Tsangyang Gyatso’s love poems were put on the stage for the first time
“Who doesn’t have Tsangyang Gyatso’s poems, and who doesn’t read Tsangyang Gyatso’s poems?” This was the year 1990, when the writer Long Dong’s experience when he first came to work in Tibet. In Tibetan areas, the name Tsangyang Gyatso exists like common sense.
Outside of Tibetan areas, the name Tsangyang Gyatso may be relatively unfamiliar to many people. Most people know him from the little poem in "If You Are the One 2". The poem that was later widely recited was called "Seeing and Not Seeing". Although this poem has been confirmed to be the work of later generations, it also proves from another aspect that Tsangyang Gyatso's love poems have been circulated in cities far away from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
Now, Tsangyang Gyatso’s love poems will be put on the stage and presented in the form of a musical. The reporter got news from the 16th Shanghai International Art Festival in 2014 that the Tibetan song and dance drama "The Enlightenment of Love", which is inspired by the love poems of Tsangyang Gyatso, will be presented to the world audience in the form of a play promotion outside the art festival trade fair. In front of our eyes, this musical is created by Xinhui Culture Entertainment, a subsidiary of SMG, and the Yushu Prefecture National Song and Dance Troupe of Qinghai Province.
According to the director team, the play is directed by Jiang Hanqing from the Shanghai Theater Academy and Pubu Yongcuo and Dawa Cairen from the Qinghai Yushu National Song and Dance Ensemble. The play is divided into six acts, each of which is connected by Tsangyang Gyatso's love poems; and the theme of the play is just like the title of the work, which is a song and dance drama about the cycle of life and death and the twelve causes and conditions.
Always misunderstood, never understood
Tsangyang Gyatso was misunderstood not only in "If You Are the One 2", but also in the TV series "Wulin Gaiden", the character " "Wushuang" once read a poem by "Tsangyang Gyatso": "In that life, I traveled across thousands of mountains, not to cultivate the next life, just to meet you in Luzhong." In fact, this poem came from. The song "Believer" sung by Zhu Zheqin in 1997.
In the singing world, many singers have also sung songs related to Tsangyang Gyatso, such as Tan Jing, Wu Hongfei and so on. But whether it is truly the original work of Tsangyang Gyatso is open to question.
Many experts have done research on Tsangyang Gyatso’s poems. As early as 1930, Tibetologist Yu Daoquan translated Tsangyang Gyatso's poems into Chinese for the first time, and the number of poems included was 62. The "Love Songs of Tsangyang Gyatso" published in 1980 contains 74 songs. Professor Zhuang Jing of Minzu University of China once compiled 124 love poems by Tsangyang Gyatso. This version was included in "The Love Poems and Secret Biography of Tsangyang Gyatso" published in 1981. But at present, most experts recognize the collection of love poems of Cangyang Gyatso collected by Yu Daoquan. Other than this version, they are basically inspired works by later generations, including contemporary people, under the guise of Tsangyang Gyatso's name.
Writing poems under the guise of Tsangyang Gyatso, but because I love him so much
Why are so many people willing to write poems in the name of Tsangyang Gyatso? When the reporter interviewed Jidi Maga, a famous ethnic minority poet and director of the Propaganda Department of the Qinghai Provincial Party Committee, he learned that on the one hand, it is because of Tsangyang Gyatso’s legendary status, and on the other hand, it is because of the charm of Tsangyang Gyatso’s poetry itself. "Many people pretend to be Tsangyang Gyatso's love poems. In fact, there is no malice, but more because they love it too much."
Tsangyang Gyatso, the sixth Tibetan religious leader. In 1697 AD, during the reign of Emperor Kangxi, he was recognized as a reincarnated psychic, and an enthronement ceremony was held in the same year. At that time, Tsangyang Gyatso was 14 years old; but 8 years later, Tsangyang Gyatso was forced to leave Lhasa due to the Lhasa Khan Rebellion. , escorted to Beijing. There is no official record of the story about his journey to Beijing. According to folklore, it is said that Tsangyang Gyatso passed away on the shores of Qinghai Lake; or that he was secretly killed; or that he was later imprisoned in Mount Wutai; or that he was privately released by Jie Chao and became an ordinary shepherd by Qinghai Lake, where he ended his life.
But no matter what, Tsangyang Gyatso left behind countless wisdom in his short life. He was able to write on paper at the age of 8, and wrote the famous "Chant of Hayagriva" at the age of 11. "With his most sincere compassion, he made the common people feel that Buddhism is not unattainable; his unique approach allowed us to receive the true teachings." This is the evaluation of Tsangyang Gyatso by an eminent Tibetan Buddhist monk.
Tsangyang Gyatso’s love poems going global
Currently, Tsangyang Gyatso’s love poems have been translated into more than ten languages ??including English, French, Russian, and Indian, and are also well-known in the world of poetry. Famous. This time Tsangyang Gyatso's love poems were put on the stage and performed in the form of a musical at the Shanghai International Arts Festival, which was also an opportunity for him to go global.
The Shanghai International Arts Festival Fair is the key event of every Shanghai International Arts Festival. The fair has been running for fifteen consecutive years and is currently the most international, highest-level performing arts and most results-oriented event in China. international trade fair. Over the years, many well-known foreign plays have entered the Chinese market, such as plays by the famous conductor Eschenbach and flute master Gao Wei; and local Chinese plays have also gone global through trade fairs, such as the Shanghai Peking Opera Theater's " "The Revenge of the Prince" and other plays.
Most of the plays participating in the fair will be toured domestically or internationally. This time Cangyang Gyatso’s love poetry and dance drama will participate in the Shanghai International Art Fair, which will also let the world’s audience know Cangyang Gyatso , Understand Chinese religious culture and Tibetan culture.