Use "Open the Door to the World" to string together the beginning

As soon as 7 o'clock arrived, the performance officially began!

However, it wasn't exactly what the audience expected.

Although it was called a live broadcast, a part of it had actually been recorded and edited in advance, and then broadcast in a live format.

Thus, it could be seen that the content at the beginning of the video was daytime.

The camera was fixed on a wooden door and its copper handle, slowly zooming in!

Then, the wooden door was slowly pushed open...

Standing behind the door was none other than Nan Ye, dressed in an exquisite white robe.

The word 'elegant and noble' rarely appeared on him.

Behind Nan Ye, it could be clearly seen:

That was an ancient opera stage, and also the main stage for this live broadcast.

It had a four-pillar, three-bay archway structure, with sculpted flying eaves, upturned corners, dancing lions, and eight palace lanterns hanging, the design was extremely exquisite.

The two red silks hanging down added a touch of vitality to the entire stage.

In the middle of the red silks, there was also a plaque.

The words "Shuijing" were carved on the plaque.

Thus, the term "Shuijing Stage" came about.

The name "Shuijing" was taken from the famous line in "Book of Han", "Clear water and bright mirror, nothing can escape its form", implying that good and evil, loyalty and treachery, are all known to everyone.

As a mirror of social life, the opera stage indeed continuously interpreted scenes of human life dramas for people...

At this moment, the accompaniment started, and information appeared in the bottom right corner of the video:

Song: "Push Open the Door to the World"

Performer: Nan Ye

Lyrics and Music: Nan Ye

(Actually written and composed by Martian Radio and Huang Shaofeng, performed by Faith Yang!)

The singing then began:

"Push Open the Door to the World"

"You are the one standing outside the door, afraid of being late"

"Holding a sincerity that doesn't know how to calculate"

"Youth that is fearless after kissing your eyes"

The audience in the live broadcast room thought that traditional opera culture should come first, with Nan Ye as the finale, so as to keep everyone waiting longer and pay more attention to traditional opera culture.

But they never expected that the first scene would feature Nan Ye, and with his new song at that!

And this song was not a traditional opera style song.

The first lyric and the scene of the camera pushing open the door were surprisingly perfectly integrated.

In fact, it also symbolized the hope that in the future, traditional opera can become better and better, and Push Open the Door to the World!

When Nan Ye sang "fearless youth", he turned and walked onto the stage, and then walked out of the frame.

The next second, in the direction where Nan Ye disappeared, a traditional opera actor appeared, dressed in a Qingyi costume.

Obviously, this person was not Nan Ye.

However, this person did not speak or sing, but came to the center of the frame, and with the music accompaniment, raised their head and flicked their long robe.

That flick directly brought out the essence of traditional opera!

Immediately after, came a passage of single-finger hand movements.

Afterwards, they also performed various fan techniques such as throwing the fan, pinching the fan, holding the fan, and other fan skills.

This is what is called Zhengdan in the south, and mostly Qingyi in the north.

The entire scene was beautiful without losing its charm.

[Ahhh, this opening, it amazed me, Nan Ye's new song is naturally good, no need to say more.

But when the traditional opera actor flicked that long robe, it was really too cool!]

[This is the first time I've felt that pop songs and traditional opera can be so perfectly integrated.]

[I don't know why, but at the moment the traditional opera actor flicked the long robe, I had a feeling of "this thing is about to disappear, but it must not be lost."]

[Really good, really good, filmed like this, doesn't it make you want to keep watching?!]

...

While the Netizens were still discussing intensely, the camera switched again, focusing on Nan Ye.

He stood in the center of the stage, holding the microphone stand, and brought his mouth close to the microphone:

"Push Open the Door to the World"

"You are the one standing outside the door, afraid of being late"

"Holding a sincerity that doesn't know how to calculate"

"..."

When he sang to this point, the camera switched again.

A young girl appeared in the frame.

The corner of the video was marked with 2013, traditional opera actor Song Jushuang!

She was wearing ordinary sportswear and had been diligently practicing a traditional opera movement - Ya Er Shen Fan, commonly known as squatting turn.

Extending both arms, puffing out the chest and straightening the waist, the turning of the waist not only reproduces the turning posture of a kite but also shapes the artistic image of a character being graceful and at ease.

The girl practiced many times, either losing her balance or slipping her feet, which looked lacking in aesthetics...

This shot was not very long, only a few seconds, and then it moved to 2023.

It was still Song Jushuang, but Song Jushuang 10 years later.

At this time, she was wearing a red opera costume, with four triangular flags inserted behind her back.

These are called Kaoqi, also known as Hubeiqi, originating from the command flags of ancient generals, and are a unique attire for military generals.

10 years later, Song Jushuang, wearing a military general's attire, performed the Ya Er Shen Fan again.

At the same time, Nan Ye's singing also entered:

"Mud in the left hand, mud in the right hand"

"A confidant's floral dress"

"The world should have been the way you woke up"

"..."

"So you are my arrogant courage"

...

This time's Ya Er Shen Fan, the sense of beauty instantly burst forth, full of power and extremely visually impactful.

Causing the audience in the live broadcast room to all shout out "Good!"

Afterwards, Song Jushuang performed a more difficult continuous turn.

As well as common movements like "flying kick".

These are common movements for martial arts actors, used to express a character's spirited and highly skilled martial arts temperament.

They can also depict scenes of traversing mountains and ridges, crossing ditches and trenches, climbing heights and peaks, and are fundamental skills for all roles in traditional opera...

In just a few short clips, the Wudan (female martial role) in traditional opera was portrayed vividly.

At the same time, it confirmed the saying: One minute on stage, ten years of practice off stage!

[This move is so cool, I remember it's called squatting turn, I once saw my cousin learn it.]

[Wearing sportswear at first didn't give much feeling, but once she changed into the costume, inserted those four flags, and started turning, the feeling came.

Turns out girls can be this cool too!]

[I noticed the time, from when she started practicing to the current performance, it's exactly ten years, forging a sword for ten years!]

[People's lives are tight now, they don't even have time to make money, how can they have time to spend ten years specifically learning these basic skills, alas!

This is the sorrow of society, and also the sorrow of the era...]

[...]

The melody continued, the song naturally wouldn't stop:

"Push Open the Door to the World"

"You are the loneliest person standing outside the door"

"Holding a sincerity that doesn't know how to calculate"

"..."

The camera switched away from Nan Ye again, arriving at an even older opera stage.

Stone-built Sumeru base platform, 1.1 meters high. The waist has patterns of transformed children, lotus flowers, intertwined branches, etc.

As the camera moved, some text also appeared in the video:

Gaoping Wangbao Village Erlang Temple Stage!

Its construction era was the 23rd year of Dading in the Jin Dynasty (1183), with a history of over 800 years to date, making it the oldest opera stage discovered in our country.

The camera switched again, arriving at another opera stage.

And accompanied by text:

Linfen Niuwang Temple Stage (built in 1283).

It is the earliest existing wooden structure theater stage in the country!

...

The audience in the live broadcast room could see one ancient opera stage after another that they had never seen before, some dilapidated, some simple, some incredibly complex, and some exquisite and noble...

And saw these words:

The opera stages of Great Xia,

are not just a form of architecture,

but also a cultural exhibition platform.

Drums and gongs resound, strings and flutes fill the ears.

How many magnificent, sorrowful, and lingering stories.

Take the stage here, with intricate and subtle plots,

telling of loyalty, filial piety, integrity, righteousness, and the myriad aspects of the world.

Actors dance their water sleeves lightly, the audience is mesmerized as if drunk.

...