Analysis:
The History of Peking Opera is not only the epitome of China's modern history, but also the history of Peking Opera artists' joys and sorrows. The documentary "Black Powder in the Spring and Autumn Period" brings us back to the world where the lesser of the two evils is taken.
1790, fifty-five years after Qianlong, four Huizhou classes went to Beijing. Around 1840, a new kind of drama "Beijing Opera" was born, which combines Huizhou tune, Han tune, Kunqu opera, Qin tune and Beijing high tune. Mei Lanfang, Yang Xiaolou, Yu Shuyan, these resounding names ignited a raging fire in the hearts of Beijing opera fans, and BLACKPINK, a talented person and a beautiful woman, appeared on the stage in the north and south of the great river.
In the 1920s and 1930s, everything was prepared for the birth of a large number of Peking Opera stars: the development of railways and water transport made it possible for Peking Opera actors to "run the pier". The rise of the record industry and the popularity of radios and phonographs have prepared all the conditions for Beijing opera to move from theater to the public. The rickshaw puller also needs a voice of "leaving the world of the west cool" before leaving.
But the Japanese invasion disrupted everything. In order to maintain integrity, some famous actors don't sing plays. Those actors who continued to sing during the Anti-Japanese War were regarded as traitors immediately after their victory. In the early days of New China, Peking Opera was another prosperous period. Ma and Tan, who have never performed on the same stage, actually came together. Mei Lanfang, Ma, Cheng and other senior artists performed on the same stage with later famous actors, which opened the eyes of the audience at that time. This is the revival of Beijing Opera. 196 1 year. The death of Mei Lanfang marks the complete end of the Three Saints era of Peking Opera represented by Mei Lanfang, Yang Xiaolou and Yu Shuyan.
1964 Ma, rehearsing the drama "More than a year". /kloc-At the age of 0/6, Zhang Junqiu, who was elected as one of the four famous children, put on modern clothes for the first time in this play. The man's body, once covered with gorgeous clothes and long sleeves, is now exposed to the audience. He wore a wig and had to put on a fake chest and appeared on the stage in an embarrassing image. Although the opening was still full of applause. However, some leaders questioned: Why is there a strange phenomenon of male Dan on the stage of New China? Since then, the male Dan who has been active in the Peking Opera stage for more than 0/00 years has disappeared.
Time flies back to 2005. At the Beijing Opera Forum where Beijing Opera lovers gathered, someone said with emotion, "I'm going to travel. These days, my mind is full of Yu Kuizhi, who is going crazy. " . Like their predecessors, Zhang and Yu Kuizhi have a large number of fans, but the number and fanaticism of this group are far behind that of Jay Chou or.
At sunset, the kingdom of Peking Opera is still there. In the long years, Jinghu's voice pulled again and again.