(Source: China Youth Daily 2025-07-16)
Stills of "Letter w88 casino games Home". Photo courtesy of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences University Student Art Troupe
Family letters are a form of conveying thoughts between family members. In the drama "Letter w88 casino games Home" directed and performed by students w88 casino games the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, this longing turned into a different kind of power and became a "walking ideological and political class."
Recently, the university tour of the original Chinese Academy of Social Sciences stage play "Letter from Home" kicked off at the w88 casino. "Letter from Home" is based on the true story of the revolutionary martyr Leng Shaonong. Through the air-distance dialogue between modern college student Fang Shaowen and Leng Shaonong, it vividly reproduces Leng Shaonong's heroic deeds of sacrificing his family for everyone and joining the revolution when the nation was in danger. In the process of getting close to Leng Shaonong, Fang Shaowen also gradually strengthened his ideals and beliefs. After graduation, he actively devoted himself to education and completed his personality growth.
“The feelings of family and country are the core qualities that every young person in the new era must possess, and “Letter from Home” perfectly interprets the relationship between the two.” said Ji Xiang, a 2024 economics major at the w88 casino. Leng Shaonong is from Weng'an, Guizhou. As a native of Guizhou, Jixiang was very interested in this drama. While watching, he was moved by the actors' full emotional performances.
"Mother, am I really unfaithful and unfilial..." When Leng Shaonong wrote the monologue home letter, Jixiang couldn't help but burst into tears. He believed that this sentence completely broke out the dramatic conflict between family affection and patriotism, and left a deep mark in his heart.
Zhang Shuhui, member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee and Vice President of the University of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, is also the screenwriter and chief planner of "Letter w88 casino games Home". He introduced that "Letters w88 casino games Home" was created in 2021. At that time, teachers and students w88 casino games the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences went to Weng'an, Guizhou to visit Leng Shaonong's former residence and started the creative process. On May 5, 2023, "Letter w88 casino games Home" officially premiered and has been performed 12 times so far.
“Drama is not only an effective carrier that can deeply explore and inherit mainstream culture, but also a more vivid, vivid and easier-to-disseminate form of ideological and political courses.” Zhang Shuhui said that this was one of the w88 casino’s original intentions for creating this stage play.
Selecting the starring role: the actor’s first contact with the character
Mou Siyuan is a 2024 undergraduate majoring in Internet and New Media at the University of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. He is also the actor who plays Leng Shaonong in the drama "Letter w88 casino games Home". He said, "Joining the Letters w88 casino games Home crew was an 'accidental necessity'."
The first time I was moved by "Letter from Home" came from an accidental conversation. Mou Siyuan got acquainted with Yin Tao, a 2024 master's student in Teaching Chinese to Speakers of Other Languages at the University of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, when he first entered w88 casino, and heard about his story with "Letter from Home". Yin Tao said that the reason why he chose to enter the University of Social Sciences for postgraduate entrance examination was because he was deeply moved after watching the w88 casino's first original stage play "Letter from Home". He wanted to tell this story to more people. To this end, he joined the crew and became the actor of the fourth generation Leng Shaonong. He also composed a song of the same name "Letter from Home".
The senior’s story aroused Mou Siyuan’s curiosity, and he searched for a video of a performance of “Letter w88 casino games Home” on Station B. "A letter w88 casino games home contains endless love and selfless feelings, and a love that is thicker than water." The first sentence of the play immersed him in the turbulent era of broken mountains and rivers and wars. It was as if he saw underground workers running on the tip of a knife and wandering in the dark night. He felt the embarrassment and helplessness of "every sentence in the letter to the family cannot tell the truth, but every sentence is the truth."
Mo Siyuan decided to join the crew of "Letter w88 casino games Home". What role will you play?
