allendalepharm Chapter 235
Chapter 235
Chapter 235
Bai Suzhen came to a portrait of Guanyin Bodhisattva, lit three sticks of incense, then knelt down and worshiped the portrait three times.
When all the audience was watching the performance on the stage intently, the lips of the portrait of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva actually moved.
"Who is kneeling?"
A voice sounded from the portrait.
Excuse!
Hearing the portrait's voice, the onlookers immediately let out a burst of exclamations.
Fortunately, Xin Yaoqin on the stage immediately answered the portrait's words, and the audience realized that it was all played by humans.
"Bai Suzhen, at the foot of Qingcheng Mountain, comes to see the great master." Xin Yaoqin spoke loudly.
It doesn't work if it's not loud enough, the audience can't hear it.
"What do you want to ask me?" The portrait of Guanyin Bodhisattva asked Bai Suzhen loudly.
"Your Majesty." Bai Suzhen stood up and bowed to the portrait.
At this moment, behind the stage, a burst of music sounded. Accompanied by the music, Bai Suzhen began to sing: "Bai Suzhen at the foot of Qingcheng Mountain, has cultivated this body for thousands of years in the cave. Through hard work, she attained the Tao and transformed herself into a human being. Focus on the Tao and have no distracting thoughts. Take refuge in the Three Jewels and abandon the world of mortals. I hope that the Bodhisattva will enlighten me and save me from the mortal world.”
After Bai Suzhen finished singing, the music stopped.
The next moment, the portrait of Guanyin Bodhisattva spoke again.
"Goodness, goodness, it's rare that you have the sincerity to take refuge in the Three Jewels, but how can you soar up in the daylight if you have not yet died? You still owe a karma to the world, don't you want to repay it?"
"This...disciple also knows the way to repay kindness, but it's just a thousand years later, where does this repayment start?" Bai Suzhen said loudly.
"It's good, it's good. March [-]rd this year is Qingming Festival. On this day, you need to go to West Lake to find your benefactor. If you are destined to meet your benefactor, you will come thousands of miles away. If you are not destined to meet on the opposite side, go ahead. Everything depends on your luck!"
After the Bodhisattva finished speaking, the curtain was slowly lowered on the stage, and the drama was over.
Next, countless staff members quickly came on stage, removed useless props, and then placed new ones.
The Goulan stage in the Song Dynasty was still too simple. It would be great if there was a large stage or a double stage. When one stage was performing, props could be placed on the other stage to set up the scene.
After the actors have finished performing a scene, they can immediately switch to the stage that has been arranged, which can make the play more coherent.
In the case of only one stage, no matter how fast the staff arranges, there will be some pauses.
After about 1 minute, the curtain began to open, and a new play began.
On one side of the stage, Zhang Qingfeng was always paying attention to the audience's reaction.
As far as he observed, all the audience was paying attention to watching the theatrical performance, and many people even restrained themselves from making too much noise.
Even after the curtain was drawn, the audience did not show any impatience. Instead, everyone had a look of anticipation on their faces.
Next, the plot continued to develop, Xiaoqing and Bai Suzhen did not know each other, and finally became sisters.
Xiaoqing's actor is Xin Yaoqin's little maid Hua'er, the two of them are maidservants in reality, and now they can be said to be acting in their true colors in the play.
Next, Xiaoqing accompanied Bai Suzhen to the West Lake to find her benefactor, and finally met the protagonist Xu Xian.
In the whole play, the most attractive part is the song that they sang when they took a boat tour of the West Lake.
"Ahaha, ahhaha, the beauty of the West Lake is March, the spring rain is like wine, the willows are like smoke..."
Zhang Qingfeng's memory of this episode is still fresh. He remembers that when he was a child watching the TV series Legend of the New White Snake, it was this episode that fascinated him.
Therefore, Zhang Qingfeng also incorporated this section into the drama.
He didn't know whether the aesthetics of the ancients could accept this kind of duet music. When the play came to this point, he was also carefully observing the expressions of the audience.
He found that everyone had expressions of enjoyment when they heard this.
Seeing this situation, Zhang Qingfeng felt relieved.
However, what worried Zhang Qingfeng was that after the performance started here, more and more people gathered under the stage, and soon exceeded several thousand people.
Because there were too many spectators, the entire Royal Street was blocked, and no matter whether it was a carriage or a sedan chair, it had to take a detour to pass here.
What Zhang Qingfeng was worried about was that with so many people crowded together, it would be bad if there was a stampede.
Fortunately, two hours later, the drama of The Legend of the White Snake finally came to an end.
Next.All the cast and crew came on stage and bowed to the audience.
Whoa whoa whoa!
There was warm applause, which was the audience's love for the show.
On the stage, Zhang Qingfeng stood in front of everyone, holding a tin horn in his hand, and then said loudly to all the audience: "Thank you for your support, the performance in the morning is over, and there are two performances in the afternoon and evening." If you like The Legend of the White Snake, please come here to watch the play, no money will be charged from you, and no rewards from you..."
"Okay, we will definitely come over to support you in the afternoon."
After hearing Zhang Qingfeng's words, the audience immediately shouted.
"The Legend of White Snake has a total of five performances. We can only perform three performances today. If you want to watch the complete drama of The Legend of White Snake, we will perform it at the Lotus Pavilion the day after tomorrow. Everyone is welcome to come and support." Zhang Qingfeng said to everyone. .
It was an advertisement.
The lotus shed is the hook fence where Mr. Zhao, Mr. Zhang Qingfeng’s teacher, did his storytelling.
Like the elephant shed, this is also a hook fence that can accommodate more than 1000 people.
In Elephant Shed, there is a performance of the Liu family's opera every day, so there is no time for Zhang Qingfeng's drama at all.
So Zhang Qingfeng found his teacher, Mr. Zhao, and asked him to discuss with the owner of the lotus pendant to see if the drama of The Legend of the White Snake could be performed in the lotus pendant.
With old Mr. Zhao on the show, the owner of the Lotus Shed arranged a better show time for Zhang Qingfeng without further ado, around three o'clock in the afternoon.
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After the performance of The Legend of White Snake was over, Zhang Qingfeng directed the staff to quickly remove all the props.
The next time is the time for Qingfenglou's own artists to perform.
An old gentleman came to the stage. He was a book reviewer, and the book he reviewed was the story of "The Romance of Spring and Autumn".
Zhang Qingfeng listened for a while and thought it was pretty good.
However, what is dramatic is that most of the audience who had been watching the drama of The Legend of the White Snake quickly dispersed after the old man commented on the Spring and Autumn Romance.
Only less than 100 people stayed in place to listen to storytelling.
Seeing this scene, Zhang Qingfeng became more confident in his drama The Legend of the White Snake.
If there are still so many audiences for the afternoon show, it will prove that the play is a success.
It's just that Zhang Qingfeng needs to attend the officially organized lantern festival in the afternoon, so he may not be able to see the next one with his own eyes.
At noon, Zhang Qingfeng got good news, that is, the owner of Qingfeng Building asked the kitchen to prepare delicious food for everyone in the theater troupe to eat for free, and the quality of the food was not inferior to the food Zhang Qingfeng paid for everyone to eat in the morning.
Zhang Qingfeng was naturally grateful for this.
In the afternoon, after Zhang Qingfeng told old man Liu about your precautions, he went to Qinghefang alone. He was going to attend the official lantern festival.
(End of this chapter)