After Ye Weiyang and Huang Duo sat down, Ye Weiyang first asked in confusion: "Teacher Huang Duo, isn't your studio in the Demon City?"

The information he searched online was somewhat different from the actual situation. Although this was not a big deal, Ye Weiyang was still a little curious.

"Oh, you tell me that studio in the Magic City. That is an external studio. It usually handles my work, so it is more famous."

"My studio in Kunshan is not so much a studio as a place to train students."

"Of course, I am not a student from the opera school. They are all introductory disciples I personally selected. They will inherit their legacy in the future."

Ye Weiyang nodded with clarity.

Just a disciple.

Those who engage in classical opera have always followed the system of master-apprentice inheritance, just like crosstalk, which is more traditional.

Like Huang Duo, he was a master of Kunqu Opera master Yu Zhenfei, who was from a famous family.

The studio here is a place where he trained his own disciples, and it was a place where he was a master of the master in ancient times.

Being able to meet here shows that Huang Duo attaches great importance to this show.

"Let's go, I'll take you to see the students practice, and by the way, I'll introduce our Kunqu culture to you."

Huang Duo smiled slightly, pulled Ye Weiyang to stand up, and took him to the front yard.

It was the place where Ye Weiyang just came in and saw a bunch of opera actors playing.

"Kunsong music originated more than 600 years ago and was created by Gu Jian, a native of Kunshan."

"By the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, Wei Liangfu, an outstanding Kunqu musician and reformer, boldly reformed Kunshan accents, absorbed the characteristics of Yuyao, Yiyang, and Haiyan accents that were popular at that time, and formed a new voice accent, which was widely popular."

"Because this tone is soft and delicate, it looks like the glutinous rice dumpling made of water milling powder by Jiangnan people, so it is given an interesting name, "Shuimiao", which is today's Kunqu Opera."

Along the way, Huang Duo was chattering and introducing Kunqu Opera to Ye Weiyang.

"We Kunqu Opera have reached the highest level in all aspects of opera performance."

"The Kunqu opera singing style is gorgeous and graceful, elegant, delicate in the performance, elegant dance. The biggest feature is that it has strong lyricism, delicate movements, and the combination of singing and dancing is clever and harmonious."

"It's not that I boast about it. Kunqu opera is the most influential vocal opera among operas from the middle of the Ming Dynasty to the middle of the Qing Dynasty!"

"There are many operas developed on the basis of Kunqu Opera. Without Kunqu Opera, there would be no such brilliant Chinese opera culture as today."

Speaking of this, Huang Duo's expression suddenly became a little melancholy and sad.

"However, with the development of the times, Kunqu Opera, like other dramas, cannot avoid the general trend of decline."

"When Kunqu Opera was at its peak during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, there were thousands of professional actors in Suzhou alone."

"Now, there are only eight Kunqu Opera troupes in the country, and the total number of employees is only more than 1,000."

"Although there should be some other Kunqu opera artists in the folk besides Kunqu opera troupes, the total number of people will definitely not exceed 2,000."

"In another decade, this number may be reduced by half."

Ye Weiyang clearly felt a feeling of worry and indignation from Huang Duo's voice.

Seeing that the career I love is sliding into the abyss at a very rapid speed, this feeling is really uncomfortable.

Ye Weiyang thought from the perspective of others.

If someone tells himself one day that no one will listen to pop music, and in another ten or twenty years, there may be no one to sing, and there is almost no way to reverse this situation by yourself.

This feeling of powerlessness and despair is indeed quite uncomfortable, especially when one of them is still one of them to be eliminated.

He could only comfort him and said, "Everything will be fine. It's not too late to change from this show, isn't it?"

"I believe that these ancient art forms will definitely find their own place in the new era and will not die so easily."

"Young people may not really dislike these opera arts. Maybe it's just because they have not understood and have never been exposed to them. They subconsciously regard opera as something that only the elderly can listen to, and are unwilling to understand."

"I believe that by using pop music to edit new works, many young people will be attracted to learn about the excellent Kunqu opera art and culture."

"I hope." Huang Duo sighed and waved his hand and said, "I won't talk about these disappointing things."

"Come on, let me introduce it to you."

After chatting for a few words, they had already walked back to the front yard.

Huang Duo pointed to the girl who opened the door for Ye Weiyang just now and said, "This is my second disciple Liao Jie, who is a very outstanding performing artist in the main dan."

"Her performances of the main actress are very good, and she will not last for five years at most. She is fully capable of having a special performance at the National Grand Theater!"

Liao Jie waved his long sleeves, walked to Ye Weiyang, performed a tribute with some ancient charm, and formally introduced to Ye Weiyang: "Hello, Teacher Ye, I am Liao Jie, I am very happy to meet you. I like your band's songs very much."

"Every time after a day of practice, I will listen to your "Chasing Dreams and Childhood Heart". After listening to this song, no matter how hard or tired I feel, this song has been inspiring me to keep moving forward!"

"Thank you, if our music can help you, I'm very happy." Ye Weiyang thanked with some surprise.

This may be what he likes music. An excellent music is sometimes like a guiding light, and it will inadvertently illuminate the somewhat confused hearts of the audience.

Maybe it is to take them out of the pain after breaking up, maybe it is to give them a motivation to move forward when they encounter confusion in life, and it may also make people who are in the failure stage regain their confidence...

What a meaningful thing this is!

"Xiao Jie, which script were you rehearsing just now?" Huang Duo, who was standing beside him, saw that his best disciple was admiring the other person, and he felt a little bit savory, and then interrupted the two of them.

Liao Jie's expression immediately became clear: "Master, we are rehearsing "Peach Blossom Fan". In a few days, there will be a performance on the ancient stage of Tinglin Garden."

""Peach Blossom Fan"" Huang Duo nodded, turned around and introduced to Ye Weiyang: "Teacher Xiaoye, have you heard of "Peach Blossom Fan"?"

Ye Weiyang nodded: "I know, the famous drama created by Kong Shangren in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties was taught by the teacher when he was in school."

Huang Duo nodded and added: "No, but you may not know that although "Peach Blossom Fan" has been adapted by many types of dramas, this drama is one of the last two peaks of our Kunqu Opera during the heyday of our Kunqu Opera."

"It is also our representative work of Kunqu Opera, and it is also one of the five great classical Chinese operas. It is a famous drama that has been passed down through the ages."

"Are you interested in enjoying the beauty of this drama?" Huang Duo asked with a smile.

It is naturally impossible for Ye Weiyang to say that he is not interested. He still has this emotional intelligence, and he has indeed become quite interested in Kunqu Opera now and is just about to get a good idea.

The two hit it off.
Chapter completed!