"Fang Shaowen, a college student who gradually became good at playing Leng Shaonong through the guidance of the director in the "play within a play" design. Yun Daiying, Leng Shaonong's comrade and revolutionary mentor, sacrificed his life first. In Yuhuatai. He Yingqin was w88 casino games the same hometown as Shaonong and was his teacher, but he was also an officer of the Kuomintang. He was Leng Shaonong's "unconventional enemy". All the characters were considered, except "Leng Shaonong". Mou Siyuan thought, "How could I, who was 19 years old and a novice with no knowledge of dialogue dramas, climb up to the leading role and play the role of a father with a wife and children and a righteous revolutionary martyr?" So, he only filled in the two roles of Fang Shaowen and Yun Daiying.
However, at the interview, the director asked Mou Siyuan to try Leng Shaonong's lines. "You should grow up early and prepare to take over my class." Remembering the encouragement given to him by his senior, Mou Siyuan gained a little more confidence and completed the audition.
Mou Siyuan said that looking back now, becoming the actor of Leng Shaonong was more of an "accident". Because I happened to see a new notification; because I happened to know a senior and was encouraged by him when I was hesitating; because I was impulsive after watching the performance video; because unexpectedly, the director let me try an additional role.
Of course, "accidental" also contains "inevitable". Perhaps it is because of Mou Siyuan’s accumulation of learning recitation and hosting since he was a child, perhaps because of his enthusiasm for student work, or perhaps because his father is also a soldier. The story of martyr Leng Shaonong evokes his childhood memories of being together less and less with his father, and reminds him of the teachings his father taught him since childhood. Mou Siyuan said that the moment he read the family letter, "my soul resonated with the martyr Leng Shaonong."
Also starring as Mou Siyuan is Liu Bingchen, a 2019 undergraduate at the University of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. He is the actor of the first generation Leng Shaonong. His performance has been affirmed by Leng Qizhong, a descendant of Leng Shaonong.
"This doll looks really similar to him..." When the crew was in Weng'an, Guizhou, Leng Qizhong came over specially, looked at Liu Bingchen at the dinner table, and sighed to his family.
It is this sigh that builds a bridge connecting the souls of Liu Bingchen between history and characters.
Standing in front of the statue of martyr Leng Shaonong, Liu Bingchen solemnly completed the party joining ceremony. Leng Qizhong personally put on the party member badge for him, which had a meaning beyond the ceremony and was a transmission of pure faith across time and space.
Leng Qizhong takes Liu Bingchen to visit Leng’s mother’s tomb. Leng Qizhong whispered: "Old Ancestor, this doll plays the role of Grandpa in Beijing. He is the first generation actor. I will bring him to see you." This deepest true love was imprinted in Liu Bingchen's heart. For Liu Bingchen, this journey is a soul tempering. It removes the filter of history and allows Liu Bingchen to truly touch the flesh-and-blood life of the drama's leading actor and the enduring and persevering affection behind it.
In fact, not only the two leading actors, but every actor in "Letter w88 casino games Home" has his or her own "connection" with the character.
Zhang Kangrou, a 2024 master's student in international politics at the University of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, plays Song Dehui, the mother of martyr Leng Shaonong. She chose this role because she wanted to experience "elderly life" and also hoped to pass the By playing the role of mother, she understands her parents better in reality; Wang Aoran, a 2024 undergraduate student majoring in Chinese language and literature who plays Fang Shaowen’s mother Yuan Yimei, follows Yuan Yimei’s identity as a teacher at a volunteer high w88 casino in Yunnan to establish a connection with the character. She once went to a mountain village in Hebei to teach in 2024, so she is "very familiar and affectionate" with the profession of teacher; many actors also said that they were attracted by the story of "Letter from Home" to sign up to participate, and everyone has their own original intention of joining the crew.
"In the process of creating campus cultural dramas, college students often need to dig out a large amount of relevant historical materials, and use the language of drama to tell the magnificent historical changes and depict the lives of characters in the turbulent years." Zhang Shuhui believes that modern young people are willing to accept the performance form of drama. While students are creating dramas and condensing the themes of dramas, the seeds of the righteousness of the family and the country and the national spirit will naturally take root in their hearts.
"Letter w88 casino games Home" will be performed over and over again on the stage
w88 casino games "newbies" to mature actors who can perform on stage, the actors of "Letter w88 casino games Home" have gone through a lot of hardships.
