Uncover the red memory of this glorious city in the form of a delightful story
Sponsored by the Shanghai Mass Art Museum and the Shanghai Folk Literature and Artists Association, and hosted by the "Shanghai Story" magazine and the Shanghai Liberation Memorial Hall, the "Red Memory of the Glorious City" - a special red story show celebrating the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Shanghai will be held on May 26 at Held at the Shanghai Mass Art Museum, this event was also a showcase of the results of the nearly month-long Red Story Creation Workshop. Hu Jijun, the son of Hu Wenjie, the commander of the 259th Regiment of the 87th Division of the 29th Army of the Third Field Army of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, who died in the Battle of Shanghai on the eve of the founding of New China, was invited to attend the event.
"Story workers have the responsibility to explore Shanghai's red resources and spread red culture in the form of stories." said Fang Hongyan, chief editor of Shanghai Mass Art Museum's "Shanghai Story". This is a red story work jointly sponsored by the Municipal Art Museum and the People's Political Consultative Conference. The purpose of the workshop. The workshop is divided into two stages: creative exchange and lecture rehearsal, aiming to cultivate the backbone of story creation and presentation and create a batch of high-quality red stories.
Storyteller and folk artist Ge Mingming serves as the workshop instructor. He believes that the creation of red stories is different from the creation of general literary and artistic stories. Red stories must follow historical facts and cannot tamper with history; creators need to collect a lot of materials, read a large amount of historical data, and have a clear understanding of the past era before they can write. "The overall level of the students in this Red Story Creation Workshop is relatively high, and many students have published stories and novels."
In this workshop, 24 students submitted nearly 30 stories, covering the time span from the Anti-Japanese War to liberation. The themes were rich and diverse, focusing on the joys and sorrows of small people, but also showing the heroic deeds of revolutionary ancestors in the torrent of the times. There are stories about young students who pawned family heirlooms to raise funds for the liberation of Shanghai; there are stories about the Chen family brothers in the Yangpu shanty town who embarked on a common revolutionary path in different ways; there are stories about underground party member Jiang Tiyun persuading his traitorous boss to join the anti-Japanese team; It writes about the fate of famous opera actors at the crossroads of life; one writes about the victorious troops who successfully entered the city and stayed on the streets overnight... "Through these stories, we can recall the red memories and those turbulent years given to us by this heroic city." Ge Mingming said. .
At the special red story held on May 26, 4 stories were selected for stage performance. The audience at the Story Show was attracted by the vivid storyline, deeply moved by the revolutionary spirit of the heroic sacrifice of the revolutionary martyrs, and cherished today's beautiful life even more.
The story "Chen Yi's Night Visit" written and narrated by Yan Xia, a drama performer from Baoshan District, describes the efforts of Chen Yi, the first mayor of Shanghai after liberation, to establish China's first penicillin research institute and antibiotic professional factory - Shanghai No. 3 Pharmaceutical The story of a late-night visit to Tongcun, a medicinal chemist in a factory. Zhang Yuping, a community cultural worker from Jinshan District, created and participated in the presentation of the story "Burning the Bamboo Fence", which tells the story of the underground party and Jinshan people working together to blow up the bamboo fence to break through the blockade and send military supplies out of the dock to our party's East Zhejiang Anti-Japanese Armed Forces Center Go story. "Son of Maqiao" is the debut story of Wu Chunyan, a group cadre from Maqiao Town, Minhang District. It tells the story of Yan Tongyu, a progressive young man from the Commercial Press who joined the Communist Party of China under the guidance of the party organization in 1931, promoted anti-Japanese and national salvation, and was finally arrested and died heroically. This is the second time Wu Chunyan has participated in story creation training. This year’s red story creation workshop has given her a lot of help. “We learned how to perform artistic processing and where the degree of artistic processing is. We learned when to write realistically, When do you have to write falsely, the story will be interesting.”
"Today is the first time I heard a 'story'." Kong Xiangjun, director of the Shanghai Liberation Memorial Hall, listened to "First Ray of Dawn" composed by Ge Mingming and narrated by You Wei. He was told by Zou Fanyang, an underground party member, that he immediately told the story through the radio station. The story of the People's Liberation Army's entry into Shanghai was deeply affecting to all citizens. "The daily explanations at the Shanghai Liberation Memorial Hall focus on historical facts, and many story details are difficult to unfold in depth on site. How to dig out the exciting content other than the commentary and tell it to the audience better? We are working with the Shanghai Folk Literature and Artists Association, Shanghai Municipal Government When planning the Mass Art Museum, everyone unanimously thought of a way to combine folk stories with red content. "Kong Xiangjun said that this event organized relevant creators to come to the Shanghai Liberation Memorial Hall to collect information and discover some unknown aspects of Shanghai's liberation history. Short stories, through the processing and interpretation of folk tale artists, allow these stories to be heard and understood by more citizens, allowing citizens to have a more intuitive and in-depth understanding of this history.
It is reported that the stories created by the workshop students will be handed over to a group of storytellers for secondary creation. Wu Penghong, director of Shanghai Mass Art Museum, said that the next step is to use the public cultural distribution center to distribute these high-quality red stories to communities and tell them to community residents. At the same time, these storytellers can enter campuses and tell children about their ancestors. revolutionary story. In addition, it is also planned to broadcast online through the platform of the Mathematics Cultural Center so that the red story can reach more people.
Kong Xiangjun said that in the future, the Shanghai Liberation Memorial Hall also plans to use immersive performances, special performances and other methods to better disseminate and use the results of these red stories.
Shanghai is a glorious city, rich in red resources, with alleys large and small, many of which have traces of the activities of early party organizations. Lu Qiwen, secretary-general of the Shanghai Folk Literature and Artists Association, said: "The spread of red culture is constantly innovating and developing. Using storytelling to spread red culture is more down-to-earth and closer to the people. Red stories reflect not only a period of history, but also a Spiritual inheritance.”
