In the old days, there were many options for the opening ceremonial performances of the Tang Hui Opera in the capital.

There are several items, such as "breaking the platform", "cleaning the platform", "jumping the spirit official", "jumping the addition of the official", "jumping the God of Wealth" and "reporting the platform".

These ceremonies can be elaborate or simple, depending on the political status and economic status of the family.

Because whenever these ceremonies are held, the family must pay a separate performance fee, which is called "lottery money" in Liyuan Bank.

Among them, the "breaking the stage" ceremony is a feudal dregs that pretends to be a ghost at 12 o'clock in the middle of the night.

Not only is the form mysterious, but there are also steps to kill chickens and blood.

It is often bloody, and the atmosphere of horror is so full that it dislikes the Lord's family and disappears.

On the contrary, the ritual of "Jingtai" is much better.

Because although it is also to get rid of all the evils, the purification platform is only based on reciting the purification mantra, and it is not so noisy.

In the earliest ritual of purifying the stage, the actor of the Qing Dynasty played the role of a mage wearing a crown of five Buddhas, a red shirt and a white beard.

After taking the stage, recite a mantra and walk around the audience, and then get off the stage.

By the time of the Republic of China, this ritual had become more auspicious.

Because at that time, "breaking the platform" had been completely replaced by "Jumping Spirit Official", "Jumping Official", and "Jumping God of Wealth".

Then when the "clean stage" is made, the actors who play the role of the spirit official, the heavenly official, and the god of wealth often recite the mantra.

You must know that whether it is "Dancing Spirit Official", "Dancing Jiaguan", and "Dancing God of Wealth" are all opera dances for the purpose of flattering and pleasing the audience.

No matter what kind of role, it is all gorgeous.

The performers will hold colorful silk banners, dance and dance along with the gongs and drums of the stage, display banners, present auspiciousness, and applaud and appreciate.

After dancing auspiciously, let these immortals come to the clean platform.

Naturally, it is much more festive than an old monk dressed as an old actor.

As an alternative procedure for "breaking the stage", "Dancing Officer" is undoubtedly the most lively group drama.

Because this play also requires at least four spirit officers to play at the same time.

During the Republic of China, the "Dancing Spirit Officer" even had a whole class on stage.

It has become a must-perform program every year when the theater troupe seals the box at the end of the year and the troupe unpacks the box at the beginning of the year.

The so-called Lingguan is actually the most worshiped protector god in Taoism.

Taoism has a saying that there are five hundred spiritual officials, and the most famous one is "Wang Lingguan".

In the first major halls of many Taoist palaces, the spiritual officials who guard the mountain gate of Taoist temples are generally this king spiritual officials.

Like the traditional Peking Opera "Mixed Yuan Box", "Five Flower Cave", "Nine Lotus Lantern" and "Sizhou City", there is this spiritual official on the stage.

Especially the play "Sizhou City", the scenery is unique.

In the play, when Guanyin summons the gods to subdue the jellyfish Niangniang, the gods follow the left and right leaders.

The red-faced spirit officer and the black-faced Xuantan were the first to play.

With them, there are also Jialan, Nezha, Qinglong, White Tiger, Vedus, and Wukong, all of whom are powerful figures.

There is also the original text of Journey to the West that wrote about the time when he escaped from the great sage in the gossip furnace and ran into a rampage mode.

In the text, it is said that Jiuyao Star is closed, and the Four Heavenly Kings are invisible and invisible, and they see that the monkey is about to hit the Lingxiao Treasure Palace.

In the end, thanks to Wang Lingguan, who was on duty in Tongming Palace, he blocked Sun Wukong to death.

This shows the identity, status, and ability of Wang Lingguan.

Therefore, this "Jumping Spirit Official", in terms of roles, must also overwhelm the "Jumping Official" and "Jumping God of Wealth".

In fact, before the Republic of China, "Dancing Soul Officer" was even a repertoire exclusive to the Qing royal family.

The reason is obvious, since they are all emperors, there is no need to "increase officials" and "make a fortune", and they also attach great importance to the ability of spiritual officials to ward off evil spirits.

According to the legend of Liyuan Xing, the opening scene of the Qing Palace, it is generally common for eight or sixteen spirit officials to take the stage.

Sometimes, when there is a festival, there are 32 spiritual officials, or even 64 spiritual officials.

In addition, the Qing court also paid attention to jumping the spirit officer with a good horn on the first road.

Such as Tan Xinpei, Wang Guifen, Qian Jinfu, Yang Xiaolou, etc.

Even the singers are no exception.

Such as Chen Delin, Wang Yaoqing, etc., all once skipped the spirit officer before acting in the palace.

It can be seen that the rulers of the year attached great importance to this drama.

As for the folk hall plays, because the pursuits of the big guys are similar.

That is one of the two must be "jumping plus officials" or "jumping God of Wealth", or both.

There are three performance forms of jumping plus officials: jumping "male plus official", jumping "double plus official", and jumping "female plus official".

Costumes and props are dedicated and custom-made.

The characters played are based on the "heavenly officials" (that is, Shangyuan Yipin blessed heavenly officials) in the three officials of the Taoist gods "heaven, earth, and water".

Therefore, on the "official note" that the actor opened to the audience, auspicious greetings such as "Heavenly Official Blessing" and "Additional Official Jinlu" were written.

Therefore, it is called "jumping plus official".

