Inheritance and Innovation of Tea Picking Opera in Southern Jiangxi——Centering on the Red Quartet Directed by Zhang Manjun
How local opera can adapt to the process of modernization,achieve its own inheritance and innovation has become one of the important research topics for the modernization of local opera in the past century.The longer his-tory and more profound accumulation the traditional theatrical genres have,the more difficulties and bottlenecks they face in the process of modernization.In this context,the red quadret of Tea Picking Opera in southern Jiangxi direct-ed by Zhang Manjun,"Mountain Song Sentiment,""Eight Sons Joining the Army,""Eternal Ballad,"and"One Per-son's Long March,"combines traditional opera stages with modern artistic techniques to connect various artistic styles such as Chinese opera,opera,dance drama,drama,musicals,shadow puppetry,and acrobatics.Its rich and novel stage styles not only continue the traditional cultural bloodline,but also highlight the modern character,allow-ing Tea Picking Opera in southern Jiangxi,which has a history of more than 300 years,to successfully achieve the modern regeneration of tradition.
Zhang ManjunTea Picking Opera in southern JiangxiInheritance and innovation