"Isn't that romantic? A person who doesn't understand Kunqu Opera, but he listened to your 520 plays seriously. ”

"What love is deeper than this love?"

"If you bring me in, even if I like someone again, I can read things I don't understand 520 times."

"I'm going to go crazy, I'm going to be 100% crazy, and I probably won't like it."

Kong Xing'er immediately retorted and tried to speak up for his Uncle Ouyang.

"I finally saw someone speak for me." Mr. Ouyang raised his head and said with a smile.

"Then Dad, why did you like Mom in the first place?" An Qiu asked again about her curiosity.

"Because the first time I saw him, she didn't wear makeup, and I fell in love at first sight." Mr. Ouyang said frankly.

"What? The first time you saw me, I didn't wear makeup? Didn't you see me for the first time on stage? ”

Obviously, Mrs. Ouyang didn't know about this past either.

"I watched the play because I saw you walking towards the opera garden, so I inquired with them."

"I found out what time you were singing, and I bought a ticket."

"It turned out that your appearance was better-looking, so I liked it even more."

"At first, I thought I was just curious, and it might be gone in a few days."

"But that's it, it went on for a long time before I realized that I was really in love with you."

Mr. Ouyang said about the past, his eyes shining.

It seems to remember the beautiful appearance of Mrs. Ouyang and their happy past.

"No, Xiao Qiu'er, I shouldn't ask, I'm so sour now, I feel like I've eaten two catties of lemons."

Kong Xing'er pretended to be sad and clutched her chest and leaned on An Qiu's shoulder.

"Then why doesn't Mom keep singing?" An Qiu ignored Kong Xing'er and asked curiously.

"Before, I really wanted to carry forward Kunqu Opera, and I would sing it whenever I had the chance."

"Then I broke my voice, and after the operation, my vocal cords couldn't return to their original appearance at all."

"I don't think I can accept being imperfect on stage, it's not just disrespectful to myself."

"It's also disrespectful to that stage, so I won't sing."

Mrs. Ouyang smiled and said with some regret.

"It's really a pity, otherwise I think the status of Kunqu Opera must be more than what it is now." An Qiu sighed and said regretfully.

"I don't think so, I'm very conflicted right now."

"I am now a member of the Chinese Dramatists Association and a member of the Kunqu Opera Steering Committee."

"Now the state is paying more and more attention to intangible cultural heritage, and even the state pays money to help you train and give you a stage."

"But in fact, the attendance rate of each stage is very low, and the age of the audience is from middle-aged and elderly."

"So it turns out that young people like too little, really too little, too little."

"Some people have raised opinions because Kunqu Opera still looks like it was 50 years ago."

"It's not in line with the aesthetics of today's young people, and it's not a fashion trend today."

"There are still many people who feel that Kunqu Opera has not kept pace with the times."

"The aesthetic standards of the masses change with the times, which is the law of artistic development, and it is not subject to human will."

"You either conform to the rules and change with the times, or you wait to be eliminated from the museum."

"Moreover, now that China is implementing Mandarin, some of the languages of Kunqu Opera, as well as the tones, are actually incomprehensible without reading the subtitles."

"So how to put it, this so-called incomprehension actually blocks a lot of interested people."

"Not only that, but some people have doubts about the script, they feel that the scripts of Kunqu Opera were written by the great writers of the year."

"That is, the so-called classical Chinese, many people think that even if they can understand the subtitles, they don't understand the meaning at all."

"There are even some expressions in the Mongolian Chinese translation, which makes it even more difficult to understand."

"When it comes to rhythm, I've always liked this kind of rhythm, telling stories in a soft and slow voice."

"But I also learned what many people think, and young people in today's era like to be fast-paced."

"No one wants to spend more than two hours understanding a story, and because of the fragmented reading of mobile phones."

"Very few people are willing to read a long article anymore, and it takes five minutes to read a few dozen words of Kunqu opera."

"Nowadays, young people are used to the state of a small climax in three minutes and a big climax in five minutes in movies and TV series."

"Kunqu opera is even more unsuitable for young people to appreciate psychological rhythms."

"These are the problems that have to be faced, because young people are indeed better heirs."

"When we are old, there must be someone to pass on the culture of our country."

"But in my personal eyes, I think Kunqu opera is very good, and it is also the most poetic."

"Kunqu opera should not add modern elements, and the addition of modern elements to opera is the artistic value of losing its foothold."

"And I think the charm of opera is that it freezes the times, and now people appreciate the poetry and painting of the ancients."

"The reason why the situation of opera is not good is that I think it is like most people don't like to understand Chinese poetry and classical Chinese."

"Maybe it's not that there's something wrong with the poetry itself, it's that modern people are too fast-paced."

"The disadvantage of fast food culture is that people are unwilling to think about it, and they are not willing to appreciate the things left by these ancestors."

"I'd rather go to a variety show and watch a movie than stop and listen to a good show."

"So my whole person is in a state of contradiction now, and I think it should be reformed."

"But I don't want to do it in my heart, I think Kunqu Opera has its charm, if you blindly go to cater to the audience."

"To please a young man, then he may miss the original meaning."

"So I don't know what to do now, my brain can't convince my heart, and my heart can't convince my brain."

"So now every time I have some big decisions, I mostly choose to abstain."

"If I choose to reform, I will not only be sorry for my heart, but also for Kunqu Opera."

"But if you don't choose, I'm sorry for the new generation of young people, I'm sorry for those who want to try it."

"I don't want my choice to be that deciding factor, it's probably the worst thing I've ever done in my life."

Mrs. Ouyang hadn't said this to others for a long time, and she was happy today, and her expression was always a faint smile.

After telling all these inner thoughts, Mr. Ouyang listened to his words, and his eyes were distressed.

It turned out that his lover had struggled so much all these years, but he couldn't help with anything.

"Actually, Mom, you've got some of your horns, I think it's good to stick to yourself, and stick to the original way Kunqu Opera is."

"I really don't appreciate it, but my former roommate, she's a movie fan."

"He is very happy every day, using various social software to get to know his favorite young or middle-aged opera actors."

"I also learned from chatting with him that there are actually a lot of young people who like opera, and there are more and more of them."

"The decline of opera is a fact, but nothing can be stable for a long time in the heat that the whole society is concerned about, even Weibo, which was once popular in the whole society, is entering a period of decline."

"It is true that the proportion of young people who like opera is small, but China's population base is so large that no small proportion will correspond to a large total."

"So Mom, you really don't have to worry about it at all." An Qiu smiled and said with relief.

Mr. Ma looked at his daughter with relief, and his words were very clear.

"Yes, in-laws, really don't be so entangled, a cultural phenomenon will have its unique audience, and all kinds of complex factors cause opera to tend to be niche."

But what's the big deal? It is enough to inherit and explore. ”

"After finding a good inheritance and innovation mechanism, many other benefits of the niche will also be reflected."

"In other words, there is no need to be too demanding, and opera does not need the focus of the whole society."

Mr. Ma also smiled and said that there are some things that just don't need everyone to understand.

"Yes, Auntie, opera has its own unique charm, and opera artists are actually consciously or unconsciously expanding the spread of opera in a more modern mode."

"Opera will surely attract more young people, and now that the craze for Chinese studies is in the ascendant, who can say that Kunqu opera will not be the mainstream in the future?"

Kong Xing'er also smiled and spoke.