As a major characteristic drama in Shaanxi, why hasn't it attracted the attention of many young people?

The difficulty of Shaanxi Opera: "Young people feel that Shaanxi Opera is rustic"

Recently, Bai Yansheng, a famous China opera host, came to Xi 'an with his team to prepare two opera season programs, Drunken Pear Garden Most China. During the recording of the program, famous local opera rookies such as Shaanxi Opera, Pu Opera, Hebei Bangzi, Shaanxi Opera and Wan Wan Opera gathered on the stage to show their elegance.

"Always say ancestors useless. You have to show it and make others feel good. That's good. Today, many young people are drifting away from traditional opera and traditional culture, and we need to do things to activate traditional culture. " Bai Yansheng said.

There are 25 kinds of local operas in Shaanxi, which is one of the cradles of China opera. Liyuan, the highest institution of learning in China opera, originated in Chang 'an in the Tang Dynasty. However, Shaanxi, as a major opera province, is also facing increasingly serious problems: it is difficult for the audience of local operas to break through the original "circle", and some operas are on the verge of extinction due to limited market. How can local operas make people who don't like or understand opera cross this threshold?

"Young people think Shaanxi dialect is rustic"

Based on the pronunciation of Guanzhong dialect, Shaanxi opera is popular in northwest China and has been included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage. However, most of the people who enter the Shaanxi Opera Theatre are older middle-aged and elderly people.

The aging audience of Shaanxi Opera has caused many practitioners and experts in Shaanxi Opera to think and worry.

"Now, both professional teams and performances of Shaanxi Opera are shrinking, especially the private grassroots troupe is in a very difficult situation." Liu, CEO of China Qinqiang Network, said. 18 years ago, Liu Chuang founded China Qinqiang Network, with the original intention of letting more young people know and like Qinqiang through the network.

In Zhang Ning's view, appreciating opera is like drinking tea, and it is difficult for the fast-paced modern society to provide young people with an atmosphere of "tasting tea" slowly. "Sometimes we can sing a sentence for a minute, and people who don't understand it may have been impatient for a long time."

Gao Zimin, an associate professor at the College of Literature of Northwest University, once analyzed the scripts of Shaanxi Opera. He thinks that some stories in Shaanxi opera are still too traditional, and it is difficult to talk to modern people in terms of ideas and content types. "For example, there are many contents about emperors and princes in Shaanxi Opera. Compared with the love stories of talented people and beautiful women, the audience is not so easy to understand."

The audience is trained to start with dolls.

"Young people don't like opera, many of which are because they haven't heard a truly professional Shaanxi opera performance." Although the students in the class are not familiar with Shaanxi Opera, every time Zhang Ning speaks loudly, he can surprise many students in the audience. Through communication with young people, Zhang Ning felt that he needed to take the initiative to go into the school classroom, teach opera knowledge and let them feel the charm of Shaanxi Opera.