Chapter 233: Kunqu Opera, which is about to die

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When he first met Kong Ping, this familiar senior sister made Wang Yao vaguely feel a sense of danger, as if he was stared at by a wolf to his prey, which made him clearly feel Kong Ping's purpose.

But this meeting was completely different, although the purpose can still be felt, but it is not as obvious and stubborn as before.

After replacing Li Zhuo as the representative president of the development of new opera, this period of time was the busiest and most fulfilling time for Kong Ping, coupled with the success of Kunqu Opera's application for World Heritage Status, this is not only a major event for national culture, but also a major event for Liyuan Xing.

The success of the application for the World Heritage Site at least shows that Kunqu Opera's status in the field of art is certified, and there is also the protection and assistance of international organizations, which can be regarded as a reassuring pill for Kunqu Opera, which is now on the verge of being lost.

Because with the certification and public promotion of the United Nations, even if the relevant departments did not want to care about the life and death of Kunqu Opera, they must seriously implement it, if Kunqu Opera is really lost or properly protected, then this crime is a big crime.

If the art that has always been internationally recognized is lost, then the culture of the Dragon Kingdom will become a laughing stock and have to be taken seriously.

I heard Xu Feng introduce the current situation of Kunqu Opera before, but it was even worse than Wang Yao imagined, although Yue Opera was down-and-out at that time, there were still two provincial-level troupes with 100 people in Hangzhou, Mingzhu and Suzhou City had troupes with more than 100 people.

And this time I went to Kong Ping's base, although it is also a provincial troupe, but it is enough to use the idiom 'about to die'.

Although the theater of the troupe is larger than that of Baihua, the minimum age of these troupes is thirty-five years old, and there is no young troupe in their twenties.

Although Kunqu Opera is the ancestor of a hundred operas, its development in modern times has not been smooth, at first because Kunqu Opera, as a type of opera that served bureaucrats and literati in ancient times, belonged to the 'extreme right' capital industry, and was criticized the worst, almost everyone was in a state of self-endangerment, and during that period of time, they almost did not dare to mention the word Kunqu Opera.

The influence of that decade, until after the opening up, still gave Kunqu Opera a series of titles, and it was not until after the appearance of "Fifteen Runs" that Kunqu Opera had a trace of vitality, but it was too late.

The inheritance of opera is taught by word and deed, and it takes at least ten years to train an apprentice, and the cultivation of Kunqu opera is more difficult than other operas, which can be said to be rigorous.

Because Kunqu Opera not only has high requirements for technical literacy, but also has higher requirements for literary literacy, the books of Kunqu Opera in the early days are all written by scholars in the first place, which is somewhat different from the folk vernacular of local opera.

Most of the scholars of this kind are talented and well-read, so the dramas they write are exquisite, from the singing words to the vocal cavity, almost to the level of one sentence and one tone.

Therefore, there is a saying in Liyuan Xing, those who sing Kunqu opera can sing a hundred operas, and they may not be able to sing Kunqu opera if they are good at a hundred operas.

In addition to their own opera, the famous characters of Liyuan Xing basically have dabbled in and pursued Kunqu Opera, after all, Kunqu Opera is extremely elegant.

Because of the complexity and difficulty of inheritance, coupled with the incompleteness of the body that was hit in those ten years, Kunqu Opera has been broken for a whole generation, and this generation, until the last ten years of opera lonely, there are fewer people who learn opera, and even fewer people who learn Kunqu Opera, because opera has become a craft that is difficult to support themselves.

Kong Ping is a Kunqu opera family, so she has been exposed to Kunqu Opera since she was a child, and in such adversity, her family also handed over the responsibility and burden to him, but Kong Ping's talent and mind are all appreciated by the ancestors, and she has become a horn in the circle just after leaving the school, and many masters have taken care of her.

But it still can't be changed, Kunqu Opera is going farther and farther on the road of loss.

There are less than 800 practitioners in the entire industry, and they are all middle-aged and older old artists, this kind of miserable situation, compared with the reputation of the ancestor of a hundred operas, is really sad.

But fortunately, each of these old artists and old gentlemen is full of energy, one of them is a ninety-year-old man, who can't even stand on his feet with a crutch, and when he received Wang Yao, he also raised his voice, and Wang Yao had some tears in his eyes.

These old people really love Kunqu Opera as life and children.

Finally, the hope of Kunqu Opera may be ushered in, and each of these old people has made enough energy.

"Are you still confiscating the apprentices?" sent the old people away, Wang Yao asked Kong Ping.

"I want to take it, but I can't afford it. Kong Ping smiled, "There is no performance, in addition to the subsidies given by the state, we have to pay money to maintain the troupe, and we have to pay a salary to collect an apprentice, so wait." ”

Wang Yao frowned, "If there are good seedlings, let's order it, such a big brother troupe, there is not even an errand runner." ”

Kong Ping raised her eyebrows, pinched Wang Yao's cheek, and smiled and bent her eyes, "I know that you feel sorry for your sister." ”

Wang Yao smiled: "I feel sorry for these old gentlemen. ”

"Can you raise it for a while, and can you raise it for a lifetime? This in itself is not something you should be in charge of, someone should be responsible. Kong Ping said with a smile, "I know you made a lot of money from that play, but didn't you throw it out too?"

Wang Yao sat under the stage and looked at the stage of the theater, "Money is a thing that is transferred to spend, otherwise it will be used to watch?"

