Riding the wind of rebirth

"Wow!" Zhou Zhi had read "Still Water Waves" and had a clear idea of ​​the prices at that time: "This money is enough to exchange for twelve tons of polished rice!"

"In fact, they are not bad at all," Yang Dequan said: "The Battle of Taierzhuang started in March [-], and in May the Chunxi Grand Stage rehearsed "The Bloody Battle of Taierzhuang" to praise the Sichuan army represented by the martyr Wang Mingzhang. The heroic deeds of the national calamity inspired the anti-Japanese blood of the Chinese people."

Zhou Zhi nodded: "General Mingzhang led three thousand men in a bloody battle in Teng County. Facing a force ten times his own, no one retreated or surrendered, until he was shot seven times and died heroically for his country."

"The commander-in-chief of the Xuzhou battle commented: Without the perseverance of Teng County, how could there be a great victory in Taierzhuang? The results of the battle in Taierzhuang were also caused by the martyrs of Teng County!"

"Death is more important than Taishan, and it is stronger than Suiyang. General Mingzhang and the Sichuan Army are doing a good job, and the Bashu entertainment industry is also doing a good job."

Yang Dequan said: "Actually, there is another thing. The pursuit of equality by women in Sichuan also started in the theater."

"Ah? How do you say this?"

“When theater first appeared in Chengdu, female audiences were not allowed to drink tea and watch plays in public.”

"But they also like to watch operas very much." Zhou Zhi said with a smile: "There is a record in "Chengdu General View" written by Fu Chongju, which says, 'Women in the capital of Shu have a special hobby. Nine out of ten go to theaters.'"

"If you're not allowed to watch, just take a peek. Women disguise themselves as men." Yang Dequan said with a smile: "There used to be a woman who sneaked into the Guangdong Guild Hall to watch a play, and was asked to leave after being discovered by the police; Acting, but was found panicked and seriously injured."

“Because women were so enthusiastic about going to the theater, when Keyuan opened in [-], it was announced that special performances for women would be held on the second, fifth and eighth day of each month.”

"The result was a crowd of men watching outside the theatre, which led to criticism that the police had to suspend the women's show."

"Two years later, Yuelai Tea Garden added special seats for female guests upstairs, allowing male and female audiences to watch a play at the same time for the first time. It was also criticized by defenders."

"In the end, Yuelai Tea Garden set the entrance and exit for male guests on Huaxing Street, and the entrance and exit for female guests on Zitong Bridge West Street. Even so, the guards were still dissatisfied and made a lot of noise. In the end, the police department had to order the tea garden to remove male and female guests. Arrange to watch the play separately at different times."

"But the hot girls in the capital of Shu are not easy to mess with. In [-], Yuelai Tea Garden applied for two charity performances on the first and fifteenth day of each month for military purposes on the grounds that the performances were used for military needs."

"However, during the two-day charity performance, Yuelai quietly allowed men and women to watch the performance together. After learning about it, the Civil Affairs Department sent a special document to the Sichuan Military Patrol Headquarters on the grounds of 'bad morals', requesting a ban, and was finally allowed."

"This post finally angered the pungent Shudu girl. On October [-]th of that year, when a male guest was watching a play, suddenly hundreds of female guests came to Yuelai Tea Garden, and they had to buy tickets to watch the play."

"The park's repeated dissuasion was useless, and the police were called in to 'enlighten'. As a result, the female audience was unreasonable. They went upstairs hand in hand, moved the chairs and stools, and filled the whole building in a short time."

"Both the police and the tea garden thought that if they stopped it, trouble would inevitably occur, so they had to sit back and watch. It was not until the performance was over that the female guests were satisfied and dispersed."

"This incident caused a big sensation. Afterwards, the National Police Agency promulgated the "Twelve Rules for Banning Women's Seats", which stated that 'female guests are not allowed to talk to male guests', 'female guests are not allowed to pass items with male guests', and 'female guests are not allowed to talk to male guests'. Guests are not allowed to put on make-up or change clothes in the balcony and many other rules.”