The more special one is the "Female Plus Official", which is the exclusive repertoire of the family for the old lady's birthday.

It is played by an actor who sings the role of the opera troupe, and the character is based on the Taoist goddess "Queen Mother".

Wearing a phoenix crown, wearing a female red python robe, and holding a tooth wat in her hand.

Like the male plus official, he wears a white female mask with smiling eyes, which Liyuan Xing calls "the face of the female plus official".

Under normal circumstances, if two plays are performed together, the one ranked after "Jumping and Adding Officials" is "Jumping God of Wealth".

The performance form of "Jumping God of Wealth" is divided into two types: "God of Wealth" and "God of Martial Wealth".

The God of Literature and Wealth is based on the Taoist immortal Bigan, the God of Martial Arts is based on the Taoist immortal Zhao Gongming, and there is also a saying that it is the "Great Hui" of the Western Regions.

Since the middle of the Qing Dynasty, the performance form of the God of Literature and Wealth has gradually been lost, and there is only the God of Wealth who dances martial arts.

During the performance, the actor who played the God of Wealth held a large gold ingot in his arms, and with one hand, he made the crown, shook his sleeves, lifted the ingots and jumped, and jumped twice to the left and right.

The ingots are placed on the table, and the word shaft in the tray is opened to show the audience a couplet.

There are festive words such as "blessing such as the East China Sea" and "fortune and treasure", so as to please and get the color sound.

And among all the opening ceremonies of the church, the most insipid should be the "newspaper platform".

This ritual is usually only practiced by Kunqu opera troupes. 

The content of the announcement line is determined according to the nature of the meeting being held, and different churches will have different lines. 

The effect is similar to the final poem before the cross talk, just reciting a piece of Jingbai words.

Therefore, Ning Weimin's idea is actually very simple to say.

He believes that what is national is what is global, and the most typical stage art in Beijing is Peking Opera.

In addition, the appearance, costume, and helmet of Peking Opera actors are all colorful and gorgeous.

This is very much in line with the theme of the fashion show with oriental silk as the theme.

That's why he took the initiative to ask Kang Shude for advice, wanting to try to solve the problem by starting with traditional Peking Opera.

Not to mention, since they are all in the form of stage performances, there must be a place to learn from.

He asked, and sure enough, from the old man's mouth, he asked the answer he needed.

According to the old man's meaning, "breaking the platform" can be ruled out first.

And "jumping to add officials" and "jumping to the God of Wealth" are not very suitable

Because although these two opening scenes are joyful and echo the desire of foreigners to make a fortune, they are not in line with the spiritual civilization that the country is currently advocating.

This year, the government is propagating the five stresses, four beauties, and three loves, and our leading cadres are also paying attention to honesty and honesty.

This set of promotions and fortunes really jumped, and it was easy to be criticized by domestic newspapers and periodicals.

In the end, there are only the "Jumping Soul Officer" and the "Pure Platform Mantra" and the "Newspaper Platform".

If it's just for good luck and excitement, these are fine.

The old man added that there was a unique tradition in the inner court of the Qing Dynasty, which was to "dance the five-colored spirit official".

The so-called five-color spirit officer, to hook the face into five colors, the old spirit officer hook the doll red face, the four are red face red paper, yellow face black paper, blue face Cang 札 and white face black full, the face is mostly rubbed bottom, and then the texture is outlined with a pen.

In this way, there are more colors in the field.

If you consider it from the perspective of enriching the form of performance, you can combine the ability to dance the four doors, put on the firecracker pole, throw the fire in the air, and recite the mantra of the net stage and the ability to report the stage.

There are all such martial arts in this way, like acrobatics, and the entertainment is also strong, and the Chinese and foreign guests love to watch it.

In this way, Ning Weimin took advantage of the old man's insight and showed his face in this matter.

The day he accompanied Pierre Caton and Song Huagui to the Acrobatic Troupe and the Peking Opera Troupe.

Ning Weimin actually showed his idea in the end, and the result was the most eye-catching, the most practical, and the most in line with the needs.

Because one is that the magic show that Pierre Caton wants is too ordinary.

The ancient color tricks of the acrobatic troupe are really not interesting, and they are still at the level of "Standing Cabinet Appearance", "Lantern Pavilion Appearance", and "Circle Showing", which is too lacking in novelty.

The second is that the monkey play is wonderful.

However, because of safety issues, the stage has high requirements, not only for the size and stability of the building.

The actors also need to adapt to the terrain in advance, and multiple rehearsals are good.

Otherwise, it will be difficult to ensure the effect of the performance, and you can only send a monkey king, and it will not meet the requirements of Peel Carton's hope for a brilliant and enthusiastic performance.

And Ning Weimin's idea is different, he needs five martial arts actors to come on stage.

Although few people in the younger generation understand it, the performance is not a play, but just the use of basic skills.

There are still old people in the troupe, click on it, and it's not difficult to try out.

In addition, the appearance of the spirit officer is all big flowers, hooked faces, wearing helmets, soft leaning, colorful as soon as he comes to the stage, this image is bluffing.

found an actor to put on a suit and danced a four-door fight, and performed a job of throwing fire at a high gate, which made Pierre Caton very happy and applauded again and again.

Song Huagui was also more satisfied, and Chongning Weimin made an OK gesture.

So, this plan was decided, and the show was finalized on the spot.