Should controversial Peking Opera actors be retained?

First of all, let's talk about whether this controversial topic is true or not.

Generally speaking, controversial things in art are caused by mistakes, errors of the times, violations of human relations, artistic laws and so on.

Then the problem is coming. The subject said that male dancers in Beijing opera were controversial. So what is their dispute? Right?

A woman disguised as a man?

Then there is a common sense question, that is, what is the authenticity of art?

"Introduction to Art" says: "Art is the sublimation of real life, not the copy of real life".

So, some people, what are you arguing about Just because a man plays a woman on the stage, does it poke your seemingly "moral and ethical" lung tube?

However, is art life? In the movie, men and women lie together and do husband and wife things. This is drama. Are you people you don't like? If you make a movie and film a couple's life, do you want a real couple to play it?

Art is art, life is life, art is not life, and the prototype of life cannot replace art! This is common sense! Didn't the teacher tell you some common sense that you argued at school? Or is your teacher just a tailor who can only bake sesame cakes?

Others say that it is more appropriate for the role of Dandan to be played by a woman. This is the real performance, which is even more nonsense! Art, especially Peking Opera, is carried out under a series of virtual frameworks. Neither man nor woman can do it without hard training. Why are some martial arts dramas compressed now, and some difficult ones are not performed, so women can't persist!

In addition, the makeup of Chinese opera is very rich in oil paint, which can well cover up the gender on the stage. After 49 years, the male Dan was banned, but the female Dan lingered in Beijing Opera because of her temper problems, and the female Dan did not create a genre! Is this what you think is the advantage of Dan?

Some people say that Dan is beautiful, not to mention the present makeup technology. As long as male artists have a good foundation, it is really difficult to distinguish between men and women, that is, female Dan is really beautiful. What did you see at the National Theatre? I don't understand this. What opera are you talking about? See the face? The movie is clearer and the calendar of the monthly card is closer. Why bother to look at Heshi's face from a distance? Therefore, it is good for straight men who don't understand opera to bypass. It's good for you. It's good for you. This is a suggestion.

Therefore, we must see clearly that if this boring argument that has nothing to do with artistic opinions is still popular today, then the demise of Beijing Opera is inevitable.

Again: men and women, good performance is good, bad performance, men and women are useless eggs!

As for the "male Dan" in Beijing Opera, the four famous Dan reached the peak in art, and Wang Yaoqing, the "Tianshi", had very incisive comments: Mei Lanfang's "phase", Cheng's "singing", Shang Xiaoyun's "greatness" and Xun Huisheng's "wave", which left many beautiful memories for the world.

In particular, Mei Lanfang's performance, in the same period, the literati brought forth new ideas in the tradition, and his personal talent not only became the "male Dan" route, but also became the representative of China's traditional opera art, the undisputed court master, and Li Taibai, who has never been surpassed so far. He left many classic works that are pleasing to the eye up to now, such as Drunkenness of the Imperial Lady, Memories of Time Past, My Daughter Scattered Flowers, the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon and so on.

Even so, at that time, the "male Dan" route represented by Mei Lanfang was still controversial. As an important figure in the New Culture Movement of the last century, Lu Xun once opposed and criticized "men disguised as women", and wrote many articles with fierce words, such as Lace Literature, A Brief Comment on Mei Lanfang and others, Lace Literature, Who is Declining, Lace Literature, On Mei Lanfang's Art, Tomb Robbery and Photography, which denied the male Dan.

Lu Xun believes that the traditional culture of China is closely related to the "traditional literati". Although some loyal subjects and martyrs take risks, most of them are literati. The imperial examination system in feudal society, "everything is inferior, only reading is high", created an image of a weak scholar who could not lift his shoulders and hands.

Lu Xun, who was baptized by modern natural science and studied medicine, was born in his time. China, derided as "the sick man of East Asia", is poor and weak, and needs masculinity to invigorate the national spirit. In his view, criticizing China people's "aesthetic vision" is a morbid and weak deficiency. Neither Lu Xun nor Mr. Mei is selfless.

He emphasized that opera should be alive, and people should look at it with a scientific artistic view, and abandon unhealthy and morbid things in social reality, instead of "enjoying red flowers as gorgeous as peaches and plums."

In this way, it is not difficult to understand why the heroic image of "women disguised as men", such as Mulan, is easily accepted and even admired by the whole society, including Lu Xun.

