A healing writer? No, it's a depressing writer!

Chapter 282: The promoter of Chinese classical drama literature! The contest between the freehand and realist schools! One person makes a school famous!
In fact, Jiang Hai doesn't see foreigners very often in his daily life. His English is not very good. It is precisely because he knows little about foreigners that Jiang Hai has been thinking about one thing: when these foreigners cry...
What will it be:

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

Or is it:

"Cry, cry, cry, cry (cry)"

This thought has been lingering in Jiang Hai's mind and he has never been able to find an answer. It was also with this in mind that he wanted to know what foreigners look like when they cry.

Today, he finally knew the answer.

In the dim theater.

The theatre performance with 500 seats was packed.

The scene was filled with an atmosphere of sadness and loss. This depressing atmosphere lingered in everyone's hearts, making it difficult for everyone to breathe.

on the stage.

The sound of crying, the sound of heavy rain, the sound of sobbing, the sound of tears, all these sounds mixed together and made a loud noise.
After Zhu Yingtai and Liang Shanbo lost contact, Zhu Yingtai was betrothed by her father to Ma Wencai, the son of Magistrate Ma. Even though Zhu Yingtai was extremely unwilling, her parents' orders and the matchmaker's words determined her, no matter how she resisted or how reluctant she was.

In the end, she could only marry far away.
Liang Shanbo fell ill with longing for his lover upon hearing the news. He eventually died in bed due to excessive longing for his lover.

On the day of her wedding, the wedding procession passed by Nanshan. When passing by Liang Shanbo's tombstone, Zhu Yingtai burst into tears and went forward to pay homage. Looking at Liang Shanbo's tombstone, Zhu Yingtai recalled the past and the oath they had made together: "We are not destined to be together in this life, but I hope to see you again in the next life."

Her wedding dress was soaked with tears, and Zhu Yingtai, heartbroken, fell headfirst in front of the tombstone:
"Shanbo, Yingtai is here"

Suddenly, thunder roared, and the sound of wind, rain, and crying resounded throughout the stage.
When he saw Zhu Yingtai's frail body, he dashed his head against the tombstone and died.

That kind of loyalty to love.

The tragic and indignant spirit of "even if millions of people oppose me, I will still go forward".

Immediately, many foreign friends were impressed.

There were many foreign friends watching the movie in the audience. They wiped their cheeks with tissues and choked up softly:
“Woo, woo, woo, woo, woo.”

Ask what is love in the world, and teach life and death?
Just as our foreign friends couldn't help shedding tears and were immersed in the tragic atmosphere.

Jiang Hai was sitting in the back row, but he couldn't help but let out a completely different laugh:

"Haha, haha, haha"

Wait, why does it feel like he's a villain because of his inexplicable smile?

Chen Hanying, who was sitting next to Jiang Hai, suppressed her inner repressed emotions. She raised her head and looked at Jiang Hai beside her:

"what are you laughing at?"

Such a tragic love story.

Such an admirable sacrifice of one's life for love.

Everyone was crying because of the plot, covering their faces with tears, but Jiang Hai, the original author, actually...
Hehehe?!?

This was a little hard for Chen Hanying to accept.

"Nothing." Jiang Hai realized that something was wrong, and quickly put away his smile, and explained to Chen Hanying beside him, "Don't get me wrong, I'm not laughing at the love between Liang Zhu and Zhu, I just suddenly..."

“Thoughts of some interesting things”

The stage effect is top-notch.

Actors' performances, top notch.

The fluency of the script adaptation is top-notch.

It's no surprise that such a painstaking and perfect performance received such a reaction from the audience.

When Zhu Yingtai crashed into Liang Shanbo's tomb and died, it meant that their love in this life ended. The door of Liang Shanbo's tomb suddenly opened as if it had been summoned by something. With a flash of white light, two colorful butterflies jumped and danced on the stage.
Zhu Yingtai fulfilled the promise she once made, see you again in the next life.

Liang Shanbo finally got his wish and was with Zhu Yingtai, but...
In another form.

"Life is precious, but love is even more valuable. If it's for freedom, you can throw away both."

Even though they died, the love between Liang and Zhu still existed in another form. This time, they were not only free from the constraints of the world and got the love they had always dreamed of, but they also got the freedom that was more important than love. The two of them lived together in the world.
At this time, the stage began to slowly change from dark to bright.

Lighten up a bit.

A little more.

One more point.

When the silhouettes of the two butterflies disappear, the lights in the venue light up and a "over" sign appears in the center of the stage.

Suddenly, the whole audience burst into thunderous applause that lasted for a long time.

"Crash, la, la, la-"

See here.

Many international students from North America have wiped their tears and lamented silently:
“that’s crazy”

No wonder it is called a tragic drama!
No wonder it is called the Eastern version of Romeo and Juliet!

The performance brought to the audience by this whole drama is really tear-jerking.
The famous dramatist Shakespeare has four world-famous tragic plays, namely: Macbeth, Othello, King Lear and Hamlet. These four plays are called the four great tragedies in the literary world.

