How did I become an old artist?

Chapter 141 Only this green, beautiful dance, the national tide is bound to rise!

Henan, the big stage of the Central Plains.

This Spring Festival Gala is hosted by Henan Drama Channel, taking the route of promoting traditional Chinese culture, with a unique style.

A lot of people don't like this show.

After all, the province's evening party budget is not very large, and it is completely incomparable with the rich and powerful Mango TV.

Over the years, the first and second places in the Provincial Spring Festival Gala have been held by Mango and Blue TV. These two TV stations are so rich that they invite big stars.

Although I can't compare with them, it's good to be able to show my style.

After Zhao Chen came to the director's group, chief director Su Jinwen immediately received him.

Su Jinwen is a middle-aged man in his 40s. His lush gray hair gives him a bit of an artistic atmosphere.

Su Jinwen liked Zhao Chen's works very much, so he was very happy to invite Zhao Chen over this time.

"Master Zhao, welcome." Su Jinwen greeted politely.

"Hello, Director Su." Zhao Chen responded with a handshake.

Then, Su Jinwen and Zhao Chen discussed about the Spring Festival Gala.

This Spring Festival Gala has a lot of programs, some of which are Henan opera, cross talk, etc., taking into account some elderly audiences in the province.

There are also large-scale ancient dances "Only This Green" and "Tang Palace Night Banquet".

Su Jinwen put a lot of effort into these dances and made a lot of preparations.

At the same time, the dance must have a theme to string together.

The cutscene between dances is not that the host comes to the stage to say his lines, and then invites the next show to come on stage.

Instead, he chose the way of telling stories to make the show come alive.

For example, "Tang Palace Night Banquet", the story line is that night falls in the museum and the tourists disperse. Several court ladies in the Tang Dynasty seem to wake up from their sleep, travel back to the present, and then dance a dance in the museum.

The story line of "Only This Green" passes through seven chapters, telling the story of a young researcher who thought the Forbidden City traveled back to the Northern Song Dynasty, and glimpsed the painter Wang Ximeng's creation of "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" from the perspective of a "scroller".

Su Jinwen wanted Zhao Chen to play the role of the researcher who traveled to the Northern Song Dynasty.

Zhao Chen doesn't have many scenes, he just needs to wear ancient costumes, and then the dancers will dance in every scene.

Hearing Su Jinwen's thoughts, Zhao Chen's eyes lit up.

"Director Su, what you mean is that I play a person who traveled from modern times to the Song Dynasty, right?" Zhao Chen asked with a smile, with a strange look in his eyes.

"Well, I still have to try the play to see the effect. After all, it is a large-scale dance, and there are many aspects to consider. I just have this idea."

"The dance troupe is the Oriental Group Performing Arts Company, and this dance was formulated in conjunction with the Palace Museum. The situation involved is very complicated."

"The image of the unrolling person in the dance focuses on two aspects, one is the wandering after time travel, and the shock to the culture of the Song Dynasty."

"The other is at the end of the dance, the scene where the painter Wang Ximeng and the exhibitor look at each other from the air, which should reflect the nostalgia for the culture of the Song Dynasty."

Su Jinwen said to Zhao Chen.

This show was even more shocking than Zhao Chen expected.

The dance is a group of dancers dancing in Song Dynasty costumes, and there needs to be an unroller in the middle to string up the story.

Zhao Chen's image was in line with Su Jinwen's expectations.

"Yes, no problem at all." Zhao Chen replied with a smile.

He is looking forward to this show.

There happened to be a dance rehearsal that night, so Zhao Chen went off the stage to enjoy the dance.

Sitting there, looking at the architectural style of the Song Dynasty in the background, he was filled with emotion.

Afterwards, a group of girls with characters in high buns and Tsing Yi appeared gracefully on the stage.

Their images are exactly the same as those of the dancers in the masterpiece "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" in the Song Dynasty.

"A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" is a famous Chinese national treasure painting, drawn by Wang Ximeng, a talented painter in the Song Dynasty. This painting has only been exhibited twice in 100 years. The last time was the theme exhibition of "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" in the Forbidden City in 2017.

At that time, it could be said that it was an empty alley for thousands of people. The audience in the exhibition hall of the Forbidden City lined up in a long winding queue. Countless people came here just to take a look at this peerless painting.

This painting is very powerful. When Puyi ran all night, he always took this painting with him. One can imagine its value.

"The picture of a thousand miles of rivers and mountains, I haven't seen it for a long time." Sitting in the audience, Zhao Chen sighed with emotion.

The director Su Jinwen next to him heard his words and thought that Zhao Chen had been to the theme exhibition of the Forbidden City in 17, so he didn't think much about it.

"Master Zhao, have you seen the exhibition of A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains?" Su Jinwen asked.

"Well, after seeing this painting, Wang Ximeng is indeed a painting genius, but it's a pity to die." Zhao Chen shook his head and said with emotion.

Many people are not familiar with Wang Ximeng's name, but many people must have heard his story.

There was an emperor in the Northern Song Dynasty, Song Huizong. Although his ability to manage the country was average, his artistic attainments were very high.

One of his paintings was recently bought at a high price of 6000 million.

One year, Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty came up with a question to test the painters of the Hanlin Academy of Painting and the famous painters in the world.

Later, three excellent works were selected, and the last painting was two butterflies on the horseshoe, and the fragrance was vivid on the paper, which was appreciated by Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty.

The person who drew this picture is the teenager Wang Ximeng.

In fact, when Wang Ximeng was ten years old, he was called to study at the Hanlin Painting Academy in the palace.

Song Huizong believed that Wang Ximeng was a rare artistic and painting genius, and even taught him painting in person.