In the process of the birth of traditional Chinese opera, due to the deep-rooted feudal ideology, women or men and women are not allowed to perform on the same stage, so the emergence of "male Dan" is only a helpless substitute, not an artistic need, which is the main reason emphasized by opponents.

Opponents believe that in today's equality between men and women, gender differences are different. Even if there are excellent male dancers who can confuse the real with the fake, they are still fake. From an artistic and aesthetic point of view, male dancers are no more dominant than female dancers.

Furthermore, in the case of the depression of the whole opera industry, there are few influential men except Mei Baojiu and Song Changrong.

Coupled with the traditional Peking Opera male Dan art, it is easy to start from a simple "woman disguised as a man" and turn it into a commercial performance to satisfy some vulgar psychological audiences. Being divorced from the essence of art is the pursuit of beauty, so it will inevitably be criticized.

So should the male Peking Opera dancers stay? Yuanyuan thinks it should still be. Because of the unique beauty of Dan, it is very important as an art.

All art has its false side. Light and shadow can make paintings and photos illusory in time and space, while good people can play bad people in plays and movies. For example, Chen Qiangli's eight days in the south made people hate it. This is also a seemingly spiritual success. Why can't men play with women? It can not only broaden the play road, but also emphasize the artistic falsehood with falsehood, which can make the audience feel different beauty. Why not?

Mei Lanfang once visited various countries on behalf of China opera circle, and was warmly sought after. Foreigners who can't understand the story in the play accept it because of the beauty of its performance. Why do people demand so much of Peking Opera actors?

Peking Opera actors should not be retained. Men are men and women are women. Don't distort human nature. Besides, even if a man sings a female voice at the top of his lungs, he can't hide the traces of a male voice, even some famous actors. In fact, some famous actors are not as good at singing as Li Shengsu, which shows that actresses are better than actors.

Peking opera male Dan is the product of a specific period. At that time, women could not be seen in public places, so some female roles in traditional Chinese opera were assumed by men. So a large number of outstanding artists emerged, such as, four famous artists, who portrayed the female roles incisively and vividly, and then "Whispered" appeared. There are some vocal ranges that actresses don't have, and some of them have certain charm, but they are also innate. Almost all actors have beautiful eyes, red lips and white teeth.

Then there is Tsing Yi's euphemistic singing, which is crisp and pretty, giving people a kind of beautiful enjoyment and listening to quench their thirst. As for some people who say that all actors are sissy and gay, that's just prejudice. It is not excluded that some actors are full of femininity, but that is a minority after all. Only when a drama is full of flowers and complete lines can it be competitive, innovative and constantly improved, and it will have vitality.

Should not be kept. Fundamentally speaking, male Dan is not because female Dan has poor ability, and female Dan is not as good as male Dan. But in the past, women were not allowed to appear on the stage. Why are there no actors in eight plays? Only men can't play, women must play. Is it necessary for an actress to play? If so, what do screenwriters and directors do? Must we see that male Dan is more "female" than female Dan?

Peking Opera male Dan was born in the old society. At that time, Peking Opera artists had low social status and were called inferior. Generally, women don't set foot in the drama industry. Had to be replaced by men, so the male Dan came into being. Modern drama has become an elegant art, and most women have joined the industry. Therefore, there is no need to protect Gong Dan. No matter how good men are, they are not as good as women. Wang Yuxiang review

When, who and how did you question the existence of Nan Dan?

Beijing opera itself is an art, and it is an eternal art that fascinates many people. In the traditional Beijing Opera Troupe, the five major trades of "life, beauty and ugliness" are basically performed by men.

The four most famous artists, Mei Shangcheng and Xun, are all male, while others, such as, are also male artists. In the chaotic era of warlord melee in the past. It is precisely because of the universal existence of male Dan that Peking Opera can continue to develop, instead of being full of chaotic scenes in which female artists are bullied like other arts, which largely ensures that art is the essence of art after all.

Many people are concerned about Tsing Yi and Hua Dan. If you carefully observe Lao Dan, Gong Yunpu and Li Duokui in Beijing Opera, they are all male dancers.

Personally, I haven't seen much controversy about male Dan. Because there was a Li Yugang. Whether Li Yugang can be classified as a male Dan may be a controversial issue. However, if there is a dispute over the traditional male Dan art because of a Li Yugang, wouldn't it be a cover-up?

We must admit that in the new era, more and more female artists have inherited the traditional Beijing opera art, and at the same time, they are more likely to interpret the beauty of women and carry forward the Beijing opera art to a great extent.