Because of its great fame, "Romeo and Juliet" is often mistakenly regarded as one of Shakespeare's four major tragedies, but in fact it is not. Strictly speaking, "Romeo and Juliet" should be classified as a tragicomedy. The so-called tragicomedy is what people often call a tragedy of an optimistic nature.

Even though "Romeo and Juliet" is classified as a tragedy, friends who are familiar with dramatic literature should all know that Shakespeare wanted to liberate the decadent ideas rooted in the minds of ordinary people in the 16th century and liberate human nature by praising the love between Romeo and Juliet.

The love between Luo and Zhu is not about realism, but about romanticism. This can be seen in their first meeting.

Thanks to Juliet's beauty, Romeo fell in love with her at first sight when attending a family gathering. They got married after only meeting once. In just five days, they completed a series of events including first meeting, marriage, first night, escape and suicide.
In five days, from the first meeting to falling in love, getting to know each other and finally committing suicide for love?

Is this realistic?

This is simply not realistic!
This is a Mary Sue and romantic encounter. The first reaction to the audience is romance, and the second is the attraction from the tension of the characters. Even though Romeo and Juliet both died at the end of the story, the audience did not feel sad, but sighed.

Love finally defeated feudalism!
The audience is rejoicing over the victory of Romeo and Juliet in their resistance against capitalist marriage in the feudal era!
On the other hand, "Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai" is fundamentally different from "Romeo and Juliet" -

This is not what is called a "tragicomedy" at all!
This is purely a tragedy!

No matter how miserable Romeo and Juliet were, no matter how they died for love, at least they were once together.

But Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai, when they first met, recognized each other as brothers. When they secretly fell in love and wanted to break through worldly barriers and be together, they were already separated forever.
When the drama ends.

At the scene, many audience members were so immersed in it that they immediately burst into tears and sighed:
"This is definitely the most touching drama I have seen this year."

Davis is a professor at Cambridge Business School. This time he traveled from Cambridge to China specifically for exchange and study at Tsinghua University.

Drama as a performance form originated in ancient Greece, became popular in Europe in the Middle Ages, and finally flourished in Europe during the Renaissance, from the 14th to the 16th century. Among them, a group of outstanding dramatists emerged, represented by British dramatists, including the widely circulated professional playwright -

Leary, Greene, Peele, Marlowe, and Shakespeare, who is long-renowned as the father of British drama.
It can be said that any reader who has a deep understanding of the history of British literature has a deep understanding of the type of literature called "drama".

This was the first time he had seen this kind of exotic drama from a mysterious oriental country.
The thoughts in my heart can't stop for a long time.

When the performance ended, Davis edited a message in the alumni group with shaking hands:
"Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai is definitely a tragic love story that is comparable to or even surpasses Romeo and Juliet"

As soon as this message was sent out, it immediately attracted a lot of attention and discussion from teachers and students.

"Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai? This seems to be the work of which Chinese writer? The writer who wrote "The Sun Also Rises"? I seem to have some impression that non-professional playwrights can also write excellent plays? I can't believe it." "Comparable to "Romeo and Juliet"? Isn't this a bit too much? "Romeo and Juliet" is the representative work of the drama master Shakespeare! Who is Shakespeare? He is praised by later generations as the 'Zeus on the Mount Olympus of human literature'! A play written by a foreign writer can be comparable to Shakespeare? This is a bit too much."

"I guarantee it!!! Professor Davis didn't lie!!! "Butterfly Lovers" is really wonderful. When Zhu Yingtai died in front of Liang Shanbo's tomb, I cried for several days. I just came back from China the day before yesterday and watched this Chinese drama."

"Is it really that exaggerated? I am a student at the London Academy of Dramatic Art. Can there really be a love opera that surpasses Romeo and Juliet in terms of dramatic tension? I have my doubts about this."

Different from the straightforward narrative of Western dramas, Chinese dramas will intersperse some unique singing styles during the narration, such as the flavor of Huangmei Opera and Minnan Opera, giving people a feeling of being both listening to an opera and watching a drama.

Just when Davis wanted to express his own opinions on "The Butterfly Lovers" and wanted to write a film review for this excellent drama.

The young man who had been sitting next to him and watching the play with him saw his trembling hands.

He whispered to him:
"In fact, Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai is just a branch of traditional Chinese opera. There are many other dramas that describe this kind of tragic love, such as The Legend of the White Snake, The Fairy and the Cowherd, The Injustice of Dou E, and The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl."

Davis is an expert in Western drama and has a deep understanding of the field of drama.

Seeing this young man next to me, he seemed to know a lot about Chinese drama and had his own opinions.

He tried to communicate with him in the clumsy Chinese he had learned by himself:
"So in your opinion, what do you think is the biggest difference between Chinese and Western drama?"

The young man in front of him thought for a moment and looked like he was contemplating something.

After a moment, he gave his answer:

"Eastern drama focuses on 'impressionism', while Western drama focuses on 'realism'. For example, at the end of Liang Zhu, the lovers turned into butterflies and fluttered around. The drama did not mention the final outcome of Liang Zhu, nor did it mention the two butterflies. They were Liang Zhu themselves. The rest depends on the audience's imagination."

