migrant workers from rural areas mainly live in the suburbs. There are also some hotels, karaoke bars, heatable adobe sleeping platform, square table, beer and kebabs, which constitute a unique atmosphere here. An electronic organ or dulcimer and a pair of male and female partners form the performance team here; The duet of "vegetarian dishes" greatly increased the interest of the guests ... authentic local dialects, pure singing and authentic stage performance style won the applause of the guests present. The main customers are all kinds of people who like the city duet, and of course some of them are for entertaining foreign guests.

In folk performances, the comic, entertaining, humorous and solemn duet is very valuable.