After all, this is a new era, which is no longer the traditional conservative period in the past. Therefore, the number of male employees has greatly decreased, which fully shows that the pace of social development in China is enormous. But if male employees are controversial, isn't this putting the cart before the horse?

We expect Li Yugang to continue to sing his songs in reverse, but Li Yugang is not human unless he sings the whole Peking Opera seriously.

We look forward to more female artists, such as Zhang and Zhang, entering the colorful Peking Opera stage.

At the same time, I look forward to reappearing male artists such as Mei Shang Sung Hoon on the stage.

This is an era in which a hundred flowers blossom and a hundred schools of thought contend.

In terms of performance, I think Mr. Degang Guo's two sentences are very important, whether it is traditional drama or folk art or modern dance, music, film and television and all other art categories. I think these two sentences are applicable.

The first sentence is-there is no art form that everyone likes;

The second sentence is-an actor who has a box office guarantee is not necessarily a good actor, and an actor who can't sell money is definitely not a good actor, and Shang Yan's success is the most important criterion to evaluate an actor.

All drama performances have the form of "male Dan", which can be found in traditional operas such as Beijing Opera, Pingju Opera and Opera. It was only in the Republic of China that Peking Opera produced several famous artists with unique artistic styles and levels, and people only mentioned "Mei Shang Sung Hoon" when they said "male Dan". In the past, four famous children were also "boys", the most famous of which was Mr. Zhang Junqiu. Including this drama, it is also dominated by male Dan, including the young Zhou Enlai who also plays male Dan.

Modern art, professional male Dan performance is difficult to be recognized by the audience. Comedians such as Xiao Shenyang and Wen Song will choose the form of downplaying gender, that is, the role is still male, but try to add women's behavior, language and way of thinking to make the audience laugh. Li Yugang is the only truly professional Dan performance recognized by the audience.

Art performance is only recognized by the audience, and it is difficult to maintain it in any other way. No matter how hard you perform, no matter who affirms you in a certain art performance, it is not as true as the audience's recognition.

Male Dan doesn't need to discuss, it depends on whether you can have a performance market. If you do, this form will naturally stay; If not, it will naturally be eliminated.

For traditional art, Taiwan Province actor Mr. Li Liqun said a word, which I especially recognized. He said, "When culture comes, it will be quiet, and no one knows; When the culture is gone, it will be quiet, and it will be difficult for anyone who wants to stay. "

To answer this question, we must first know what kind of art Beijing Opera is. In short, Beijing opera is a kind of freehand brushwork art, and freehand brushwork is its greatest feature. For example, an actor with a whip in his hand can show many things, such as getting on, getting off, riding a horse and so on, but there are no horses on the stage. This freehand brushwork is similar to other traditional cultures in China, such as painting, Chinese medicine and Chinese food.

The freehand brushwork art is a whole, which also includes the freehand brushwork of the actor's gender. What we see is only the freehand brushwork figures on the stage, while men and women are real things, which can be completely ignored on the stage of Beijing opera. The characters in the stage performance of Beijing Opera are not the characters in life, but the artistic characters are the freehand figures in Beijing Opera, all of which are shaped by Beijing Opera. If you have to emphasize that men must hit men and women must hit women, who will hit the face? There are no people with pictures on their faces in real life!

Nowadays, it is generally said that women are not allowed to take the stage in the birth stage of Peking Opera, so the heroine's role is played by men, so now men and women are equal, men should play men and women should play women. There is some truth in this statement, which may be limited in the formation of Beijing opera, which has formed such a tradition. The problem is that in the development of Peking Opera, actors have made outstanding achievements in the field of Dan roles, forming the system and standards of male Dan roles and reaching a high level. It is a misunderstanding to simply think that Dan's role should be played by an actress, which is not conducive to inheriting the tradition of Peking Opera.

You raised a controversy! The artistic form of dance roles is gender-neutral. Compared with male Dan (young woman named Kun Jiao, old woman named Lao Dan, cheerful girl named Hua Dan, martial arts girl named Peking Opera Blues, gentle and virtuous girl named Tsing Yi), women are most suitable for playing Tsing Yi and Hua Dan. Still, the dramatic image created by Nan Dan conforms to the stage action! I just thought! It has nothing to do with others! In fact, the most important thing is that there were actresses in the extraordinary period before the founding of the People's Republic of China, but they were easily treated unfairly. It is good for the whole troupe to have no women in public (on the stage), which is also forced by the times! ! ! ! !