Zhou Chuntao's personal experience.

"I was born in a poor peasant family. My father loved the cause of ancient painting and opera all his life. I was influenced by my father since I was a child. I have been interested in ancient painting and drama since I was four years old. I like listening to my father sing opera and running after the troupe. I especially like those characters who wear Tsing Yi. Whenever I get emotional, I can't help crying. From then on, I made up my mind that one day I must stand on the stage and perform! "

When Zhou Chuntao 14 years old, the opportunity finally came. Anhong Troupe recruited a group of young workers below, and she asked her father to follow the troupe. After hearing this, my father applauded and told him to carry forward the unfinished business. In this way, Zhou Chuntao began her stage life.

Rome wasn't built in a day, but the day when I first entered the troupe was the hardest. Zhou Chuntao recalled that he had to get up at dawn to practice, leg press and catwalk, and his back ached every day. Fortunately, I had a firm belief that one day I would be able to stand on the stage and perform for my fellow villagers. Thought of here, I'm not afraid of anything. Learn to sing opera, learn to be a man first!

The experimental troupe established by 1996 is a major turning point in Zhou Chuntao's life. "Since 1996 entered the experimental troupe, I have been starring in it. Zheng Dan and bodan are my shoulders. It was the experimental troupe that gave me the opportunity to make great achievements. Some plays such as Qin Xianglian, Civet Cat for Prince, Eight Hundred Li Dongting, Buying Mother as Slave, etc. It has been favored by the audience. On the stage, I saw the joys and sorrows of the majority of fellow villagers, and they aroused my strong enthusiasm for the cause of ancient paintings and operas. "

Zhou Chuntao, who had made some small achievements, was immediately in trouble. She always thought it would be nice if people who like her could watch her play every day! Think like this, and the opportunity comes. In a rural performance, director Dong Jianjun took a fancy to the role played by Zhou Chuntao, who was playing the role of her husband in "Pi Xiuying's Four Complaints". After the performance, Dong Jianjun ran backstage and said excitedly to Zhou Chuntao, "My goal is you! Can you cooperate with me to record the DVD of ancient painting opera? " I was surprised and moved after hearing this. Isn't that what I always wanted? With DVD, those villagers can see the Flower Drum Opera in Hunan every day. I didn't have time to think much, so I readily agreed. "

Speaking of which, Zhou Chuntao paused a little. "In the process of recording CDs, I still encountered many difficulties. At the same time, I'm making progress. Every time I shoot, I will find out the flaws and figure out how to capture the hearts of the audience, how to express their thoughts and how to educate future generations. Huagu Opera is actually a concentrated stage, which contains all the truth, goodness, beauty, joys and sorrows in the world. It taught me how to be a man! "

Give up a small family for everyone.

Zhou Chuntao felt guilty when he mentioned his family. The experimental troupe is a mobile troupe. It spends more than 320 days in Hunan and Hubei in 365 days a year, so it is impossible to have much leisure time. After so many years on the stage, "as a daughter, I didn't fulfill my filial piety, and even my parents were sick and didn't have time to go home to visit." As a mother, that is even more incompetent. You can only go home twice a year in winter and summer vacations. My greatest pleasure when I get home is running after my little daughter. I owe them so much. I love my parents and daughter, and I miss them very much, but my career can only make me give up my family for everyone, because the fans of the ancient painting opera house need me. "