On the morning of December 16th, written by Yanshi cultural celebrity Pang Xinzhi, Yanshi District Yu Opera Troupe and Zhengzhou Yingguan Culture Media lasted two years of filming, the national first-class actor, the national top ten celebrities of Henan Opera, the honorary head of the Yanshi District Yu Opera Troupe Wang Yihong and the 12th Henan Provincial Opera Red Plum Gold Award winner, outstanding young actor Wang Ning starred in the premiere of the opera film "Tangzhi County Grain" was held in the Henan People's Hall.
The premiere was hosted by Yue Yang, the famous opera host of Henan Radio and Television Station, and Zhou Wednesday, the host of the Rongmei Center of Yanshi District, Luoyang City.
Wang Quanshu, Li Zhibin, Zhang Chengfeng and other old leaders, Li Yanqing, member of the party group and deputy director of the Henan Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, Wu Hao, member of the party group and vice chairman of the Provincial Federation of Literary and Art Circles, Xie Dong, a first-level researcher of the Art Department of the Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, and relevant leaders of Yanshi District came to congratulate.
Li Shujian, vice chairman of the Chinese Dramatists Association, chairman of the Henan Provincial Drama Association, famous Henan Opera performance artist, and national first-class actor, Zhao Yuxun, deputy secretary of the Yanshi District Party Committee and head of Luoyang City, and Tian Guanguan, chairman of Zhengzhou Yingguan Culture Media, delivered speeches successively.
Yanshi is one of the important birthplaces of Chinese opera art, not only an important origin and inheritance place of Henan opera, but also one of the earliest core circulation areas of Henan opera and opera, with a rich fertile soil for opera art.
The storyline of the opera movie "Tang Zhi County Release" follows the long-standing famous drama "Tang Zhi County's Trial of Orders". After Tang Cheng, the seven-rank "sesame official", escorted Mrs. Edict into Beijing, he suddenly received a holy decree from Jia Gao, a waiter of the Ministry of Rites, asking him to immediately go to Luodong County, Henan Province for disaster relief. Luodong County is under the jurisdiction of Cheng Xihu, the chief soldier of Henan Prefecture and Yan Song's nephew, and Yan Song sent his housekeeper to follow and monitor Tang Cheng as his master, fabricating charges and wanting to put Tang Cheng to death. Jia Gao is not only Tang Cheng's friend on the same list, but also Yan Song's sworn friend, and tried his best to persuade Tang Cheng to join Yan Song, but was refused. Tang Cheng fell into Yan Song's trap and had no grain for disaster relief, so in order to prevent provoking a civil uprising, he listened to the instigation of his master and opened a warehouse to release grain without authorization. It has created the image of a clean official who is loyal to the country, loves the people, and does not forget his original intention, promotes the governing concept of "the country is people-oriented, and the people are food-oriented", and praises the "Dazheng atmosphere" shown in Tangzhi County.
It is understood that in 1979, Mr. Niu Decao revised and processed the Henan Opera "Tang Zhi County Trial Command", which was rehearsed by the Second Henan Opera Troupe and the Hebi Yu Opera Troupe, and participated in the celebration of the 30th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. In 1980, the famous director Xie Tian adapted the play, Niu Decao played the county official Tang Cheng, Wu Bibo played the role of Mrs. Fate, and was filmed by Beijing Film Studio into a drama art film, renamed "Seven Sesame Officials", once released, it was a sensation. The singing segments such as "gongs and drums shouting in unison" in the play were widely sung, and laid the foundation for the vocal cavity art of "Niu Pai" in Henan Opera. For a time, many opera art troupes transplanted and performed, making great contributions to the formation and development of the "Niu School" art of Henan Opera. In December 2019, the stage version of Henan Opera "Tangzhi County Grain" created and rehearsed by Yanshi Yu Opera Troupe was put on the stage, and then broadcast on the opera channel of ** TV station, which was warmly welcomed by the audience.
After the ceremony, Lv Qing, Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Committee of Henan Yu Opera Theater, Jia Wenlong, Vice President and Head of the Third Troupe, Guan Xiaoyu, Head of the Youth League, Meng Xiangli, a famous Henan Opera performance artist, Gao Xinjun, Chairman of Zhengzhou Drama Association, and other drama experts and scholars inside and outside the province, students of the School of Drama of Henan University, people from all walks of life and many fans and friends jointly released the first opera film "Tangzhi County Grain".
The ugly Wang Yihong of Henan Opera is the "Niu Pie" of Henan Opera** Tang Cheng, the "Sesame Official" he played in the play, reproduces Mr. Niu Decao's Niu Pie performance art. The beautiful singing voice not only inherits the humorous and funny style of the teacher, but also portrays the image of a clean official who is upright, not afraid of the powerful, and dedicated to the people. The applause at the premiere scene is the audience's affirmation and recognition of Mr. Wang Yihong's wonderful performance, and it is also a tribute and respect for the art of "Niu Pai" in Henan Opera. Wang Ning, an outstanding young actor who played Tang Cheng's wife in the play, also had a good performance, and the fascinating plot was applauded by the audience many times.
After the opera movie "Tang Zhi County Releases Grain", the audience was moved by Tang Zhi County's behavior of asking for the people's lives. A number of students from Henan Provincial Vocational College of Arts and Henan University School of Drama said that "Tangzhi County Grain" is a good drama that shows honesty and integrity, and it has given them a lot of professional inspiration and insights. Yang Xisheng, a veteran teacher in Anyang, said that the film "Tangzhi County Grain" spreads the positive energy of the world, and it is necessary to be a good person and do good things. Li Kunfeng, head of the Yu Opera Troupe of Yanshi District, Luoyang City, said excitedly that this film is the first original opera film in Yanshi District, Luoyang City, and on this basis, we must continue to work hard to better carry forward the art of opera. (Zheng Hongqi) (*Henan Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism).