Private Partner Bureau of Folklore Series

Chapter 2 The Dream of the Pear Garden

The explanation in the book is: Liyuan was originally a place name in Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty. Because Emperor Xuanzong taught performers here during the Li and Tang Dynasties, it was later associated with opera art and became synonymous with art organizations and artists.

Although there is only a short paragraph, as a playwright, the imagination can develop infinitely around this paragraph.Of course, since it is necessary to conform to historical facts, it is necessary to find some more information.

So Deng Zhirong continued to flip through other books.

Finally, in another book, I saw a more detailed explanation:

During the Li and Tang Dynasties, the pear orchard was just an orchard that coexisted with jujube orchards, mulberry orchards, peach orchards, and cherry orchards in the royal forbidden garden.In the orchard, there are parting halls, Jiuting courts, etc., which are places for the emperor, relatives, and noble ministers to feast and entertain.Later, under the vigorous advocacy of Emperor Xuanzong Li Longji of the Tang Dynasty, the nature of the pear orchard changed. From a simple orchard garden, it gradually became a pear orchard in the Tang Dynasty where "children of the pear garden" practiced singing, dancing and opera. It became the first collection in the history of our country. A comprehensive "art academy" for music, dance, and opera.

It is said that Xuanzong's "Neon Clothes and Feather Clothes Song" was created here.

How to express this paragraph?

You must know that in the Liyuan world, there are too many adaptations of stories about Li Tang, Xuanzong and Concubine Yang, such as "Drunken Concubine", "Hanging Ma Weipo", "Concubine Out of Bath"... and so on.Do you want to find another way?

Deng Zhirong stared at the word "Liyuan" for a long time, and a scene gradually emerged in his mind.

After the drunk youth vented his dissatisfaction with work, he fell asleep unconscious.When he woke up, he found that he was wearing ancient clothes, and the surrounding environment clearly told him that he was now in the Li Tang period, and he was an actor in the official Jiaofang.

At that time, His Majesty Xuanzong was preparing to establish a theater troupe in the Liyuan, and his father-in-laws selected candidates from the teaching workshops in the capital, and promised that not only the salary would be more generous, but they would also have the opportunity to receive rewards from the emperor.

The actors at that time were from humble backgrounds, and many of them signed up enthusiastically for the generous salary, to improve their own situation, and to earn more opportunities to show their faces in front of the emperor.The young people who mixed in there also signed up for the theater troupe for some unknown reason.

Since then, young people have become the first batch of actors who were directly taught by Xuanzong himself, and gained many valuable experiences and awards.As time goes by, the youth soon becomes an old man, and then dies, but his soul does not reach the underworld, but wanders in the world, continuing to watch the stories of the actors of later generations.

He saw that during the period of Emperor Zhuangzong of the Tang Dynasty, when the government was prosperous, actors were extremely favored; however, when Emperor Zhuangzong declined, the actors beat Zhuangzong back and besieged him until his death.I also saw that after the appearance of Yuan Dynasty drama, actors and theater artists were collectively called Xi|zi.And because opera singers are often good at expressing various emotions, they are the emotions of the characters in the play, not their own.When interacting with them, it is impossible to judge their true thoughts, so they are dubbed "play|zi Wuyi".

The soul of the young man wandered and watched, from being filled with righteous indignation at the beginning, to watching with cold eyes later, and finally turning a blind eye.

Just when he was about to think that he would continue like this, a voice suddenly came from across the sky: "Jiang Shisan! Hey Jiang Shisan!" Then the voice drifted away, as if talking to someone else: "Hey, why do you think he just Sleeping on the side of the road?" Then the voice turned back, "Jiang Shisan, wake up!"

The young man opened his eyes, and suddenly realized that he was still in the modern age, and the millennium he had just experienced was nothing but a drunken dream.Thinking of the experience just now, the young man couldn't help laughing up to the sky, and the friend who came to wake him up didn't know, so he looked at each other.After a long time, the young man stopped and said to his friend: "From today onwards, I will enter the Jin Liyuan world, and let the world see the true temperament of the people in my Liyuan! From now on, my name is Nanhai Thirteen Lang!"

— the curtain falls.

