In order to promote and inherit the excellent traditional Chinese culture and reinforce the cultural confidence of students, SCU's Communist Youth League Committee (CYLC) collaborated with the Arts College, the students’ Chinese Opera (Pearl Garden)Association as well as Sichuan Provincial Sichuan Opera Theater and the Chengdu Peking Opera Research Institute and held performances to bring operas to the campus.
The mid-April performance staged four classic Peking opera episodes, namely, the Painful Discourse on Revolutionary Family History in the Red Lantern, the Sufferings in Deep Mountain from Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy, the Backbone from Dujuan Mountain, and the Fight by Strategy from Shajiabang. The artists from Chengdu Peking Opera Research Institute brought students a vivid performance and character interpretationvia their powerful singing style and lively moves.
The selection of Painful Discourse on Revolutionary Family History in Red Lantern
The "Night of Peking Opera" kicked off at the end of June. The newly edited Peking opera Falling Plum Song was performed in the small theater of the Arts’ College on Jiang’an campus. The unique connotation of Peking opera, coupled with the singing style of Sichuan opera, creates a scene of ups and downs in feudal families in the 1930s.
A scene in Falling Plum Song
In mid-November, SCU’s CYLC invited Liu Jie to lecture on the appreciation of classic episodes by famous masters. Liu Jie is a renowned Peking opera artist, a national first-class actor, and the vice president of Chengdu Peking Opera Research Institute. She explained the knowledge of Peking opera and aroused in students interest in Peking opera through the performance of short pieces.
In early December, the Sichuan Provincial Sichuan Opera Theater brought traditional Sichuan opera excerpts. The heart wrenching love story Provoking Persuasion to Study, the passionate patriotic story Ba Lang Returns to Camp, and the play Stopping Horses all showcased the superb skills and singing skills of Sichuan Opera. The applause on site was constant, and the atmosphere was lively.
The excerpt Provoking Persuasion to Study
Ba Lang Returns to Camp
A student by the last name of Lin from the College of Computer Science said, "I am amazed by the artists' brilliant performances. Their performances epitomize the saying 'One minute on stage, ten years of hard work off stage.'"
Yang, a student from the WuYuzhang Honors College, also mentioned, "The activities organized by the university are very meaningful. The inheritance of traditional Chinese operas is not achieved overnight. It requires a large pool of fans to have successors. These school activities are playing such a role, and we hope that traditional Chinese operas can become better and better."
It is reported that the university will also cooperate with professional theater troupes to offer opera classes, so that students can have a deeper understanding of traditional Chinese operas. Let "youth" and "culture" resonate and coexist, and promote the inheritance and innovative development of excellent traditional Chinese culture.
