Liu Peiqi： Beijing culture has to be handed down from generation to generation.
Original title: Liu Peiqi: Beijing culture has to be passed down from generation to generation.
The urban family life drama "Shichahai" is being broadcast on CCTV 1. The drama is based on Shichahai Hutong, and tells the story of the life of a famous chef named Gongting Cuisine, who is trivial and full of fireworks for Tianyi family. Zhuang Weitian in the play is out of tune with the current living atmosphere. Liu Peiqi, the actor, said that what impressed him most in this play was Zhuang Weitian’s adherence to traditional culture, whether cooking or being a man. He hopes that through this drama about food, young people can learn more about Beijing’s humanities and regional culture and pass on the tradition of stressing rules and virtues.
Absorbed nutrition from young actors
Unlike before, when filming Beijing-style dramas, Zhuang Weitian was a famous chef who was "a descendant of Manchu court dishes, and the American President and French Counsellor all ate his dishes". Liu Peiqi revealed that he doesn’t cook at ordinary times, so this lesson is not easy to do. At the shooting scene, he can only consult the chef who cooks and make up for it temporarily. "We will take some time to understand the procedure of cooking this dish and ensure that the color and fragrance of the dish on the table are that kind of effect. In the process of filming, there will also be a chef to guide our professional movements, including knife work, plate setting, etc., all with on-site guidance. "
Shichahai is about food and inheritance. In the play, the traditional life of the older generation strolling in the park, playing Tai Chi and singing Beijing Opera is influenced by the new ideas of young people. While young people pursue fresh excitement, they are also moved by the virtue and ingenuity of the older generation. Several main characters sometimes collide with new and old ideas, while Guan Xiaotong, Leo and other young actors have always "praised" Liu Peiqi: "They are polite and polite, especially in artistic creation, which is really worth learning. Although I am an old actor, I have to learn nutrition from young children. This is a rare time and a very harmonious cooperation. "
Liu Peiqi said that he especially hoped that through this play, young children could learn more about Beijing and understand its culture. "Now that the Internet is developed, children’s vision is not limited to Beijing, but to a city in China. But the cultural heritage of Beijing has to be passed down from generation to generation, especially the children in Beijing. For example, Guan Xiaotong, who plays Xiaoxiao in our play, is a Beijing child and is deeply influenced by traditional culture. Why is she so polite and polite? Guan Xueceng, the master of Qin Shu, is her grandfather, and her family style is here. This thing is still very precious. "
Cherish "Xiu De is unknown, and goodness knows."
In Shichahai, the old couple, Zhuang Weitian and Aunt Jin, made candy from time to time, which made the audience very envious. Many netizens said that "Aunt Jin is Uncle Zhuang’s soft rib". In this regard, Liu Peiqi agrees, "Aunt Jin was born in Wangfu Gege, and grew up and lived in the same courtyard. He was so happy to climb high and marry Gege, and he felt that he was also a success in life." Gege is very cultured, proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and accurate in understanding things, so Zhuang Weitian has been immersed in love all his life. "Marriage is eternal with him. Being able to marry Aunt Jin is the happiness of his life. " Liu Peiqi said.
Liu Peiqi said that, like Zhuang Weitian, he is also very fond of joking in his life, and his life philosophy is to "run in the direction of happiness". In order to play the "old CP" in the play, Liu Peiqi specially set up many interesting bridges between the old couple during the performance: "For example, when I threw the orange peel on her painting case, she threw it back without lifting her head, just throwing it in Zhuang Weitian’s face. These little life details are all about expressing the feelings of the old couple."
In Liu Peiqi’s view, the role of Zhuang Weitian also has his shortcomings. For example, it is very traditional. Cooking skills are passed down from male to female, resulting in no successors. He even tampered with his son’s wishes and forced him to learn to cook in a technical secondary school. Just like what some netizens said, "feudal paternalism", he did not bow his head to apologize to the younger generation when he did something wrong, and he also opposed his daughter’s marrying a foreigner. But these "shortcomings" are precisely the core of the contradiction between Zhuang Weitian’s generation’s adherence to traditional culture and Shichahai’s drama. "An era has the cognition of an era, and Zhuang Weitian represents a traditional, universal and older generation concept."
What impressed Liu Peiqi most in this play was Zhuang Weitian’s adherence to traditional culture, whether cooking or being a man. "Virtue is greater than that of a gentleman, and virtue is greater than that of a villain. The traditional idea that no one in Xiu De sees it, and that there is a god who knows how to do good, is almost gone in this generation. In the future, our post-90 s and post-00 s will be the mainstay of society. Will this tradition be broken? This is one of my doubts. Therefore, when I interpret this character, I will try my best to show Zhuang Weitian’s urgent mood of inheriting cooking, as well as the standards of being a rule and virtue. " (Qiu Wei)