Value and Direction: Starting from the Sichuan Opera "The Legend of the White Snake"

DOI: https://doi.org/10.62517/jhet.202515549

Author(s)

GengHong Liu

Affiliation(s)

Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, 50603, Malaya

Abstract

The value and direction of Sichuan Opera lie in its own aesthetic and spiritual values. It is full of vitality and keeps pace with the Times. It not only integrates the popular entertainment forms among the masses but also achieves the dissemination and inheritance of Sichuan Opera while adhering to the essence and innovating. Looking upstream, history cannot hide the repeated cries of new life of Sichuan Opera in the long river of time, and in this way, it continues the indomitable spirit of Sichuan Opera. the unique regional environment is the fertile ground for the birth of Sichuan Opera, spreading the culture of Ba and Shu throughout the nine provinces. Art is appreciated by both the refined and the popular, and its forms are diverse. It is commendable and worthy of praise to integrate Sichuan Opera into the current popular media for dissemination and promotion. Through the Sichuan Opera "The Legend of the White Snake", we can appreciate the beauty of its form and meaning, and tell the value of contemporary Sichuan Opera.

Keywords

Sichuan Opera; the Legend of the White Snake; Value and Direction; Inheritance and Dissemination

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