Chizhou Naxi Opera Village Park is a scenic spot full of Wu and Chu culture. It is the land of Naxi Opera, where people worship mountain witchcraft, which was also the belief of ancient people thousands of years ago. The internal structure of the park is absolutely beautiful and illusory. Below, I will share my trip to Naxi Opera Village with you.
Where is the Land of Naxi Opera located:
No. 140, East Lake South Road, Chizhou City, Anhui Province
A Trip to Naxi Opera Village:
“The people of Chu believe in witches and ghosts, and they serve the gods with song and dance.” Chizhou is located in the land of Wu and Chu, where Naxi Opera is prevalent, and there is an old saying that “There is no village without Naxi Opera”, which is also known as “Naxi Nest”.
I once read Yu Qiu’s prose about Naxi Opera, and I had a superficial understanding of it.
This time, I took the opportunity to visit Chizhou to give a lecture, and I took the time to visit the “Naxi Opera Village” park to admire a series of Naxi Opera sculptures and stones.
In the empty “Naxi Nest”, I truly felt that the people of southern Anhui were building a historical logic for me from ancient times to the present. In this corner on the bank of the Qiu Pu River, they danced, chanted, and I followed their movements and lyrics, sometimes bitter and sometimes sweet. In their unrestrained passion, I absorbed their bittersweetness, experienced their love, hatred, and resentment, and understood their sorrow and desolation…
For example, there is a play called “The Judge Leads the Little Ghost”, which satirizes the common belief in the world that doing good deeds brings immediate retribution, while doing evil brings luck. This made me feel that the story is playing the role of a moral court, using morality to judge the baseness of human nature, and allowing people to subtly understand the philosophy of good and evil.
Another play tells the story of villagers begging heaven to dispel drought and bring rain, and as a result, the gods actually “rain and dew nourish the seedlings, making them strong”.
Looking at the people in the story, sometimes smiling and shouting, sometimes sad and joyful, their makeup and masks have been solidified in these lifelike images. There is no self-pity or artificiality, but rather a guide for viewers to savor the bitterness and longing of our nation, thereby verifying our sense of belonging to the heights of civilization that we have reached today.
I wandered around and around in this “Naxi” nest, deeply moved by many touching stories. Although these stories are closely connected to a community called “Yu Xiu Men” behind me, the people in the stories seem to hide from the hustle and bustle of modern people, living in harmony with the birds and flowers around them.
They seem to have a sacred call and temptation for me, a simpleton, allowing me to immerse myself in their laughter, singing, and crying.
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