After a few days, Deng Zhirong finally wrote out the outline, and the next step is to set up dialogues, scenes and so on.Rubbing his forehead, such a huge workload has never been tried before.

Deng Zhirong belatedly realized that he seemed to be stuck at home for several days, and there were greeting messages everywhere on his mobile phone and computer.He replied one by one, and learned that he was just immersed in screenwriting again, and his friends all made fun of him. "Fortunately, you are staying at home. If you are outside, you must be a wandering god."

Anyone who is familiar with Deng Zhirong knows that whenever Deng Zhirong is immersed in writing lyrics, arranging music and writing scripts, if he is not watching from the side, he will be in a state of confusion.

Ignoring everyone's teasing, Deng Zhirong picked up his keys, mobile phone and wallet and went out. Today's weather is fine, and he has indeed been staying at home for a long time, so he had to go outside for a while, and find inspiration along the way.

I said I was going out for a walk, but in fact I ended up at the Cantonese Opera Park.

What is being performed on the stage today is an excerpt from "Zhaojun's Outing of the Fortress".

As one of the Four Beauties, Wang Zhaojun is not inferior to Yang Yuhuan in terms of talking points for future generations.

She was obviously as beautiful as a flower, but because she was not good at dealing with people and did not know how to manage people in the palace, she was painted by the palace painter who specialized in portraits of beautiful women as a woman with no salt in appearance.As a result, Zhaojun was naturally not selected, and was later used as a tool by the emperor to give the Southern Xiongnu Chanyu a marriage.Since then, Wang Zhaojun began a legendary life.

Looking at the miscellaneous actors who accompanied Danjiao Wang Zhaojun on the stage, a sudden impulse flooded my heart.He followed this impulse and walked backstage.

Although the performers were not the ones that Deng Zhirong used to see when he was a child, some old people still remembered this kid who often came backstage to watch them, and said hello, "Xiao Rong is here to play again?"

Deng Zhirong paused for a while, then said a little embarrassedly: "Uncle Zhao, can you let me try on stage?"

Not paying attention to his slow reaction, the old man was a little embarrassed, and turned to look at the people who were preparing.

A middle-aged woman looked at him, then turned to ask the old man, "Uncle Zhao, can this kid know?"

The old man chuckled, "Yes, I will. I have watched him grow up since I was a child. This kid often comes here, so I have learned a lot."

The middle-aged woman looked at Deng Zhirong with a little more surprise, although Cantonese opera seemed to be very prosperous on the surface, and many people loved it.But in fact, the lack of success and the lack of fresh blood have become the pain in their hearts in these industries.Although Deng Zhirong looked older than his real age, he was never over thirty. How could such a young person be able to sing and follow the lead?She really didn't believe it.

She thought about it, and was about to order someone to help Deng Zhirong do her makeup, but the other party refused, "Are you the class leader? Is there any other role I can play?"

Chen|Junping was even more surprised. She took the script and pointed to a place, "There is still a miscellaneous character missing, and I will be on stage after singing this part....Do you really need us to help you do your makeup?"

Deng Zhirong smiled confidently, thanked him, took the script and studied it slowly.After all, it's just a miscellaneous role, that is, a side role, playing a guard, there is no dialogue, and he only needs to think about how to move. After a few glances, he knows what to do after thinking about it.

After returning the script, she smiled at Chen Junping, "Master, don't test me. Everyone is slapping their own face, how can I be an exception." He took the makeup props and began to paint on his face.

In the early stages of Cantonese opera makeup, because there were not many cosmetics, the performers used their own paints, made a rough draft on their faces, and then slowly applied makeup.Later|After Juexian combined Peking opera, drama and film makeup with traditional makeup, the makeup of Cantonese opera performers became more light and simple, simple and natural.

Of course, the necessary forehead stretching, eyebrow lifting, and foundation are still required, but the foundation is still lighter and thinner than before.

Chen Junping saw that his technique was proficient and stable, and the brilliance in his eyes was about to burst out, so he quietly asked Mr. Zhao, "Uncle Zhao, this child..."

Mr. Zhao smiled, "It's rare, right? But I didn't expect him to remember how to do makeup."

