On the afternoon of January 27th, enning Road Cantonese Opera Art Museum Garden Scenic Area, plum blossoms, starfruit weeping branches, enthusiastic citizens, tourists came to Guangfutai early, waiting for the "red plum" and "peony" to bloom.
The red plums are opened for the first time, and the peonies are competing for glory. Spring Festival is approaching, the Taste of the Year is getting stronger, from January 27, "Guangzhou New Year Flower City To See Flowers" New Year series of activities launched a literary and artistic feast, Chinese Drama Plum Blossom Award, Chinese Quyi Peony Award winners and others gathered in Enning Road Cantonese Opera Art Museum Guangfutai to provide the audience with wonderful new year performances.
It is reported that from the first day of the Chinese New Year to the sixth day of the new year, the winners of the Plum Blossom Award and the Peony Award will also lead a group of outstanding young actors to appear on stage, perform for six consecutive days, wonderful and uninterrupted, and accompany the citizens to spend a "year of literature and art".
△ "Red Plum" and "Peony" bloomed in guangfutai of the Cantonese Opera Art Museum
The audience of the first celebrity show was enthusiastic
At 2:00 p.m. on January 27, many spectators were already waiting in front of the Cantonese Opera Art Museum's Guangfu Platform while taking pictures. Aunt Wen, who lives in the neighborhood, came with her granddaughter, but found that there was no place for the stone bench in the front row, "Usually I often come here to watch the private partner bureau performance, last night I saw the tweet of the WeChat public account of the Cantonese Opera Art Museum, saying that there are big stars coming, I immediately made an appointment, and my granddaughter also followed." She said.
△ Many spectators waited at the scene early
Aunt Wen's "big star" is the first guest to participate in the Cantonese Opera Art Museum's Guangfutai Famous Artists' Speech, including the famous Cantonese cross-talk performance artist and "Guangzhou Laughing Master" Huang Junying, Chinese Drama Plum Blossom Award winners Li Junsheng, Chen Yunhong, Cui Yumei, Su Chunmei, Wu Feifan, Chinese Opera Peony Award winner Liang Yurong, cross-talk performance artist He Baowen and other well-known artists. Aunt Wen, a veteran Cantonese opera "ticket holder", said that she often enjoys famous performances on TV, and this time she can feast her ears on the spot.
Not only the middle-aged and elderly, but also in the open-air audience, the reporter also saw the figure of many teenagers at the scene. Arnold, a 5-year-old child from Guangzhou's Tianhe District, is most looking forward to the performances of Wu Feifan and Huang Junying. According to her mother, Ms. Li, Arnold has developed a strong interest in Chinese opera since he listened to a Huangmei opera when he was 3 years old, and Arnold, who is in Guangzhou, has been immersed in the hobby of Cantonese opera for the past two years. "Basically every weekend, I have to come to the Cantonese Opera Art Museum, whether it is a performance or an exhibition, which is not only rich in content, but also presents the highest level of Cantonese opera." What Ms. Li did not expect was that it was not a weekend, and there were so many spectators waiting early.
Behind the high-level performance is the dedication of the artist
At 3 p.m., in the melodic cheerful performance of the five heads, the "Plum Blossom Peony Jingfangfei" -- the performance of the literary and artistic master GuangfuTai Huimin in the "Guangzhou New Year Flower City Watching Flowers" New Year series of activities kicked off. Chinese Drama Plum Blossom Award winners Li Junsheng, Chen Yunhong, Wu Feifan, Chinese Quyi Peony Award winner Liang Yurong, famous Cantonese cross-talk performance artists Huang Junying, He Baowen and other famous artists gathered to debut, bringing everyone a wonderful audio-visual feast.
Origami opera "Dream in the Garden", "Zhaojun Out of the Jam", "Flower Field Wrong Meeting", Cantonese opera three-throat solo singing "Zhao Zilong Urging", Cantonese opera flat throat singing "Guangzhou good", cross-talk "Say one no two" and other programs, the Cantonese opera, Cantonese music, cross-talk art and other Lingnan cultural elements are presented in turn, and the beautiful and touching origami opera performance, the thick and moving Cantonese opera singing, and the humorous and funny Cantonese cross-talk make the scene climax.
