On the evening of June 15, the newly created large-scale Sichuan opera "Faith", jointly produced by Sichuan Vocational College of Arts, Sichuan Provincial Theater and Linshui County Cultural Center (Intangible Cultural Heritage Center) in Guang'an City, premiered in Guang'an City.
There is a well-known character in the literary masterpiece "Red Rock" called Xu Yunfeng, and the Sichuan opera "Faith" is based on the story of Xu Yunfeng, one of the prototypes of Xu Yunfeng, a guang'an linshui person and a member of the Chongqing Municipal Workers' Movement of the Underground Organization of the Communist Party of China.
Xu Jianye risked his life to carry out revolutionary work on the hidden front and was arrested for betrayal by traitors. In prison, Xu Jianye survived countless severe tortures, resisted coercion and inducement, withstood severe tests, strictly guarded the party's secrets, smashed the enemy's plan to sabotage the UNDERground party organization of the CPC in Chongqing, extinguished the flames of the huaying mountain armed uprising, and defended the dignity of the communists. On July 22, 1948, Xu Jianye bravely took the initiative, interpreted the power of faith with his life, and fulfilled the oath of "never betraying the party".
How can Sichuan opera with revolutionary historical themes attract audiences more? "Authenticity is what moves people!" This play is artistically processed on the basis of historical real materials, and we try to tell the whole story to the audience in a sincere, simple and humane way. And this story is originally touching and shocking. Yu Fanlin, a drama director at the China Academy of Performing Arts, who served as the director, revealed that he was deeply shocked to hear Xu Jianye endure 10 tortures in the process of collecting wind.
On June 22nd and 23rd, "Faith" will be performed at the Chengdu Xinsheng Theater and will be performed in various districts (cities, counties) of Guang'an City.
Source: Sichuan Daily
![Tan Zhengyan, the seventh generation of Peking Opera Tanmen, took over his grandfather's "Xu Yunfeng"[fig]](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACwAAAAAAQABAAACAkQBADs=)