"Looking back at the love between Romeo and Juliet, at the end of the story, Romeo mistakenly thought that Juliet was dead. He was disheartened and decided to die with her. Before Juliet woke up, Romeo had already drunk the poison and fell to the ground and died. After waking up, Juliet found that Romeo was dead. She was deeply desperate and decided to end her life with her own dagger. In the end, the two young lovers embraced in death and ended their lives. This is the so-called realism, and it is the ending that the audience can actually see."

One focuses on realism.

One that focuses on freehand painting?

It can be seen that this young man has a deep understanding of Chinese and Western dramas. And what he said makes a lot of sense.

Even though Davis is an expert in the field of Western drama, he couldn't help but fall into deep thought after hearing what he said.

"rational."

“That makes sense.”

Just as he was still thinking about the correctness of the young man's words.

Suddenly, the young man in front of him changed the subject:
"However, I think realism and impressionism are not the biggest difference between Chinese and Western dramas. The biggest difference between Chinese and Western dramas should be"

"For what?"

"Chinese drama is a drama written by Chinese people in Chinese, and Western drama is a drama written by Westerners in English. One is written in Chinese, and the other is written in English."

After saying this, regardless of what Davis thought, the young man stood up decisively and walked towards the exit of the theater.

What you said makes sense, but maybe...
Isn't that a bit nonsensical?

Seeing the young man leave, Davis hurriedly shouted at his back:
"My friend, I haven't asked for your name yet."

The young man waved at him without even turning his head:
"Jiang Hai."

When he heard the name, Davis was stunned and immediately fell into deep thought.

After a while, he seemed to have thought of something.

He was immediately surprised:
"Jianghai?"

"It seems that the author of "Butterfly Lovers" is called Jiang Hai."

It was at this time that the leading actors on the stage gathered in the center and bowed deeply towards Jiang Hai's departing back:
"Thank you Mr. Jiang Hai for rehearsing the performance for us"

It was after hearing the confirmation of the live star that Davis edited a message in the alumni group with a shocked look on his face:
"I just seemed to run into Jiang Hai"

Jiang Hai became famous.

Along with Jiang Hai, Chenghai Drama Academy also entered the attention of Western media.

Chenghai Drama Academy has amazed foreign audiences with many ancient dramas with traditional Chinese culture, including "Legend of the White Snake", "The Injustice of Dou E", "Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai", etc., and let foreign audiences who love drama literature know:
“So opera can be mixed into drama?”

“So drama can be performed this way?”

The reason why Jiang Hai entered the Western media's attention was, on the one hand, because he was known as the "promoter of Chinese classical drama literature", and on the other hand, it was due to Jiang Hai's strange laughter:
"Jie Jie Jie Jie Jie Jie Jie Jie"

Jiang Hai never dreamed that one day he would enter the eyes of foreign readers in such an abstract form?
No one knows who recorded the live video of Jiang Hai watching "Butterfly Lovers" and posted it on the Internet.

This immediately caused a heated discussion about Jiang Hai's behavior:

"How on earth does this laughter come from? Is this really the sound that a human can make?"

"You guys are focusing on his laughter? Am I the only one who finds it weird? How can he laugh alone in such a sad play?"

"Look at how loudly the audience next to him is crying, and then look at Jiang Hai, how happily he is laughing."

"Friends, my intuition tells me that this person is a pervert."

So have I reached the point where if I smile, people will stand up and slam me?
Looking at the comments from foreign readers, Jiang Hai had a black question mark face.

in class.

Jiang Hai put down the tablet in his hand.

He felt that he was somewhat wronged:
"What's wrong with laughing? It's not against the law to laugh."

Thanks to the widespread popularity of Chinese drama in foreign countries, Chenghai Drama Academy's popularity abroad has risen to a new level.

On the one hand, it is because the dramas of Chenghai Drama Academy are truly too classic.

On the other hand, it is also because of the emergence of a figure like Jiang Hai at Chenghai Drama Academy.

If you randomly ask a passerby in France:
“Do you know Fudan?”

The passerby would only shake his head in confusion:
“I don’t know where this is.”

But if you change the way you ask the question:

"Do you know Chenghai Drama Academy?"

The foreigner would probably think about it, ponder for a while, and then suddenly come to an understanding and say an answer:
"Chenghai Drama Academy? That seems to be Jianghai's school, right?"

What outsiders think has nothing to do with Jiang Hai.

Jiang Hai was thinking, if he were to go on a diplomatic mission to France, wouldn't it be embarrassing if he couldn't even speak a single English word when communicating with foreigners?

Besides, if you come back from studying abroad and can't even pass the English Level 4 exam in China,
Isn't this embarrassing?
With the idea of ​​improving himself, Jiang Hai took out the CET-4 reading book and wanted to make up for his English vocabulary during the two days of free time.

That was when he opened his vocabulary book with great ambition, wanting to master the English Level 4 vocabulary.

The first English word he saw almost made him lose his temper:

“abandon”

(End of this chapter)