“The story I’m going to tell today is a story about filial piety. My ancestor Wang Puxian was still a teenager…” At 9:30 on July 1, accompanied by a powerful narration and a majestic voice The daytime version of the village opera “Meet Dachen” opened its first show in the Wang Ancestral Hall of Dachen Village, Dachen Township, Jiangshan City, Quzhou City, attracting 40 to 50 tourists to watch.
The village opera “The Village Opera” jointly funded and edited by Dachen Township People’s Government and Dachen Village “Meet Da Chen”, which was launched in July 2020, has been highly praised by the audience and tourists, and has become a “new hot spot” for Da Chen’s travel check-in. Recently, Dachen Gucun Scenic Spot has decided to start the peak season business model. By launching the daytime version of “Meet Dachen” and increasing the number of performances, it ensures that both indoor and outdoor tourists have programs to watch during the day and night, and continuously expands and extends the rural tourism industry chain.
The play mainly tells about Puxian, the ancestor of the Wang family. A filial piety story of the father and his stepmother. The whole story conveys the traditional Chinese virtue of “May the children of the world be respected by their parents”. Compared with the night version, the day version of “Meet Da Chen” has adjusted the actors to make the performance time more flexible. On the premise of not affecting the coherence and viewing of the entire repertoire, some music scenes have been deleted. Combining the connotation of the ancestral hall and the culture of filial piety, the daytime version of “Meet with Da Chen” not only strengthens the use of the “sound” and “position” of the stage, but also retains the “rain and snow” special effects. The vivid and compact plot and the coherent performance made the tourists deeply infected and tearful. “The expressions and movements of the actors are vivid, including some conflicting points created in the early stage of the village opera, which are reasonable and exciting. After watching the whole play, I have a greater appreciation for the delicacy and greatness of mother’s love. I hope that the traditional Chinese culture of filial piety can continue to last. .” Tourist Wang Wei told him.
It is understood that the current “Meet Da Chen” The number of performances has been increased from 1 night to a maximum of 4 per day, of which 2 to 3 are performed during the day. The performance time is 1 hour for the night version and 30 minutes for the day version. “There are only 5 days from getting the script, rehearsing to the official performance. I played the father of Wang Puxian in the night version and Wang Puxian in the daytime version. It was still very challenging for me. But from the first show, I played the role of Wang Puxian. , I cooperated with my colleagues very tacitly, and I played well on the scene, and I believe it will get better and better in the future.” Bao Yongqiang, one of the leading actors, said with a smile.
From village song to village opera, from Dachen When it comes to “Meet Dachen”, adhering to the profound cultural heritage, Dachen Village is giving full play to its own landscape and cultural advantages to explore a new way of integrating culture and tourism to promote common prosperity. (Zheng Yulian, Chen Zhiyuan, reporters from Blue Media Alliance, Jiangshan Media Group)