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Zi Yan is red all over the place, and the drama rhymes every year. On the evening of April 23, the live competition of the 29th Chinese Drama Plum Blossom Awards ended with Shan Wen, the fourth generation of Kunqu Opera, brilliantly performing "Peony Pavilion".
As the disciple of Zhang Jiqing, the "Queen of Kunqu Opera" at the top of the first Plum Blossom Awards, Shan Wen performed the classic charm of Kunqu opera for 600 years with her beautiful appearance, sweet singing voice and divine interpretation, allowing the audience to appreciate the wonderful charm of Kunqu opera, the ancestor of hundreds of operas.
"Peony Pavilion" is known as the "national color tianxiang" in classical Chinese opera. Shan Wen's Nankun version, also known as the inheritance version, is the most representative and influential among the versions. When the flute flew up, Shan Wen chanted a gentle "water mill cavity" beautifully, like the March willow wind blowing, dreaming back to the warbler spring yiran. In its delicate and elegant performances and long and beautiful singing voice, the four repertoire of "Dreaming in the Garden", "Dream Hunting", "Photography" and "Leaving the Soul" are from joy to sorrow and meticulousness, showing Du Liniang's unique beauty, love, hate and sorrow.
At the end of the song, the afterglow is endless. On the stage, it is the inheritance of the classic; offstage, it is the harmony of the times. Shan Wen said that there are many versions of Du Liniang, and the classic Kunqu opera inheritance version she interprets pays attention to elegance and charm, and needs to be integrated into the soul of the character realm. This competition is not only a competition for "mei", but also wants to let Guangxi audiences feel the charm of traditional Kunqu opera.
Source: Xinhuanet Guangxi Channel, Guangxi Daily
Edit: Xini