Over the years, under the guidance of the party's literary policy of "letting a hundred flowers blossom", with the correct leadership and care support of party committees and governments at all levels, the troupe has persisted in the road of reform, boldly innovated, strived for development through reform, and strived for survival through art, and embarked on a road of reform of "being a man, acting and producing benefits", which was established as a banner on the national literary front by Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China and the Ministry of Culture and repeatedly publicized by the People's Daily, CCTV and other media.
Dachang Pingju Troupe has successively created and performed eight large-scale modern plays, such as Unmarried Girl, Water Wall and Male and Female Directors. Invited by the Propaganda Department and the Ministry of Culture of the Communist Party of China, these plays have been performed in Beijing for three times, and have been highly praised and praised by the party and the country, experts and the audience in the capital. They are called "one table with two dishes to eat, and both urban and rural areas like it". Eight plays won the provincial literature and art revitalization award, three won the first prize of national plays, five won more than 100 provincial and national performance awards, three were made into movies and three were made into TV series. "Water Wall" won the "Five One Projects" Award in Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China, the "Wenhua Award" in the Ministry of Culture and the "Caoyu Drama Literature Award" in China, which filled the gap that a drama in our province won three national highest awards at the same time. These eight plays have been transplanted and performed by more than a dozen provincial and municipal troupes in China, and become the reserved plays of Dachang Troupe. The troupe has created and performed more than 30 sketches, including Eating jiaozi on New Year's Eve and My Wife. My Wife, Biography and Guardian, performed by famous comedians such as Zhao, Zhao, Zhao and Zhao, were broadcast on CCTV Spring Festival Evening and Variety Show. Among them, "My wife. My Wife, Life and Death, and Midnight Cat Mewing won the first prize in the national sketch contest and the China Caoyu Drama Literature Award respectively.
The troupe insists on facing the grassroots, facing the countryside and serving farmers all the year round. They give as many as 400 performances in rural areas every year, which are watched by tens of millions of people. For the convenience of farmers, they invested several hundred thousand yuan to develop a new mobile stage, which was well received by farmers. In order to meet the needs of all walks of life, the troupe has also created more than a dozen special literary evenings reflecting the life content of all fronts, which truly achieved the purpose of setting up a stage for literature and art and singing opera economically, and greatly promoted the process of building two civilizations. Dachang Pingju Troupe was awarded six times by the Propaganda Department and the Ministry of Culture of the Communist Party of China, twice by the provincial party committee and the provincial government, twice won second-class merit, and won the honorary titles of "National Model Troupe Rooted at the Grassroots Level", "Advanced Troupe Serving the People" and "National Advanced Troupe Going to the Countryside". The party branch of the troupe was named "National Advanced Grass-roots Party Branch" by the Central Organization Department.
This is a county-level troupe, but it is known as a banner of the national cultural front; This is a troupe that rises from crops, but it has seized the national urban and rural cultural performance market; This is a troupe that became famous 30 years ago. After experiencing the baptism of wind and rain, it is not only a flash in the pan, but also famous throughout the country. This is a "trump card" for the Pingju Opera Troupe and the cultural prosperity of Dachang Hui Autonomous County.
When we arrived at Duanjialing, the troupe had performed three times during the day and gave a special performance for the National Rural Cultural Work Conference at night. It's already 1 1 p.m. The cast members who are physically and mentally exhausted are preparing to take off their makeup and rest. They found that thousands of spectators could not enter the theater or leave the cordon. They said, "We can't go for nothing. No matter how much it costs, we all want to go back to see a performance." Looking at the enthusiastic audience, the crew forgot their fatigue and gave a special performance of "Water Wall" for the audience at midnight 1 1:40. The actors sang hoarse, but their emotions were still full, and the audience applauded constantly. Many professional literary and art groups have seen the performance of Dachang Pingju Troupe and said, "The reason why Dachang Pingju Troupe has so many audiences is because they have audiences in their hearts."
It is no exaggeration to say that Dachang Pingju Opera Troupe is a legend. It has put the stage in cities and villages in more than 20 provinces and cities across the country, and sent programs to hundreds of millions of families across the country. His dramas, sketches, films and TV plays have successively won national awards such as Wenhua Award of the Ministry of Culture, China Caoyu Drama Literature Award, and National Five-One Project Award for Spiritual Civilization Construction, and have been commended by Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China and the Central Organization Department for eight times.
At the beginning of the establishment of Dachang Pingju Troupe, it mainly performed in urban and rural areas of the county. Due to factors such as "old drama and old drama" and poor management of the troupe, the road is getting narrower and narrower, the benefits are not good, and people are distracted and it is difficult to maintain. 1982, headed by Zhao Deping. At the same time, the county party committee and government strongly supported the development of the troupe, giving its head Zhao Deping "human rights, financial rights and stage play rights", which created a broad space for the development of the troupe and was called the "three magic weapons" of the troupe by the literary and art circles.
Facing the decline of Chinese opera at that time, Zhao Deping resolutely put forward the policy of "the troupe is small, the repertoire is modern, and the customers are farmers", and carried out a series of drastic reforms on the troupe: the team construction was small, the original 70 people were reduced to 32, and the original "multi-person corner" was changed to "one person with multiple corners" to create a light cavalry for literary performances. The drama highlights "modernity" and is closer to reality, the masses and life; Pay attention to "contribution" in wage distribution and implement full wage floating. With the reform of the mechanism, the Dachang Theatre Company generate is full of vitality. Every year, the troupe puts out more than 400 repertoires of 10, achieving a double harvest of economic and social benefits, and is known as an excellent troupe with "people, drama and benefits".
This troupe, born in farmland, deeply understands the sufferings of farmers. Zhao De usually said to the cast: "Five dollars for a ticket, you know, farmers may sweat all the tickets, or they may have worked hard to sell shallots for five or six days. Worthy of the audience. " This "audience sentiment" has been deeply rooted in the hearts of every performer of Dachang Pingju Opera Troupe.
In order to facilitate farmers to watch the theatre, the troupe invested several hundred thousand yuan to develop a mobile stage with a shed above and a seat below, with its own power generation equipment. In order to seize the time to perform, cast members sometimes go without eating for a day. Sometimes the house is tight, and the cast members live under the boxcar. Mosquitoes bite in summer, and their faces freeze in winter. Dachang Pingju Troupe, which delights in suffering, is called "the people's own troupe" by the masses.
In addition to taking root in rural areas and serving farmers, Dachang Pingju Troupe has not relaxed its occupation of the urban market. They hold special performances for many large and medium-sized enterprise groups, and this troupe alone earns more than 300 thousand yuan a year. It is reported that this year the troupe has held many tours in Shanghai, Qingdao, Dalian and other cities. With the increasing influence of the troupe, many enterprises come to the door to establish cooperative relations with the troupe. Enterprises use the troupe's "golden signboard" for publicity, and the troupe obtains economic income, which is mutually beneficial and win-win