"Hahahaha..." Zhou Zhi couldn't stop laughing: "This rule must be looked at in reverse. This is the official document in the form of official recognition that female audiences have equal rights to watch theaters with men. It is definitely a product of the progress of the times! "

Lin Wanqiu also giggled and laughed, "I now know where Xu Anxin's temperament comes from."

"Teacher Yang is very familiar with the history of Sichuan opera." Zhou Zhi asked, "Speaking of these old sayings, it is like a treasure."

"Don't forget what we do." Yang Dequan said with a smile: "Aren't all the costumes they wear in operas made by us?"

"Ah, that's right, there's a big emphasis here!" Zhou Zhi realized that the weaving and embroidery industry has a deep relationship with the opera industry, and many traditional costumes that have disappeared have been preserved in theatrical costumes.

"The costumes are also called theatrical tools. Since the Jin and Yuan Dynasties, they have been divided into four large boxes of clothing and helmets. Among them, the suitcases are divided into three categories: large suitcases, second suitcases, and third suitcases. The big suitcases include python robes, official suitcases, and official suitcases. Clothes, open cloaks, bagua clothes, waistcoats and cloaks, Tsing Yi, palace pythons, cheongsams, cassocks and other costumes for the main characters and supporting roles; the second suitcase includes various military attires; the third suitcase includes various underwear, shoes and socks.”

"Even the various crowns and hats in the helmet box, the various makeup in the miscellaneous box, and the curtains, flags, umbrellas and other props in the box all need embroidery work, so every troupe is our big customer!"

"So this time we are going to Ouyang's house to shop for costumes?"

"Not entirely." Yang Dequan sighed: "As a famous Dan in Sichuan Opera, Ouyang is known as the 'expression seed' and the 'Mei Lanfang of Sichuan Opera'. He created the 'Yang School' of Dan role performing arts in Sichuan Opera. Liberation. Later, he vigorously cultivated talents, and all the 'Ten Sisters' who played the leading roles in Sichuan Opera were his disciples."

"In [-], he attended the National Committee of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles and met with Guan Yu, Chang Xiangyu, and Xin Fengxia who were present at the meeting. He was called the 'Four Famous Danhui Jinghua'. It was a sensational story."

"Successively served as the vice president of the Shudu Sichuan Theater, a member of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, a director of the China Theater Association, and the honorary chairman of the Sichuan Branch of the China Theater Association. He has interacted with many people in the cultural circles and likes to collect."

"He left in [-]. Now his children want to vacate the old house and are looking around for buyers."

"It's not a problem for me to see. It just so happened that you asked the lame Zhang to let me string the beads. I was thinking about his things, and maybe you would be interested."

"It turned out to be such a fate." Zhou Zhi nodded, "How old are his children? Are they going to renovate the old house?"

"What are you renovating? My children and grandchildren are all in Shudu. I'm thinking of freeing up the old house and relocating it so that I can get money to buy a house in Shudu. Well, you can just walk in from the alley in front."

Both Fei Guan and Zhou Zhi's cars were too big, they could only park on the side of the road, and everyone got out of the car.

There used to be a temple here called Tiaolu City, so this area got its name and was divided into West Road and East Road.

Ouyang's house is located on Tiaolu City East Road. It is an independent compound. Behind it is a large Christian church called "Gospel Hall".

The door of the house is still painted with slogans from that year. A man in his 60s and 30s and a man in his [-]s stood at the door, waiting for the arrival of guests.

The house is an old house with blue bricks and blue tiles. Judging from the yellow sandstone door and carved stone drums on both sides, it is an old house of literati in the late Qing Dynasty. It should have been transferred several times and was finally purchased by Ouyang.

"Aunt Yang, are you here? Hello everyone." The middle-aged man wore trousers and a shirt, and wore glasses. He looked quite gentle.

"This is Yang Ting, the grandson of Ouyang Dajiaoer, who teaches history at a middle school in Shudu." Yang Dequan introduced: "This is Dajiaoer's son, Yang Shangqiu, Lao Yang, you should retire this year, right?"

"I've already retired. I will go to the cultural park to drink tea and watch birds. I have time." Yang Shangqiu laughed.