Later, Zhang Zeduan, who was also at the Hanlin Academy of Painting, painted the peerless famous painting "Along the River During the Qingming Festival", which became famous all over the world.

After Wang Ximeng knew about it, he proposed to Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty to visit the mountains and rivers and draw a picture of mountains and rivers to repay the kindness of Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty.

Song Huizong was overjoyed to see that his disciple was so ambitious, so he prepared the most abundant coils, the best rice paper, and the most advanced pigments for him.

Half a year later, Wang Ximeng returned to the court and presented his works to Song Huizong.

This work is "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains", which is called "the first masterpiece of green landscape painting in the past thousand years" by the Chinese art circle.

Zhao Chen recalled the culture of the Song Dynasty with a lot of emotion.

Although Wang Ximeng was born in the Northern Song Dynasty, it does not prevent Zhao Chen from admiring his story. In painting, Zhao Chen somewhat admires Wang Ximeng.

The map of a thousand miles of rivers and mountains has been kept in the palace of the Song Dynasty. Zhao Chen saw it several times when he was young.

This picture is twice as long as the Qingming Riverside Picture, and it integrates the magnificence of the motherland's rivers and mountains and the leisurely life of the people into the scroll.

Moreover, it took five passes to complete the painting.

The method and means of each drawing are different.

Only in this way can it become a Chinese national treasure picture scroll.

"The culture of the Song Dynasty is indeed brilliant, but it is also corrupt. It is a pity that Wang Ximeng died." The chief director Su Jinwen also studied the history of the Song Dynasty, and said with emotion.

Zhao Chen nodded.

Wang Ximeng's death was a pity, but it was not injustice.

At that time, after he created "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains", he became famous and was in the limelight for a while.

Although Song Huizong was good at art, he was not a good emperor.At that time, powerful ministers ruled the court, Song Jiang uprising, Fang La uprising, the people were in dire straits, and corpses littered the fields.

After "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains", Wang Ximeng created the second "Thousand Miles of Hunger and Death".

In this picture are the corpses of common people and the endless war.

After Song Huizong saw the painting, he was furious, not only burned the painting, but also bestowed death on Wang Ximeng.

As a result, a generation of painting genius Wang Ximeng died young, and died in the hands of Song Huizong.

Companion to a monarch is like companion to a tiger. This has been true since ancient times.

Wang Ximeng relied on his talent and arrogance, and it was a pity that Song Huizong would kill him once he was angry.

However, this does not affect that Wang Ximeng is an excellent painter in the Song Dynasty.

It will not affect the status of "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" in the history of Chinese painting.

This program is based on a picture of thousands of miles of rivers and mountains. Zhao Chen is very interested and wants to participate in it.

On the stage, the dancers stretched their waists to their heart's content. Their graceful postures and graceful dancing postures showed the femininity of women to the fullest.

The dance is very beautiful, so beautiful that it makes people feel shocked.

Zhao Chen looked forward to this program more and more.

After a long time, the dance ended, and many people in the audience applauded. Zhao Chen also sincerely applauded this dance.

He had a premonition that the national tide was really about to rise, and such a traditional cultural dance would definitely become a hit!

"This dance has been rehearsed for more than half a year, and it took several months just for the early action design, costume and light design."

"There are still three months until the Spring Festival Gala, and I think we will have to do a string of scenes on the stage, so that we can be worthy of the efforts of these actors."

"These two programs are the finale of our Spring Festival Gala this year!"

Su Jinwen said again.

"Director Su, this show is so beautiful, it can actually use dance to interpret the scene of "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains"."

"it's actually very good."

Zhao Chen said with emotion.

"But there are two details that I see a little bit differently."

"The first one is hairpins and hairstyles. Although the dancers in the Song Dynasty wore high buns, their hair was not coiled up like that, which is too modern."

"The other thing is the accessories. The dancers don't wear belts around their waists, but a painted belt that sticks to their waists."

Zhao Chen said again.

Hearing Zhao Chen's words, Su Jinwen was slightly taken aback.

"The costumes and styling were specially invited to be made by a professor from the Palace Museum, and they are a one-to-one restoration of the image in the painting." Su Jinwen wondered.

"However, these two points have little influence, and it is almost invisible." Zhao Chen felt that he was too harsh, so he laughed.

After all, more than 900 years of history have been lost, and the pursuit of perfection can only be pursued through paintings, so it is completely acceptable to have some details that are different from the real Song Dynasty costumes.

However, Su Jinwen was serious.

"Master Zhao, since it was brought up, it must be resolved. I will go to the stylist and the people from the Palace Museum, and you will bring this matter up."

"Someone may not be able to see it, but if we find a problem, we must confirm it."

Su Jinwen said.

"Okay." Zhao Chen immediately nodded in agreement.

He also hopes that this program will more truly restore the culture of the Song Dynasty.

Not long after, a stylist and a consultant from the Palace Museum came over.The stylist didn't know much about this aspect, but the consultant sent by the Palace Museum suddenly realized after hearing Zhao Chen's explanation.

"It seems to be like this. These details are all imitated from the paintings, and we only pursue the similarity in shape."

"But when you say that, I feel that you are right."

"I'll go ask the professor."

The consultant of the Palace Museum immediately called the research institute to confirm the two problems pointed out by Zhao Chen.

After some discussions, they believed that Zhao Chen's opinion on the dress of Song Dynasty dancers was more accurate.

Therefore, the stylist also adjusted the details of the dance according to Zhao Chen's explanation.

Director Su Jinwen was very satisfied with Zhao Chen's performance.

(End of this chapter)