What does the Year Beast look like? Does it cry "Wow" or "Ahh Why did it only choose to appear on Chinese New Year's Eve? Is it because there are a lot of delicious things to eat during the New Year? New Year's Day.
On the seventh and eighth days of the Lunar New Year, the children's drama "The Year Beast "Wow" will be staged at the Ma Lanhua Theater, leading the children to understand traditional Chinese folk customs and culture.
The children's drama "Nian Beast "Wow" is based on the legend of the Nian Beast in folk tales, and interprets a Nian Beast with different meanings under the premise of using myths and legends as the background. According to legend, the year beast "Wow" is a greedy little divine beast, every year on Chinese New Year's Eve, he comes out to trick or treat, steal the rice balls on the stove, grab the children's crisp candy, in order to eat delicious, he is not afraid of the sky. The play is set in the northern villages of the ancient Han nationality and adopts the technique of combining fiction and reality. Use multi-**, lighting and other changes to show the village, market, inside and outside the house, cave and other scene switching and time and space transformation. The play also uses elements of puppet performance, the fierce appearance of the year beast is completed by the actor to operate the puppet, and the inner year beast of the elf is played by the actor.
In fact, there are many versions of the legend of the Nian Beast, and in the traditional interpretation of the past, the story of the Nian Beast usually tells people that they should be brave, dare to fight against evil forces, brave the hardships and dangers, move forward bravely, and create their own happy life. And this time, the children's drama "Year Beast "Wow"" not only retains the human perspective, but also adds the "Year Beast Perspective" to look at the mythical beast "Year" from multiple angles. Screenwriter Qi Xiaoyun introduced: "I tried to build the drama from the perspective of a child, and boldly gave the Nian Beast a new soul under the vicious appearance, so that it could become a cute and childish Nian Beast." This is not only more in line with the expression of children's dramas, with more elements of imagination and childlike fun, but also tells children that there are actually many sides to things, and they must not only see one but not know the other, but must look at problems more comprehensively and objectively, let alone judge people by their appearance and spread falsehoods, but also learn to listen, understand, and change. This is the main content of our play. ”
Focusing on the theme of "traditional Chinese culture", the creation of children's dramas has been the focus of the Children's Art Theater of the China Welfare Association in recent years. From "The Year Beast "Wow" to the parent-child storytelling "Tiger and Tiger Shengwei", as well as the new Lantern Festival drama "Flying Dragon Chengxiang", as well as the idiom-telling "Oriental Story" and various local theme picture book plays, the theater hopes to enrich the interpretation and display of Chinese culture with various styles of creation and stage performance. (Xinmin Evening News reporter Wu Xuying).