Use literature and art to interpret the culture of Luyi Laozi
"Lao Tzu is not old" is a brief introduction to the large-scale Lao Tzu cultural comprehensive literary and artistic program
The popularization and transformation of Lao Tzu's thoughts, the literary and artistic expression of Lao Tzu's history and Luyi's characteristic culture, are the key and difficult points to promote and popularize Lao Tzu's culture and tell the story of Luyi. This program tries to use new perspectives, comprehensive use of song and dance, folk art, intangible cultural heritage, Hanfu, folk customs and other literary and artistic forms, to explore new methods and new ways of interpreting and promoting Laozi culture in the new era.
Opening
1. "Where is the Way".
Genre: Large-scale dance.
Number of actors: 30.
Chapter 1: The Birthday of Kuxian
2. "The Legend of the Surname Li: The Surname of Li Xianggou".
Genre: Melodrama.
Plot overview: Qihe's refuge in Qurenli, Yishou's birthday Shengli Xianggou;Feeling the grace of the bitter county name, filial piety is the beginning of the road.
Number of actors: 7 people, Qihe, Li Lizhen, Li Kang, Yishou, Li Er, Treat Girl, etc.
3. "Lee".
Genre: Singing and dancing.
Number of actors: 21 people, including 1 lead singer and 20 dancers.
Fourth, "Young Lao Tzu: Cattle Ranch Apprenticeship".
Genre: Melodrama.
Plot overview: The cattle ranch happened to meet the wise, and Xiao Li's headphones were businessmen;Li Yuanguo took his son to apprentice, and the water sky was enlightened.
Number of actors: 7 people, Xiao Li Er, friends (3 people), Shang Rong, Li Kang (Li Yuanguo), waiters, etc.
Chapter 2: Morality Through the Ages
5. "Confucius Greets Qu Renli".
Genre: Melodrama.
Number of actors: 7 people, Lao Tzu, Confucius, 5 disciples.
6. "The Hometown of Moral Classics".
Genre: Classical recitation.
Number of actors: 60 people, including 50 people who recite the Tao Te Ching and 10 people who perform the guzheng.
Appearance requirements: Before the start of "Confucius's Greetings", the chanting team lined up at the back of the stage in advance, and after the "Confucius Greetings" ended, the sound of the guzheng started, the lights hit the recitation team, and everyone began to recite excerpts from the Tao Te Ching.
Chapter 3: Admiration for eternity
7. "Worship the Sages for All Ages".
Genre: Restoration performance of ancient rituals for the elderly.
Plot overview: With the national intangible cultural heritage "Lao Tzu Festival" in the popular sacrifice and public sacrifice as the main form of expression, the focus is on the restoration of the ancient people's sacrifice to the elderly, especially the Tang and Song Dynasty royal rituals, and reproduce the glorious history of Lao Tzu's hometown.
Number of actors: 66.
Appearance requirements: At the end of the recitation of the Tao Te Ching, the dancers appear.
1.Shengshi Dancing (16 people).
2.Hanfu Dynasty Worship (30 people).
Appearance requirements: The actors are dressed in Hanfu decorations of the past dynasties, enter in the order of the Qin and Han dynasties, Wei and Jin, Tang, Song and Ming dynasties, and each person holds a hand salute, so as to show the respect and admiration of the descendants of Lao Tzu's hometown for the past 2,000 years.
3.Tang Dynasty Old Rite (20 people).
Plot overview: Based on the historical event of Tang Gaozong and Wu Zetian visiting Luyi to pay homage to Lao Tzu in 666 AD, the national etiquette of the ancient royal Lao Tzu sacrifice is restored.
Appearance Requirements: After the pilgrimage is over, everyone stands in 4 columns, leaving space in the middle.
18 waiters slowly walked into the arena with a guard of honor in their hands (16 men wore round-necked robes, 2 women wore skirts), and they circled the stage for half a week and positioned themselves.
The emperor and empress, respectively, wore the highest standard of 12 crowns and phoenix crowns, holding jade gui, in the honor guard ** field.
After the emperor and the honor guard appeared on the stage, the audience led the crowd to perform the heavenly salute with all the actors on the stage.
4."Sages" (30 people).
Genre: Dance.
Appearance requirements: Before all the performers perform the day salute together, the dancers enter, and after the ceremony, the dance is out, and the lights around are slightly dimmed.
5."The Song of Lao Tzu".
Genre: Cantata.
Number of actors: 150 people, including 4 lead singers and 146 chorus.
Requirements: During the dance, the choir performers line up behind the stage to prepare. When the song started, all the actors who participated in the "Lao Tzu is not old" program sang in chorus.