In fact, "Fu Shan in Beijing" has been widely concerned by domestic and foreign media before the curtain of Beijing performance opened on July 20th, 2007.
As one of the highlights of a series of activities to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Fu Shan's birth in Taiyuan, from its premiere on June 6th, 2007 to now, "Fu Shan into Beijing" has performed more than 50 performances in and out of the province for more than a year.
Even from May 2005, Taiyuan Experimental Jin Theatre invited a famous playwright from Fujian to Beijing to create "Floating Mountain", until it was published in 2007, it was only two years in total.
If we ignore the whole process from planning to birth of Fu Shan into Beijing, what we see now is the remarkable achievements made by the play since its premiere. However, looking back on the course of this drama, we can find that Fu Shan's visit to Beijing is a successful attempt to build a famous cultural city with characteristics, and it is a complementary exercise to tap and utilize regional cultural resources and absorb and integrate domestic superior resources.
The success of Fu Shan brought us a lot of thoughts and inspirations.
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"I am a scholar in my native place, and I have been refreshed since I was a child. I wanted to serve my country faithfully, but I had to live in seclusion in the mountains in troubled times. The deletion of Mencius in the Ming dynasty was too light for people's livelihood, and finally the disorderly party gave birth to different species. You shouldn't enter the customs for ten days to slaughter the city, for fear that the original pulse of China people will be broken. Today, Michelle Ye is a scholar who advocates literature, but he doesn't know whether he really respects Confucianism and Taoism. For the sake of future generations and your county, I will give up my life and go to Beijing to meet the young people of the new dynasty. "
This well-known drama is not only the beginning of Fu Shan's visit to Beijing, but also the best explanation for why Mr. Fu Shan wrote a letter to Beijing, guiding people to emancipate their minds, change their ideas, make bold innovations and get to know Fu Shan, a famous historical and cultural figure. Like the last scene of Fu Shan and Kangxi's Harmony, this drama corresponds to the strongest voice of the times in art.
In a long historical period, due to the particularity of Fu Shan's historical transformation stage, the fighter of "anti-Qing and regaining sight" and the embodiment of "national integrity" became the traditional conclusion of Fu Shan. Limited by this stylized research and dissemination, people, especially those in this area where Fu Shan once lived, have been deeply rooted in this concept.
From the traditional orientation of "anti-Qing Dynasty" to "the guardian of China's original context who cares about people's livelihood and is maverick", Fu drama presents a brand-new Fu Shan to the audience. This molding conforms to the historical truth, the development of the times and the needs of building a famous cultural city with Taiyuan characteristics, which laid a theoretical foundation for Fu Shan's success in Beijing.
The land of Sanjin has a long history. From the "three families divided into Jin" to the orphan of Zhao, from the Han Emperor Long Qian Jinyang to Li Yuanhe, the father and son vowed to share water, and one touching story after another was staged. From the famous chivalrous man Yu Rang at the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, to the outstanding politicians Wu Zetian and Di, the great star Yang Ye in the Song Dynasty, to Wang Zhihuan, Bai Juyi, Yuan Haowen and Luo Guanzhong, the famous painter Mi Fei, a large number of people with far-reaching influence in the history of China emerged in ancient Bing. Since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Shanxi Merchants Group has risen and enjoyed a good reputation at home and abroad.
In recent years, the popularity of TV series "Qiao Family Courtyard", drama "beginning of autumn" and dance drama "A handful of Zizyphus jujuba" depends on the excavation of Shanxi culture.
The success of "Fu Shan's visit to Beijing" enlightens us on how to look at the tradition from a modern perspective, repackage, develop and utilize the famous people and events of Sanjin culture with a long history, so that the excellent traditional culture can shine today and the history can serve the reality. This is an important topic that Taiyuan can't avoid all the time in the process of building a famous cultural city with Sanjin context and modern atmosphere.
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As many people know, since the script was written in 2005, Fu has undergone three major adjustments and revisions, and premiered in Taiyuan in June and July 2007. But what many people may not know is that Shen, member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee and secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, attached great importance to the creation of the play, personally reviewed the script, and put forward key opinions from the height of the times while respecting the laws of artistic creation. During the performance in Taiyuan, experts from Beijing, Shanghai and provincial capitals were invited to make evaluation, and three symposiums were held for demonstration and discussion. In particular, it is rare for the leaders of the Ministry of Culture and the Chinese Dramatists Association to hold a symposium specifically for a local drama. Fan Shikang, member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee and Minister of Propaganda, has also participated in many symposiums in Taiyuan, Beijing, Shanghai, Suzhou and other places, consulting for works.
Whether performing in Beijing or participating in the exhibition of international art festivals in Shanghai, in several subsequent seminars organized by the Ministry of Culture, the Chinese Dramatists Association and the Shanghai Federation of Literary and Art Circles, apart from having different views on the academic and artistic value of Fu Shan in Beijing, there was one sentence that was most expressed by local participants: "We admire the leaders of Taiyuan City very much. They have such courage and courage to clean up the roots for a historical and cultural celebrity; With such enthusiasm and responsibility, they went all out to perform a play ... "Lin Yongjun, deputy director of the Art Department of the Ministry of Culture, said on different occasions that he was moved by the spirit of caring for and supporting culture by the Taiyuan Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government.
Xue, president of the China Opera Society, believes that the creation and production of a good drama is the result of the efforts of the main creative staff of the drama and the hard work of all the staff of the troupe, and the result of the high concern, guidance and support of the superior leaders, which embodies countless talents and painstaking efforts from top to bottom. Fu Shan's coming to Beijing was born in Taiyuan, an artistic hotspot, and in Shanxi, a good cultural ecology.
