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"What is Peking Opera?" Are "Peking Opera arias" too long? " "Why is the Big Four list a group of men?" "A few days ago, if you log on to China Records (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.'s brand-new digital platform "Zhong Sing Shanghai", you will find an audiobook of "Peking Opera, So Fun" in the WeChat applet "Interesting Talk". Sing the latest opera series of audiobooks planned and launched by Shanghai, and try to pay to listen to it after it goes online.

Wang Peiyu The pictures in this article are provided by the organizer

The first series of opera audiobooks launched this time focuses on Peking Opera, and specially invited Wang Peiyu, a young actor with great public influence in the current Peking Opera industry, to give a speech. There are currently 28 episodes of the entire series, and each episode has a small topic that is easy to understand and explain in simple language. Between Wang Peiyu's eloquence, the audience can learn a lot of little knowledge of Peking Opera, and between each episode, the whole series is interspersed with 35 precious recording arias, namely Mei Lanfang, Cheng Yanqiu, Ma Lianliang, The historical audio materials of famous masters such as Yu Shuyan and Tan Xinpei are all collected from the precious old records of the China Singing Library.

Wang Peiyu

In "Beijing Opera, So Fun", Wang Peiyu's lectures and broadcasts analyzed the arrangement and design of the vocals, panels, musical instruments, etc. in Peking Opera music, as well as the professional knowledge of Peking Opera such as work frame, costume, and scenery. For audiences who are new to Peking Opera and have little knowledge of traditional opera, appreciating Peking opera art originally required a high threshold and a lot of effort, but through this easy-to-understand audiobook, listeners can gradually approach Peking opera, Learn about Peking Opera.
In the history of Peking Opera, there have been many famous masters and various genres, including from the Liyuan family, professional students, and also from amateurs to roles. Many of their acting careers are full of legends. In "Peking Opera, So Fun", the life achievements and genre characteristics of these representative artists in the history of Peking Opera are all presented together. From Tan Xinpei, the king of the acting world, to the four famous actors and the four major beauties before and after, "Who is Tan, who does not learn from Tan, who is referring to?" There are actually four people" "Xi Xiaobo: not a civil servant, but a famous actor"... Click on these interesting titles, along with the stories of the lives and careers of these famous artists, as well as their respective classic arias.
It is reported that next, the series also plans to launch popular audiobooks of other opera genres. Next, the audiobooks of Kunqu Opera and Pingtan will be launched. Zhong Sing Shanghai said that it will also consider inviting a young and middle-aged person who is well-known among young people. Artists will come and broadcast, and popularize opera for young people.

Wang Peiyu

As for why the opera audiobook was launched, Song Wei, the project leader, said that the country now attaches great importance to the inheritance and promotion of traditional culture. In the audiobooks of , many precious Peking Opera famous names appear in this form, which is an attempt to make use of resources. On the other hand, publishing houses are now developing in the direction of integrated publishing, developing online and offline together. This audiobook is also an exploration of integrated publishing. "The 'Zhong Sing Shanghai' applet is a digital platform that we have just built, and it is constantly being improved. In the future, albums can be released digitally on it and paid for directly. Since the launch of "Peking Opera, It's So Fun", it has been Having listeners pay to listen makes a lot of sense to us as well.”