△ Chen Yunhong and other performances of the folding play "Zhaojun Out of the Jam"
△ Li Junsheng and Chen Yunling appeared in the folding drama "Flower Field Wrong Meeting"
In front of the stage is a high-level performance for the benefit of the people, and behind the stage is the artists' busy preparation, intense makeup and rehearsals. The famous Cantonese cross-talk performance artist, "Guangzhou Laughing Master" Huang Junying is performing at Guangfutai for the first time. "Xiangsheng pays great attention to the interaction with the audience, and Guangfutai is separated from the audience by a pool, worrying that the distance is a little far." Huang Junying said. Judging from the on-site response, the "laughing fruit" of the performance has no discount, and he has always insisted on being on the front line of stage performances in order to promote the cause of Cantonese cross-talk and qu art, and has long established a long-term tacit understanding with the audience. It is reported that on the first and second days of the Chinese New Year, Huang Junying has two performances every day, and as a stage artist, he has also become accustomed to accompanying the audience during the Spring Festival.
△ Huang Junying and He Baowen performed cross-talk "Say One No Two"
"This year is more special, many people stay in Guangzhou, and then we accompany everyone for the New Year." Winner of the Chinese Drama Plum Blossom Award and the Shanghai Magnolia Drama Protagonist Award, Guangzhou Cantonese Theatre Young Hua Dan Wu Feifan said. "The weather was nice and the audience was welcoming! I am very happy to be able to bring the charm of Lingnan Cantonese opera art to the audience in Guangfutai, a stage where Cantonese opera performing artists feel particularly intimate. After the performance of the origami play "Dream in the Garden", she said that the performance and the antique stage and garden environment are particularly compatible, which can allow the actors and the audience to have better communication and pass on the Lingnan culture and happiness to them more directly.
△ Wu Feifan and Chen Jianchao performed the folding play "Dream of Visiting the Garden"
Guangzhou Cantonese Opera Troupe youth Hua Dan Chen Yunling is a regular visitor to Guangfu Stage, for this stage she has long been familiar with, "Except for these two years, in previous years, every year during the Spring Festival did not go home, all spent in the Huimin performance." ”
The Flower of Literature and Art Brings the "Flower of Happiness" to the Citizens of Guangzhou
It is understood that from February 1 to the afternoon of February 6, at the Cantonese Opera Art Museum, every day there are plum blossom award and peony award winners to accompany the public to spend a "year of literature and art".
The "Guangzhou New Year Flower City Flower City" New Year series of activities has been held for the tenth year since it was held in 2013, and this famous artists show is also an important part of the series of activities. Liu Jian, a first-level researcher at the Literature and Art Department of the Propaganda Department of the Guangzhou Municipal Party Committee, said that Guangzhou's beautiful business cards not only have ecological flowers, but also the literary and artistic flowers represented by many plum blossom award and peony award winners, "Seeing that so many ordinary people like this performance to benefit the people, their faces are full of happy flowers, and they are proud as organizers." ”
△ The audience is taking pictures and videos
At the scene of the performance, the Guangzhou Municipal Federation of Literature and Literature also organized calligraphers to carry out spring blessing activities in the Cantonese Opera Art Museum to write blessings for the audience entering the museum. One by one, the words "Fu" full of true feelings jumped on the paper, conveying strong blessings.
It is reported that from March, on the first Saturday afternoon of each month, the winners of the Plum Blossom Award and the Peony Award will also open a rotational performance mode at the Cantonese Opera Art Museum to display and promote the cantonese opera art culture and let the public share the fine literary and artistic achievements.
Text/Guangzhou Daily, New Flower City Reporter: Wu Duo
Photo/ Guangzhou Daily, Xinhuacheng Reporter: Liao Xueming
Long drawing design: Li Lin
Video/Guangzhou Daily New Flower City Reporter: Liao Xueming
Guangzhou Daily New Flower City Editor: Long Chengliu