"Your courage is like dung. Kong Ping sat next to Wang Yao and chuckled, "What about the book, let's talk about some business." ”

Wang Yao took out the notebook from his bag, and Kong Ping looked at it seriously.

Wang Yao looked at the stage with his chin propped up, not knowing what he was thinking.

"It hasn't changed much. Kong Ping read two chapters, "But should you shorten the length of the chapter? These performances take more than three hours, and foreigners will be tired to watch." ”

"Well, but I haven't seen this play, I don't know what the key points are on the stage, so you let the old gentleman help plan it, after all, this play was banned in the past. Wang Yao said with a smile.

"To be honest, this play can't come back. Kong Ping closed the notebook and looked at Wang Yao.

Wang Yao was stunned, "What?"

"This play can only be performed in foreign countries, and it is very dangerous in China, after all, the subject matter is still sensitive. Kong Ping shrugged, "No way, this is the rule." ”

Wang Yao frowned and thought for a while, "There's no room?"

"I think it's hanging, gay, alas, the problem of men and women has not been solved yet. Kong Ping smiled and blinked her clear eyes, "But it's not necessarily, when we finish changing it, let Mr. Mei help hand it over, maybe there will be a turnaround." ”

"Hmm. Wang Yao nodded.

"Don't be so serious, take it easy, and have a laugh. Kong Ping looked at Wang Yao's dull expression and chuckled.

Wang Yao pulled a smile, "There have been more people in contact with the entertainment industry recently, and when I turned my head to look at our pear orchard, I really couldn't laugh." ”

"It's not time to run. "Kong Ping smiled brightly" approved the text, and the country has promoted it again, it has some effect, there is an audience, there is a turnaround, and now there are several old gentlemen who are studying innovative things, but there is no audience to cheer them on, and they don't know the taste of the audience now. ”

"Kunqu opera is indeed a bit difficult for people nowadays, as obscure as asking them to read novels in traditional characters. Wang Yao said.

"So, I'll change the traditional Chinese to the simplified Chinese characters. Kong Ping smiled.

"But it feels like it's going to change a lot. Wang Yao chuckled, raised his head and sang, "Yaya~ The birds gather in the distant sand, as if they are grass, like a canopy." The rivers and mountains are picturesque, and there are infinite weeds and flowers. The view of the small bridge in the flag pavilion is the best. See three or two houses by the bamboo lock stream. Yucha, make a new tone, a song can be boasted. ”

Kong Ping pursed her lips and chuckled, and replied, "I left my hometown in the middle of spring, sighed and tired of my body, and ran to the end of the world." A whip is colorful, and it refers to the remnants of water. Flowers on the wall and willows. See ancient trees, withered vines, perched crows. It is a long distance, touching the mulberry hemp. ”

Wang Yao blinked, "It seems to be sung down, but I mean, this kind of word, the style of the two sides of the environment, is difficult to simplify." ”

The two sang a scene in the Kunqu opera "The Story of Jing Hai", called Shanglu, which is the lyrics of the protagonist when he went to the exam, and the whole song is as beautiful as an ancient poem, and the scenery and the joy entanglement in the hearts of the characters can be described vividly and vividly only through the lyrics.

"There is always a way, you have to keep up with the times. Kong Ping smiled.

"That's right, after all, even ancient poetry has become vulgar now. Wang Yao thought for a moment and sighed, "Keep pace with the times." ”

"Don't be sad, you're so proud of your age. Kong Ping nodded Wang Yao's forehead coquettishly, got up and pulled him up, "Let's go, go home." ”

"Go home?" Wang Yao was stunned for a moment, inexplicably a little nervous, "You didn't arrange for me to live in your house, did you?"

is also staying at the house of my sister of the opposite sex overnight, I don't know why Zheng Xixi is nothing, and Wang Yao is inexplicably a little nervous when he comes to Kong Ping.

"Your little expression seems to have a lot of stories. Kong Ping stared at Wang Yao with a smile.

"I'll just stay in a hotel. Wang Yao said with a dry smile.

"What's the matter, afraid that I'll eat you?" Kong Ping narrowed her eyes and chuckled, "Is it your Senior Sister He who said something bad about me." ”

The corners of Wang Yao's mouth twitched subconsciously, "Of course not." ”

"Hmph, fill your pockets. Kong Ping muttered in a low voice and pulled Wang Yao out of the theater.

Wang Yao blinked, filling his pockets?

Kong Ping's house is more special than Wang Yao imagined, because her family is quite big, and it is an old house in Sioux City, which everyone knows about the many gardens in Sioux City, and Kong Ping's house actually has a small garden.

Rockeries, small bridges and flowing water, ancient pavilions and porches, as if another small world.

In addition to the beautiful scenery, what is more special is that there are many people in her family, almost more than 30 people, in addition to her parents, most of them are some Kunqu opera old-timers, in the early years, they bought things for the development of the troupe, almost all of them exhausted their family wealth, fortunately, Kong Ping's family has an ancestral old mansion, which can support these old people.

These old people have dedicated their lives to Kunqu Opera, and they have almost nothing but Kunqu Opera, many of them are not married, let alone have no children to support, and they are too old to change careers, and they are facing an embarrassing situation.

Kong Ping's family background can only be said to be middle-class, not well-off, but he still supports so many old people, which shows filial piety.