Deng Zhirong focused on applying makeup to himself and didn't care.Soon, a makeup is done.

Chen|Junping asked him to raise his chin for a look, and praised him, "That's not bad. Then after that...choose your own clothes?"

Deng Zhirong was taken aback for a moment, but didn't say anything, and went to the shelf to look for clothes.The guard's clothes... After searching for a while, I finally found a similar one.

Chen|Junping nodded, and then asked someone to help put on the already relaxed clothes. ——If you play a martial artist, the costumes and the flags on your back... So in fact, the physical strength of Cantonese opera actors is very good.

The vocal music on the stage sounded, and Deng Zhirong followed the actors who were about to appear.

In front of the stage, inside the door of the "General", the actors filed out. Deng Zhirong walked at the end, quickly glanced at the standing positions on the stage, then walked to his own position and stood still, acting as a dedicated guard.

There are no lines, only positive, and Deng Zhirong looks forward.

Chen|Junping watched from a hidden place. Before going on stage, she checked Deng Zhirong's glasses and knew that the prescription was quite high.I don't know if it's because of this, but at this time, he is not wearing glasses, his eyes are looking directly at the corner of Shengdan in front of him, and he is very focused.

Chen|Junping turned to look at Mr. Zhao, "He didn't just come to see him often when he was young, did he?" Judging by his positioning and the use of his eyes, it is obvious that he has been trained.

Mr. Zhao nodded, "That's why I dare to promise. At that time, I often saw him practicing with the children in the regiment. Later, he moved away because he wanted to study, until he was in junior high school... probably junior high school, and he came here often. gone."

He paused as if remembering something, and laughed, "By the way, he came here in high school and brought a ditty he wrote to find the head teacher at that time. I don't know what the two of them said. In the end, it seemed Xiao Rong left crying. The head teacher had a very funny expression at the time, as if he was happy but also helpless."

"Oh——" Chen Junping thought to herself, she also had contact with the former class leader, and went back to ask what happened.

At the end of the scene, Deng Zhirong left the scene from "Entrance" because of the plot arrangement before the curtain ended.

Chen Junping and Zhao Lao had been waiting in the background for a long time. When they saw him coming down, they greeted him. Chen Junping said, "Boy, what are you busy with recently?"

Deng Zhirong didn't know why, but he replied truthfully: "I participated in a competition, and then I have papers to hand in."

"Thesis?" Chen Junping's eyes flashed, "Which school are you from? How old are you?"

"A graduate student, Xingshuo College."

"Hehe, kid." Chen Junping patted him on the shoulder vigorously, "See you when we have a chance!" After finishing speaking, he turned around and lectured the troupe members without waiting for his reaction.

Elder Zhao tugged at him beside him, "Go back, it's not bad to let you participate in the scene."

Deng Zhirong also knew the rules, nodded, "I have learned a lot, thank you!"

Elder Zhao looked at his disappearing figure and sat back in his seat.He knew Xingshuo Academy, which was established to commemorate Yang Xingshuo, the most famous musician in the early days of the founding of China.In the beginning, it was a specialized music school, but later it only recruited special subjects and specialty students. I didn't expect Deng Zhirong to be one of them.

Deng Zhirong, who returned to school, received the news inexplicably that he was accepted by a visiting professor, and that professor was very famous.He went to ask the original tutor, and the tutor smiled helplessly and said: "She will accept you even if she says anything. The school thinks it is a great honor to be favored by her, so she agreed. Xiao Deng, she is very famous in the industry." Authoritative master, you have to work hard!"

Deng Zhirong had no choice but to follow the instructions and bring his recently written thesis to find a new supervisor.

Chen|Junping looked at the stunned young man in front of him with a funny face, "Well, I said we have a chance to meet."

"Teacher!" Deng Zhirong hurriedly said respectfully, the ancient teaching of respecting teachers made him stunned.

"Well, show me your thesis....By the way, you are going to participate in the Chuyue Cantonese Theater Competition recently, right? It will also count points then!"

Deng Zhirong was dumbfounded, he was indeed a strict teacher, studying under her, he would definitely learn a lot.

The author has something to say: ... What happened to the teacher's name? ?Why is there a "|"?

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