"I just want to keep the flavor of old Beijing. On February 23rd and 24th, the Beijing-style comedy "Silver Ingot Bridge" starring veteran actors Ni Dahong and Shi Ke and rock and folk singer Hao Yun was staged at the Cloud Theater. During the more than two-hour performance, the audience was sometimes amused by witty lines, and sometimes aroused by hip-hop ballads. Many viewers said that they were "warmed by the fireworks in the old Beijing".
Before the start of the performance, the hall of the Yunjian Theater not only placed the Eight Immortals table and human-powered tricycle with strong regional characteristics of old Beijing, but also set up an electric cooker. There are also old Beijing sugar gourds and freshly cooked Beijing-style bean paste stuffed rice balls. Of course, this is just a pre-dinner snack, and the really delicious meal is the "Yujia Ermeat Shop". At 7:30 p.m., Hao Yun walked to the stage with a bowl of noodles and asked everyone "Have you eaten", and the performance kicked off in this relaxed atmosphere.
The story takes place in the small restaurant "Yujia Ergong Shop" by the Yinting Bridge in Houhai. The restaurant may have to be demolished, and the owner and chef of the restaurant, Yu Wu (Ni Dahong), wants to keep the restaurant, saying that the things left by his ancestors cannot be defeated in his own hands. But the fifth sister-in-law (played by Shi Ke) wants to stop making a living and enjoy life with the demolition money, and Meng Tian, another property owner of the house and a literary and artistic youth, wants to sell the house to pursue "poetry and distance". As a result, Zhao Dawei, a businessman who was bent on drilling into the eyes of money, Mr. Qing, who had been dumping fake antiques since his ancestors, and even Mr. Pan, a hutong stringer who was known as the most spiritual symbol of "old Beijing", was finally rebelled by the 100,000 yuan of the "progressives".
According to reports, the Beijing-style comedy "Silver Ingot Bridge" premiered in 2015, and the new version of "Silver Ingot Bridge" will be restarted and rehearsed in 2023, and the stage design incorporates elements of Song painting, realistic and poetic, and the actors' performances are more exquisite. The scene where Yu Wu sat in the corner silently peeling garlic many times was lonely and helpless, and he had a more profound interpretation of Wu's "loneliness" and stubbornness. The polite words of the fifth sister-in-law are both down-to-earth and true. And the strings of folk songs that Hao Yun came from his mouth became the highlight of the whole play. The lyrics of "Qianmenlou in the depths of a hundred flowers, Yanjing Beer Erguotou, the side of the Temple of Heaven, the echo wall, and the boat in the Beihai Sea" exhaust the years and vicissitudes of old Beijing, and also make the drama more three-dimensional, and complete a record and reflection on Beijing culture in a more relaxed way.
With the reversal of the plot and the ups and downs, the emotions of the audience are sometimes sighing and sometimes rising. Seeing the "hi" place, the applause was like thunder, and it lasted for a long time. "I am a native of Songjiang, and the drama "Silver Ingot Bridge" instantly brought me from the south of the alley courtyard and the flowing water house to the north where there are Beijing Hutongs, Beijing Pianer, and Ermeat Shop. Wu Ping, an audience member in Songjiang, said excitedly after watching the performance, "The five brothers and five sisters-in-law played by the old drama bone Ni Dahong and Shi Ke are full of fireworks in the market, and the rock and roll ballads of Hao Yun and the band sing full of ups and downs in life." ”
In both performances, there were also quite a few audience members who came from the city. Mr. Zhao, an audience member who came from Jing'an District, was also infected by the "poor energy" in the play, and said with a smile as soon as he went out: "Fortunately, no one stuffed 100,000 yuan in my pocket, so that I could watch the play quietly in the theater and enjoy the peace and happiness at the moment!" Cai Jie, an audience member who came from Qingpu, said that she came for Ni Dahong, and was also deeply impressed by the warm service of the Cloud Theater. "It's really cold today, I didn't expect to eat the hot rice balls of northern taste when I entered the door, and the theater service is so good. Cai Jie said.
*: Shanghai Songjiang.