Chinese Cabbage is a popular national anthem in Henan. Created a brand image of a naive, poor and helpless rural girl, and expressed a rebuke to the unscientific family relationship in the old society. "Chinese Cabbage" successfully created a naive and lovely child from a poor family who was abused and lonely after losing his mother. This social development has aroused our general sympathy. Therefore, it develops continuously in Hebei Province and northern China. This is also an excellent traditional music for children, which is almost a household name. The opera "White-haired Girl" has become a household name, and the name of Wang Dahua, the creator of "White-haired Girl", remains in the memory of he cheng people.
White-haired girl story source:
The white-haired girl originally came from a folklore with mysterious characteristics. Xi Er, the legendary hero, is called the white-haired girl because she was oppressed and exploited by the old society and became a teenager. The White-haired Girl summarizes the history of oppression and unfair treatment of thousands of poor peasants in Qian Qian in the old society with the cruel fate of the protagonist. And to show the cruelty of feudal cruel exploitation system. Literary and artistic works created in this special period have become the treasures of China's intangible cultural heritage.
The north wind sings a story:
It tells a tearful story during my stay in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression. The hero of White-haired Girl is Yang Bailao's daughter Xier, while Yang Bailao is an extremely poor farmer. Xi fell in love with a young farmer, but the evil landlord Yang Bailao coveted Xi's beauty. In the name of owing money, he forced him to pay back six buckets of millet with the high interest rate of 25 yuan, otherwise he would take the son away. Yang Bailao's pieced together money was only 7 dollars and 50 cents, but Huang Shiren didn't want it. He forced Yang Bailao to bet on Xi's contract. Yang Bailao felt sorry for his daughter and then committed suicide. On New Year's morning, Joey was robbed into Huang Shiren's house. Wang He joined the Red Army to save his son. Anyone who tries their best to take out Huang Shiren's home and hide it in the mountains will give birth to white hair. Turned into a white-haired girl by the people in the village. Later, the Red Army overthrew Huang Shiren, and Da Chun found Xi 'er. She returned to the village to be with Wang, and they lived a happy life. Joy's white hair turned into black hair, and the story had a happy ending.
Theme concept:
White-haired Girl is a large and medium-sized musical drama created under the guidance of Chairman Mao's Speech at Yan 'an Forum on Literature and Art. Based on the unfortunate experiences of Yang Bailao and Xi's father and daughter for several generations, Taiben deeply exposes the sharp differences between big landlords and peasants, angrily accuses the bourgeoisie of evil, enthusiastically praises the glorious new society, vividly shows the theme style of "the old society abused people like ghosts, and the new society turned ghosts into human beings", and emphasizes the peasants' turning over.
Writing characteristics:
White-haired Girl is a new musical in China, which combines poetry, song and dance. The plot structure of traditional operas in China is used for reference, and scenes are changed in various ways. The language expression of musical drama inherits the excellent style of singing white and singing white in Chinese drama.
Song characteristics of musicals;
It takes the folk songs and traditional opera music in the northern region as raw materials, and gives full play to them, digesting and absorbing some main manifestations of western music songs, and has a distinct China flavor. In the musical performance, we should learn the deductive way of China traditional opera, pay due attention to the posture and rhyme of national dance, and learn the reading method of classic lines in the drama performance, which is both beautiful and natural, and close to daily life.
Practical significance:?
The White-haired Girl is the first landmark work in the history of China musicals, and it is the cornerstone of the mature performance and development of China national musical dramas. Its successful performance has important practical significance in the history of modern music in China, but it has not opened up a new link in the process of China's music creation. This work not only caused extensive damage to China's operas and other artistic schools, but also had a key practical significance to his later works.
Wang Dahua:
Wang Dahua entered Beiping Wen Yi Senior High School on 1935, joined China * * * Production Party in April of the same year, participated in the "December 9th" student salvation movement, and was admitted to Nanjing National Theatre Academy. During his stay in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, he joined the drama team led by Hong Shen and worked in the progressive culture and underground work of the Party in the Kuomintang-ruled areas. From 65438 to 0939, he went to Yan 'an, the holy land of revolution, studied in Marxism-Leninism College, and then transferred to Lu Xun Art College to engage in the creation, research and performance of progressive drama.
During the period of 1943, Wang Dahua and Li Bo created and performed "Ancient Paintings of Supporting the Army", which was warmly welcomed by the masses. People followed the yangko team to watch one by one, and Wang Dahua became a star recognized by the masses. On this basis, he participated in the creation of the first opera "Brother and Sister Land Reclamation" reflecting the life of workers, peasants and soldiers, and successfully played the role of brother in the play. This drama is an artistic reflection of the mass production movement in the border area from 65438 to 0942. It sensationalized Yan 'an and the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia border region and promoted the mass production movement. It was the first time that Yan 'an literary and art circles changed their style after the rectification movement, which was a historic performance. "Brother and Sister Land Reclamation" became an epoch-making work loved by the broad masses of the people and soon became popular in the liberated areas of the country.
/kloc-in the winter of 0/944, Lu Xun Art Academy in Yan 'an collectively created a large-scale national opera "White-haired Girl" in order to give a gift to the Party's Seven Major Congresses. Together with He Jingzhi, Shu Qiang and Yi Ding, he worked hard to create lyrics, discussed the soundtrack and served as the executive director of the first performance. In just a few months, Qi Xin worked together and finally successfully completed the rehearsal task of White-haired Girl. After the performance in Yan 'an, White-haired Girl became one of the most outstanding works in the period of literary and artistic creation in the Liberated Area. It was the cornerstone of China's new opera, which marked the formal formation of China's new opera and had a milestone significance in the history of China's new opera development.
After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Wang Dahua went to the Northeast with the Art Troupe and served as the drama captain and training minister of the Art Troupe. 1946 went to Qiqihar with the art troupe. On June 65438+February 19 of that year, he led the creative team to Nehe to collect materials and fell on the way. After being rescued, he died on June 65438+February 2 1 day, only 27 years old.