Reporter Chen Qiang.
The Spring Festival is approaching, the streets and alleys of the sub-center of Beijing are lit up, and the citizens go to the market, appreciate the folk customs, and buy New Year's goods, and the flavor of the New Year is getting stronger and stronger. During the Spring Festival this year, many villages in the sub-center will also show their "housekeeping skills" and invite visitors from all over the world to celebrate the New Year with traditional performances.
Xie Zhaoliang, the intangible inheritor of the Canal Dragon Lantern Festival, is displaying the dragon lantern. Photo by reporter Chen Qiang.
The actors of the Dawu Village Ping Troupe are rehearsing at the theater. Photo by reporter Chen Qiang.
The Dawu Village Ping Troupe sang a big drama for 4 days.
When the reporter walked into the backstage of the Dawu Village Theater in Yongledian Town, he first saw such a "Bao Gong" - nearly 1.9 meters tall, wearing a python costume, his face was blackened, and he had a beard more than half a meter long, not angry and arrogant. can take a closer look at the actor's face, there are deep wrinkles on his forehead and the corners of his eyes, and the thick oil paint can't stop the traces of time.
I'm 73 years old and I've been singing Pingju for 60 years. This "Bao Gong" is named Lu Jinan, who is the "famous actor" of the Ping Opera Troupe and the "veteran" of agriculture in the village. He said that Pingju has been sung in the village for 100 years, and almost every household has someone who has participated in the troupe. Now the scale of the troupe is more than 50 people, the sheng, dan, clean, ugly and ugly behaviors are complete, the actors are from the village or nearby villages, usually farming, cooking, watching children, there are rehearsals or performances to come to sing a play, not to make money, all by love.
My aunt and my mother are both veteran actors in the troupe, no, my cousin and I have inherited a good voice and have been singing since childhood. Liang Ying, 53 years old from Mahezhuang Village, remembers that when she was a child, the actors used to sing in the back bucket of the tractor, and they had to sing for days on end during the New Year's holidays. More than 10 years ago, a theater was built in Dawu Village, with a total of more than 400 seats, and every time there is a performance, the aisles are crowded with people, "This year must be just as popular!" ”
Dawu Village is located at the junction of Beijing and Tianjin, so there are many actors and musicians from Wuqing, Tianjin, "A few decades ago, the first batch of artistic backbones of the troupe were taught by Gao Lantian, a teacher from Xiaowangzhuang Village, Wuqing, which is also a kind of inheritance. Xing Zhenhai, the head of the troupe, said that during the Spring Festival this year, from the sixth to the ninth day of the lunar calendar, the troupe will perform for four consecutive days in Dawu Village, and citizens are welcome to watch the play for free in the village.
The curtain opened, the banhu drums were clear and high, and the actors sang ...... in a low voiceDuring the rehearsal, there was a little girl in the audience who couldn't take her eyes off it, and she could sing along from time to time. Her name is Cheng Jinhong, 9 years old this year, is the granddaughter of the sound engineer of the troupe, usually lives in the city and returns to the village during the holidays. Xing Zhenhai said that last year, the village set up a training class for drama commentary, and there are already more than 40 students, and this year more children will be recruited to join.
Zhangzhuang dragon lantern dances on the bank of the Millennium Canal.
The Millennium Grand Canal winds in the hinterland of Tongzhou, and the customs of many villages along the route to welcome the New Year are also related to the canal. Among them, the most prestigious is the city-level intangible cultural heritage - the "Canal Dragon Lantern Festival" in Zhangzhuang Village, a county town. During the performance, to the beat of the drums, two majestic and vigorous 18-meter blue dragons followed the dragon balls closely, sometimes soaring into the air, sometimes tumbling, soft and stretching, straight into the clouds. This ancient technique can be traced back to 1834, that is, the fourteenth year of Daoguang of the Qing Dynasty.
The time is set! On the afternoon of the third day and the morning of the fifth day of the new year, let's go to Tongzhou Canal Cultural Square to perform. When the reporter found Xie Zhaoliang, the intangible inheritor of the "Canal Dragon Lantern Festival" in Zhangzhuang Village, he was holding his mobile phone and sending a notice to the villagers and actors in the WeChat group. Xie Zhaoliang, who is 59 years old after the New Year, his grandfather and grandfather are the backbone of the dragon dance in the early years.
In fact, I hope that citizens and friends will come to the village to watch the dragon dance. Putting down the mobile phone, Xie Zhaoliang said that on the morning of the first day of the new year, the team members would dress up and lead two dragons around Zhangzhuang Village several times, which lasted for 2 hours. If any villager wants the dragon to "fly" in front of their house or in the yard for a while, they can set up a small tea table, put drinks and snacks, and the team members will understand at a glance that the dragon ball will guide the dragon to "fly" into the house. This is a custom that has been passed down in Zhangzhuang Village for nearly 200 years.
Tourists come to Zhangzhuang Village, in addition to watching the dragon dance on the spot, they can also visit the Grand Canal Dragon Lantern Cultural Museum for free. The location is easy to find, right in the backyard of the village council. Although the area of the museum is not large, it is quite delicately arranged - the entrance is a log color, revealing a simple appearance; Looking up, two 18-meter "dragons" with a history of more than 40 years are hanging high on the roof; Further inside, in the display cabinet is the Qing Dynasty Dragon Lantern Festival deed, **dragon lantern bottle, dragon lantern before and after the founding of New China**, next to the dragon dance performance with 2 square mouth "dragon" ......When tourists come here, they can also buy pillows, handicrafts, mouse pads and other cultural and creative products of the canal dragon lantern as a souvenir.
The car will twist out a strong New Year's flavor.
Last week, many citizens who went to Taihu Yanyi Market to buy New Year's goods witnessed the charm of Tongzhou's district-level intangible cultural heritage - the Ersi Village Car Club in Zhangjiawan Town. In the sound of gongs and drums, more than 20 characters, such as the car lady, the son, and the bookkeeper, sang and danced to perform the cart rush, go up the mountain and cross the bridge, and even the pre-designed "comedy plot" such as wheel failure and actor sudden fall, so that the audience can feel the strong flavor of the New Year in joy.
This intangible cultural heritage has been passed down for more than 200 years. The actors are basically from Liersi Village, and they are drivers, workers, doctors, and farmers on weekdays, and all of them live in the village ......During the New Year's holidays, as soon as the performance "assembly call" sounds, they return to the village from the city and district, feel the joy of the festival in their hometown, and are often invited to perform in other towns.
Following the rhythm of gongs and drums, the actors jumped and jumped, and in just 20 minutes, Liu Xuecheng, who played the harlequin "plaster", sweated on his forehead. However, the hardest thing in the whole team was the lady who seemed to be "resting" in the car. The actor's name is Wang Yanfen, the car of more than 40 pounds is hung on her waist through the straps, and when the convoy is moving, she has to twist the car left and right according to the rhythm, and the upper body must be stable and relaxed, and her demeanor must be dignified and calm.
During this year's Spring Festival holiday, the Liersi Village Car Club will be staged in turn in the Canal Cultural Square and the Three Temples and One Tower Scenic Area. On the afternoon of the 30th day of the Chinese New Year's Eve and the afternoon of the first day of the first lunar month, the team members will also go to Shangdian Village and Liersi Village to perform street walks, so that the villagers can feel the strong taste of the New Year in traditional folk customs.