Do gongs and drums belong to noise? Does live streaming revenue exceed on-site box office? Cross Strait practitioners discussing the inheritance of traditional Chinese opera | education | income
In order to better inherit and promote the excellent traditional culture of the Chinese nation, deepen cooperation and exchange, the Intangible Cultural Heritage Inheritance Forum on "Integration of Education and Art, Empowerment of Intangible Cultural Heritage - Cross Strait Art Education Jointly Promoting Integrated Development" was recently held at the Affiliated School of Drama at Shanghai Theatre Academy. More than a hundred guests from art schools across the Taiwan Strait, renowned theater troupe artists, and others gathered at the White House Theater of the Chinese Opera School to brainstorm around traditional Chinese opera education, new era performance, and more.
The challenges faced by practitioners on both sides of the Taiwan Strait for the inheritance and protection of traditional Chinese opera are similar but different. "Most theatrical troupes in Taiwan perform at temple fairs. Now they emphasize environmental protection. The sound of gongs and drums is noise pollution and will be prosecuted." Lin Maoxian, a scholar, said frankly, "Many theatrical troupes are family troupes and are responsible for their own profits and losses. Due to the lack of good scripts and the loss of audiences, parents can't stand the suffering of their children, and inheritance is facing no successors." Li Yang was 10 years old and learned to sing a little face. Because of his height, he decided to change his profession and study economics in the United States. After completing his studies, he returned to the Taiwan, China Academy of Drama. Based on his own growth, Li Yang proposed that "students should not only focus on their profession, but also cultivate their second professional competitiveness. The youth version of" Peony Pavilion "is the best case of the cultural and creative industry. Curator Li Liheng suggested that referring to Michelin's three major standards of" professional ingredients, creative dishes, and stable standards ", actors should be trained and new plays should be created." Opera education should train students' professionalism, and then have imagination and creativity, echoing the personality of Generation Z audiences, so that they are willing to pay for performances. "
In the view of Li Peihong, the dean of Shangxi Opera Academy, "The cultivation of opera actors has its uniqueness. In the past, actors grew through stage practice, but now rely on school education. In order to open up channels between schools and stages, Shangxi has signed cooperation base agreements with important theaters such as the National Peking Opera Academy and the Shanghai Peking Opera Academy. Students have the opportunity to enter the theater troupe during winter and summer vacations. The theater troupe uses this to test new talents and find good candidates. Students know what kind of talents are needed on stage, and when they return to school, they know more about how to find their own value."
"New media attention is measured in seconds, how can traditional culture break through and maintain vitality in modern lifestyles?" The question raised by host Xia Lei sparked a heated discussion throughout the room. Jin Xiquan, vice principal of the School of Traditional Chinese Opera, said, "The appearance of Zhou Yu in Beijing Opera has not changed in 200 years, which is inheritance. The fragmentation of Tiktok has brought about changes. Local opera troupes perform live in the countryside. The conditions of food and accommodation and the stage are not good, but the actors perform very carefully, bringing large traffic, and the direct broadcast income exceeds the box office." Director Li Xiaoping believed that "digital development is the trend. Rather than worrying about its impact on traditional culture, we should let the technology tide be used for our own use, and produce composite effects with stage expertise, rather than being enslaved by it."
Zhang Jun, the principal of Shangxi Affiliated Opera School, introduced that the school is promoting the "one axis and four lines" professional development path, with the Beijing Kunming fusion leading major as the main axis, running through and leading the four major groups of local opera, performance, music, and design, constructing a "Chinese character" professional layout, focusing on reflecting the professional construction direction of Chinese discourse, industry education integration, school local integration, international influence, and integrity innovation. The forum will be a new starting point for the future development of traditional Chinese opera schools, supporting artistic talents with high-level art education and allowing them to shine on a larger stage.
On the forum, Shangxi Affiliated School of Traditional Chinese Opera and Taiwan Academy of Traditional Chinese Opera exchanged letters of intent for inter school cooperation and exchange, laying the foundation for deep cooperation. Yang Yang, Vice Dean of the Shanghai Academy of Drama, remembers encountering overseas Chinese in the United States who were talking about traditional Chinese opera and dancing with joy. "Traditional Chinese opera is an open and colorful world. In this world, peers share happy moments."
"Intangible cultural heritage is the root of the cultural heritage that is inherited from both sides of the Taiwan Strait, reflecting the charm of the excellent traditional culture of the Chinese nation and the values and concepts behind it." Ma Chencheng, President of Shanghai Wenguang Performing Arts Group, believes that intangible cultural heritage is the source of literary and artistic creation, and the soul of cultural and creative design. "Through academic exchange and ideological collision, we promote the comprehensive progress of the art industry in the Yangtze River Delta, and also hope to promote cross-strait exchanges and deepen cultural consensus while promoting traditional cultural exchange and mutual learning."
The event is jointly organized by the Affiliated School of Shanghai Theatre Academy, the Taiwan Affairs Office of Qingpu District People's Government, and the Qingpu District Cultural and Tourism Bureau.
