Seven major operas a week, Beijing Opera teaching achievements display and performance to review the effectiveness of intangible inheritance and collaborative education

China News Service, Beijing, November 13 (Reporter Ying Ni) A seven-day performance of the teaching achievements of the Beijing Opera Vocational College (referred to as "Beijing Opera") recently concluded at the Chang'an Grand Theater. The three major themes and seven performances on stage are not only a continuation of Beijing Opera's tradition of "promoting education through performance and educating people through drama", but also a centralized review of the effectiveness of intangible cultural heritage and collaborative education.

The two programs for the 10th anniversary of the Department of Folk Art, "Xiange Shiguang·Quyuan Youth", cover various forms such as fast calligraphy, plum blossom drums, Beijing rhyme drums, storytelling, cross talk, single-string brand music and other forms. Traditional classics such as "The Plan", as well as new creations such as "True Love in the World" and "New Words of Liangyan"; old artists and young students took turns to take the stage, with live band accompaniment throughout the whole process, drum boards and strings intertwined, and there was endless applause and cheers. The Department of Folk Art has been established for ten years. At the beginning of the department, there were only a few students, and "each person had to perform four or five shows." Now, two complete performances are presented at the Chang'an Grand Theater, which is a staged answer in itself.

Four special performances of the Peking Opera Department will be on stage one after another: the Peking Opera Special Performance is a demonstration of the results of the Beijing Opera Art Development Foundation's funding project for Beijing opera students with outstanding academic performance. During the training period, famous teachers are invited to guide. This time on the stage, it is the teachings of famous teachers and the quality of top students that are tested; the Intangible Cultural Heritage Special Performance combines a cappella singing with excerpts to combine traditional classic operas. The inheritance context of the purpose is on the table, and this is the first time to create a special performance for the inheritors and teachers; the special Peking Opera inheritance performance of Xu Cui is completed by Xu Cui and the students on the same stage, Xu Cui performs the main line, and the rest of the plays are performed by the students in turn.

The Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Arts Vocational Education Opera Teaching Achievements Exhibition of “Building Dreams Together, Beijing’s Rhythm and Fragrance” brings together Beijing Opera Vocational College, Tianjin Vocational College of Arts, and Hebei Vocational College of Arts on the same stage. There were special excerpts of operas such as "Luhua Dang", "Qin Qiong Watching the Formation", "Stealing the Royal Horse" and "Giving Pearls at Hongqiao". The three schools shared the stage, and there was lively interaction on and off the stage.

Wu Lei, dean of the Beijing Opera Vocational College, said that it was a rare mutual learning opportunity for teachers and students from the three schools to perform on the same stage. Universities in the three places use performance to promote teaching and research to promote reform. They work hand in hand on the road of cultivating artistic talents and continue to promote the deepening and solidification of art vocational education in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei through exchanges and cooperation. This exhibition also provides a broad stage for the living inheritance of opera and folk arts intangible cultural heritage.