Zhang, a famous politician in the Ming Dynasty, famously said, "If we don't advocate initiative, we will retreat, and if we don't cheer up, we will be restless. Moreover, the opportunity is entrusted by the owner, and then the plan is completed and the attack is effective. " Imagine, if there is no courage, boldness, responsibility and boldness of the decision-making level, how can Fu Shan enter Beijing step by step on the road to success? For a comprehensive art such as drama, it is absolutely necessary for leaders to pay attention to it. This provides the necessary production conditions for artistic creation. However, art is art after all, and it has its own special production law. An artist who attended the symposium said with deep feelings that in artistic creation, the method of "subordinates obeying superiors" cannot be simply adopted, because truth is not directly proportional to status and power. -Respect expert opinions, make democratic and scientific decisions, and constantly polish, revise and improve them. This is the only way to produce excellent products, and it is also another inspiration from Fu's success.
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Fu Shan into Beijing is a newly edited Jin Opera, but its creators, from screenwriter to director, are just a group of experts and scholars who have little research on Jin Opera. This seems counterintuitive. But it implies respect for the laws of modern market economy.
Mr. Zheng Huaixing, the author of Fu Shan Entering Beijing, is the vice chairman of Fujian Federation of Literary and Art Circles. Before he took over Fu, he was already a famous drama master in China. He wrote many famous plays, such as Tears in the New Pavilion, The Story of Frog, Ode to God and Leng Yue in the Golden Temple.
When the current vice president of Taiyuan Experimental Jin Theatre gave Fu Shan's relevant materials to Mr. Huai Xing for careful reading for the first time in mid-2005, he immediately said: "I like Mr. Fu Shan's maverick and integrity, and I admire Mr. Fu Shan's erudition. I must write a good script for Mr Fu Shan! The actress Xie Tao is also very good, so I will write this play for her! "
A word spoken is past recalling. A vivid image of a historical and cultural celebrity who was born 400 years ago, experienced social unrest, cared about people's livelihood, advocated democracy, was maverick and proficient in art, and a contemporary celebrity who lived in Xianyou County, Fujian Province, vividly described it with a giant pen full of love and passion for Taiyuan's historical celebrities and Taiyuan's cultural construction.
The stage artistic effect carefully planned by Mr. Zhao Guoliang of Shanghai Song and Dance Theatre complements the plot requirements, showing the individual tension of different characters in the play, with static language highlighting dynamic vitality and dignified colors smearing the voice of the times.
Teacher Shi Yukun of Jiangsu Peking Opera Theatre has a great responsibility. As the director of Fu Shan Going to Beijing, he needs to respect the creation, mobilize the actors, reflect the director's artistic cognition and ideas, and perfectly combine modern cultural elements with the voices of historical figures. Liu, a brother from Shaanxi, is a composer and orchestrator, and her colleagues from Taiyuan Experimental Jin Theatre have played different roles in the play ... a stage for Fu Shan to enter Beijing, which has become a gathering place for some elites in the domestic drama industry and an experimental field for the rational allocation of cultural resources.
If the market and its own laws are the invisible hand of those who only care about respecting and conforming to its rules of the game, then when the tangible hand of scientific and reasonable administrative means is clasped together, the resultant force will be enormous and will contribute to the peak. Fu Shan's entry into Beijing should be the carrier and beneficiary of the joint efforts of the invisible hand and the tangible hand. This is the third revelation of Fu Chenggong.
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Back in the evening of July 20th, 2007, Beijing Chang 'an Grand Theater was packed. During the performance, the audience held their breath; The game has been changed. Let's applaud. The heavy history, ups and downs, clever deductive stories and unexpected endings, coupled with the superb acting skills of the actors of the Youth League of Taiyuan Experimental Jin Theatre, make the image of Fu Shan, a master of ideological culture in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, refined, self-modest, skillful and vivid.
This is a scene when the drama Fu was reported to Beijing.
A similar situation also appeared on the stage of the 9th China-Shanghai International Art Festival. The relevant state departments held the National Minority Opera Show in Datong and the 10 China Drama Festival held in Suzhou ... The ancient Jin Opera is recovering its vitality and charm in its heyday because of Fu Shan's coming to Beijing, and a group of actors represented by Xie Tao, who have already made a name for themselves, have become famous again because of Afushan's coming to Beijing.
Fu Shan Entering Beijing has continuously expanded its cultural influence throughout the country, highlighting its academic and artistic value, and its input cost is steadily rising, with a gratifying situation. At present, the single performance fee of "Fu Shan in Beijing" is several times that of the original 10, and most invited performance units are named "Fu Shan in Beijing".
From Taiyuan to Jinzhong to Datong, from Beijing to Shanghai to Gusu, Fu Shan commemorates Fu Shan, publicizes Taiyuan, prospers Shanxi Opera, wins the market, and promotes the benign development of cultural industry, which has become the symbol of Taiyuan's cultural construction and opening up.
Comrade Shen once said: the fundamental purpose of developing cultural industry is to promote cultural prosperity; The market-oriented operation of cultural industry is conducive to expanding the influence of advanced culture; The characteristics of cultural industry are conducive to strengthening the direction of advanced culture.
Under the condition of market economy, culture must go out of the narrow circle of the past, win the recognition of academic circles and win the broad audience. While emphasizing its ideological attribute, it must be market-oriented and industrialized, which is the only way to strengthen culture and enhance soft power. This is a valuable inspiration from the complex drama.
A song "Fu Shan Goes to Beijing" is somewhat enlightening. Before the end of the article, the author learned that "Fu Shan Going to Beijing" will go out of Niangziguan again in the spring and perform in the capital and other cities to commemorate the 66th anniversary of Comrade Mao Zedong's speech at the Yan 'an Forum on Literature and Art. ...