On December 7th, the Wanbang Troupe of Neixiang County staged "Yang Paifeng vs. Shuanglong Valley" in the small square of Guanluhe Village, Chaopi Town, which aroused enthusiastic responses. This Wanbang drama with a history of more than 400 years has now become a new trend with the help of new **, attracting the attention of countless audiences. Wanbang Theatre Troupe shows its talent through social platforms such as Douyin, colliding ancient drama genres with modern technology to present a new artistic charm.
Wanbang Opera Troupe is one of the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage in China, and is known as the "living fossil of Bangzi vocal cavity". Its unique vocal cavity and diverse performance forms have not only spread among the fields, but are now also being widely promoted through the Internet. Open the Douyin account "Neixiang Wanbang", and you will find 446 works, including program previews, performance scenes, and the life of the actors. These ** record the hard work and happy moments of the Wanbang Troupe, attracting more than 30,000 fans, of which a single post has a maximum of more than 2 million views.
Neixiang County Wanbang Troupe is the only professional Wanbang Theatre Troupe in the country, which can be called "the first troupe in the world". Today, the troupe has grown into a large performance team with nearly 90 cast and crew members, performing more than 200 days a year and performing three to four hundred commercial performances. Its success not only depends on the persistence and inheritance of traditional dramas, but also on the combination of new technologies to create a unique artistic charm. This ancient and endangered drama genre has been revitalized through bold experiments and innovations.
As an important part of Chinese opera, Wanbang opera faces the challenge of modern multiculturalism. How to break through in the current society and attract the attention of more audiences is a serious problem facing opera people. With its efforts to save itself and inherit and develop, Wanbang Theatre has become a model for the survival and development of endangered theatres. In their practice, we can find some useful references.
As the data shows, there are more than 100 types of operas in our province, but only 29 of them are listed in the national intangible cultural heritage, and the Neixiang Wanbang Opera Troupe is one of them. This shows that the efforts and achievements made by the Wanbang Opera Troupe are exemplary in the protection and inheritance of intangible cultural heritage. By showing their talents on social **, they have attracted the attention of more young audiences, making Wanbang drama full of vitality in the new era.
The success of Wanbang Theatre Troupe not only represents the inheritance and development of a specific type of opera, but also reflects the vitality and charm of traditional Chinese culture in modern society. We should attach importance to and support such a cultural team, so that all excellent traditional culture can be inherited and carried forward in the contemporary era.