Haipai Peking Opera, A Pioneer In The Improvement Of Feng Zihe

As one of the country's national quintessences,Peking Opera has a history of more than 200 years.In the course of its history,Shanghai is a city that we cannot ignore.It is also known as Beijing and Wuhan as the three major piers spread for Peking Opera.The second half of the 19 th century,Shanghai's unique geographical location,unique and extraordinary political structure,the country's economic strength,complex and diverse social organizations,densely populated immigrant population,the liberal and democratic Chinese and Western cultures affected the Peking opera which descended from the south.It has formed a breakthrough in the traditional model of Peking Opera and adopted the theme of new repertoire,stage scenery,and performance styles with a strong sense of innovation and unique artistic style.,people called it Haipai Peking Opera.The development of the Haipai Peking Opera cannot be separated from Shanghai's unique political,economic,and cultural influences.At the same time,it is also inseparable from the contributions of a group of approved artists.The unique art atmosphere of Shanghai promotes artistic exchanges between Shanghai local opera artists and foreign artists.They enriched their artistic experience in the exchanges,raised their artistic level,and finally established their own artistic characteristics.As a result,they appeared the excellent representatives,such as Wang Xiaonong,Pan Yueqiao,Wang Hongshou,Xia Yueshan,Xia Yuerun,Feng Zihe,Gai Jiaotian,Zhou Xinfang and other Shanghai operas.These representatives also use their exquisite performance and innovative consciousness to promote the Haipai Peking Opera to prosperity.There are many representative figures in Shanghai Peking Opera.This article mainly introduces Mr.Feng Zihe,a pioneer in the improvement of Haipai Peking Opera.Feng Zihe is a Danjue representative of the early Haipai Peking Opera.He has profound basic skills,sings and plays as a superior person.He is the forerunner in the improvement of Danjue in the Peking Opera.He was deeply influenced by the Peking Opera Reform Movement and Nanshe,He continued to innovate on the basis of inheriting traditional art and made a series of reforms on the performing arts of Danjue and successfully improved many traditional repertoires and created many new plays.He also innovated in terms of singing,accompaniment,makeup,and costumes to enrich his performance.In addition to performing on the stage,he also unified hisaesthetic practice and patriotic spirit with practical actions,supported the revolution,and established the “Ten-group for the Salvation of the Ten Nations”.Feng Zihe's repertoire fully embodies his unique performance concepts and performance styles,hidden modern aesthetic ideas,and made a certain contribution to the transformation of classical aesthetics to modern aesthetics,and is highly sought after by the Shanghai audience,especially members of the Nanshe..The purpose of this article is to start with an introduction to Feng Zihe and related profiles,then to analyze the internal and external conditions that lead Feng Zihe's improvement on Haipai Peking Opera,to sort out and interpret the innovative measures of Feng Zihe's performing arts,so as to discover Feng Zihe's performance style,performance concept,and modern aesthetic ideas embodied in the reforms to made people have a more comprehensive understanding of Feng Zihe and his performing arts.The study of Mr.Feng Zihe,a representative of Haipai Peking Opera,will help us to further enrich the achievements of the study of Haipai Peking Opera and provide more valuable reference for the development of Shanghai Peking Opera so as to promote the cultural development of Shanghai metropolis.