Brief introduction of Xijing story troupe

Brief introduction of Shaanxi Opera Institute and Mei Wan Troupe

Shaanxi Opera Research Institute is an artistic group with a long history and strong strength. Its predecessor was the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border People's Theatre, which was established in Yan 'an in 1938. During the Yan 'an period, revolutionary literature and art practiced and played a unique historical role with such plays as Revenge of Blood and Tears, Hatred of the Poor, and Chinese Soul. In the early days of the People's Republic of China, Liang Qiuyan, The Orphan of Zhao, A Visit to the West Lake and Golden Wan Chai were performed in Beijing and toured in thirteen provinces (cities) in the south of the Yangtze River, enjoying great fame in Beijing and South China. Since the reform and opening-up, a large number of well-known outstanding plays have been created and performed, among which the plays such as One Emperor through the ages, Yang Guifei, West Lake Regret, Xinghua Village, Gone with the Wind Daughter-in-law and Leaving the Truth won the National Five-One Project Award, the National Excellent Drama Adjustment Award and the Wenhua New Drama Award respectively. He has visited Europe, America, Asia, Hongkong, Macau and Taiwan Province Province for many times, covering dozens of countries. In recent years, he has actively created and performed a number of outstanding plays, such as the large-scale modern drama "Sunset Rose", "The Tree Moves Westward" and the newly edited historical dramas "Du Fu", "Qishan in Feng Ming", "The Goddess of Quetai" and "General Daqin" in Shaanxi Opera, which have been well received. Among them, "Feng Ming Qishan" won the Excellent Drama Award of the Ninth China Drama Festival; Du Fu won the 10th National "Five One Projects" Award; "General Daqin" won the first place in the Excellent Drama Award of the 5th China Qinqiang Festival; The newly edited large-scale modern Shaanxi Opera "The Tree Moves to the West" won the Outstanding Drama Award of the 11th China Drama Festival, the Outstanding Drama Award of the 9th China Art Festival, the 3rd China Drama Award and the Caoyu Script Award, and won the third place in the top ten outstanding plays of the National Stage Art Project in 2008-2009, making it the first drama in Shaanxi. The large-scale modern drama "Late Rose", which was created in 1998, has been performed for nearly 700 times so far. The drama won the 9th Wenhua Award of the Ministry of Culture, the 6th China Arts Festival Award, the 7th Five-One Project Award of Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China, and the 6th China Drama Festival Excellent Drama Award, ranking first among the "Top Ten Excellent Dramas" of the National Stage Art Boutique Project in 2005-2006, and won the "Excellent Reserved Drama Award" of the Ministry of Culture in 2009. In 2007, the youth version of the historical drama "Men Yang Woman General" was launched, which is a landmark achievement in the construction of the talent team of traditional Chinese opera. The training program of Xiao Meihua Qin Troupe won the "Stand Higher" award from the American Presidential Commission on Arts and Humanities, and won the award at the White House in 2008.

Shaanxi Opera Research Institute consists of Shaanxi Opera Troupe (the first group), Youth Troupe (the second group), Meihua Wan Wan Qiang Troupe (the third group), Xiao Meihua Shaanxi Opera Troupe (the fourth group), artistic creation research center, actor training base and other institutions, and all kinds of artistic elites gather together. Hu Mei Wan Wan Qiang Troupe (the Third Troupe), which performs the story of Xijing, mainly performs Qiang operas popular in Hu Mei and Wan Wan in the northwest, and also plays Shaanxi opera; Modern dramas focus on experiments, while traditional dramas and new costume dramas also have performances. The troupe has a strong performance lineup and a group of artists who are deeply loved by the audience. In different historical periods, he has created and performed outstanding drama works such as Twelve Sickles, Liang Qiuyan, Two Bells, Xinghua Village, Gone with the Wind Daughter-in-law, Waltz on Arms, Aunt of Northern Shaanxi, Good Years and Good Moon. Du Fu, a large-scale historical drama of Shaanxi Opera, participated in the 4th Beijing International Drama Exhibition Season and the National Excellent Local Drama (Northern Film) Exhibition successively, and won the Excellent Drama Award at the Shaanxi Opera Festival in five northwestern provinces and the 4th Shaanxi Art Festival. The troupe has performed in Beijing for many times, gone abroad and toured outside the province, and has long insisted on going deep into rural areas, military units, industrial and mining enterprises to perform for the masses on all fronts. He has won the Excellent Drama Award of China Traditional Opera "Golden Triangle" Exchange Performance, the Wenhua New Drama Award of the Ministry of Culture, the Third and Tenth Five-One Project Awards of the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee, the First and Third China Shaanxi Opera Art Festival, the 11th China Population and Cultural Progress Award and other awards.

As the largest art group in Northwest China, the Shaanxi Opera Research Institute has always followed the policy of research and reform, innovative experiments, demonstration performances, education and training, and constantly produced excellent plays and masterpieces, which enriched the accumulation of local opera art treasures and continued and even created the inexhaustible vitality of ancient operas such as Shaanxi Opera, Hu Mei Opera and Wan Wan Opera.