“Nearly a hundred script revisions, 12 performances, five generations of actors, two generations of creative staff, countless early rehearsals, late rehearsals, and series reviews...” This is the unforgettable memory of Zheng Lumin, the chief director of "Letter w88 casino games Home" and a 2022 undergraduate student majoring in Chinese language and literature at the University of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
Sang Zirui, a 2024 undergraduate majoring in Marxist theory at the University of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, deeply feels that drama performance is an art form that tests teamwork and trust. Actors not only have their own one-man show, but also interact with others and props, and must have the ability and mentality to face unexpected situations at any time. "In the process of these performances, we have a group of partners who can trust each other and work together. I feel very happy to be in such a group."
Zheng Lumin recalled that half an hour before the start of each performance, the crew would conduct a specific session. This also came w88 casino games the "good tradition" taught to everyone by the art consultant Wang Heming during the warm-up of the re-performance. Zheng Lumin remembers Wang Heming asking: "Think carefully, what do we, the crew of "Letter w88 casino games Home", want to bring to the audience? Express it in one word!" The actors' answers were different, "Letter w88 casino games Home!" They folded their palms together and shouted at the top of their lungs, "Come on."
Zheng Lumin likes the most "contemplative" moments. This is often the moment when actors encounter challenges or bottlenecks. The actors try and explore the "best expression" again and again; the stage design is combined and matched just for a moment of light and shadow; the prop director raises all the materials and manpower to plan a smooth scene change... Zheng Lumin believes that the highlight on the stage will always be better next time, but the blooming of this "next time" is the result of countless "study and grinding" moments off the stage.
Mou Siyuan said that the problem that still bothers him is walking. "I usually take big steps, but I can't take too big steps on stage. My hands will become stiff after taking small steps. I have never overcome this problem." As the leading actor, it is also a big challenge for Mou Siyuan to speak lines for more than an hour in total. The crew often rehearses until the early morning for major performance tasks. During the repeated performances, Mou Siyuan and many actors have formed muscle memory.
Zhang Kangrou believes that during the rehearsal, everyone changed w88 casino games being unfamiliar with each other to being good friends who talk about everything. She often felt uncomfortable when performing the "mother and son argument" scene in the second act with Mou Siyuan, and always felt like she was "speaking" "Talk Machine", she was unable to engage in scenes in the play, but she made progress under the guidance of the director; Wang Aoran recorded her lines 30 times the night before the performance in Guizhou. When the lines were completely familiar to her heart, she began to slowly understand the heart of a mother who was far away.
In Wang Aoran's view, Fang Shaowen and Leng Shaonong in "Letter w88 casino games Home" contrast each other. Song Dehui didn't understand Leng Shaonong who went out to make a living, and Fang Shaowen didn't understand Yuan Yimei who dedicated his life to the mountains. But with the passage of time, the bridge called "love" finally bridged the deep gap between the two generations. Song Dehui understood Leng Shaonong, and Fang Shaowen also understood Yuan Yimei. Love was handed over in the form of life to the people in the dark ages, to the children deep in the mountains, and then returned to their hands by their relatives, realizing the circle of love.
Find “yourself” in the role of experience
Behind the performance over and over again is the soul communication between the actor and the character, which also allows the actor to recognize the character w88 casino games the bottom of his heart and "enter" the character.
Wang Aoran recalled that after the first night of "Letter w88 casino games Home", all the cast and crew returned for the curtain call. The big screens on both sides flashed everyone's name, and everyone held hands and rushed to the stage to receive applause. "This is the moment when I really started to think about the 'meaning of the stage,' and it was also the moment when I finally found my love for the stage." Wang Aoran told reporters w88 casino games China Youth Daily and China Youth Daily that the stage of "Letter w88 casino games Home" was her first real drama stage. On the stage, she felt the integration between the actor and the character for the first time, and felt that the character she played was actually a flesh-and-blood person who was completely independent of her, with a history and life of her own. "This is closer to us and more educational than daily ideological and political courses."
Zhao Wantong, a 2023 undergraduate majoring in Chinese language and literature at the University of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, plays director Xu Anmeng in "Letter w88 casino games Home". Zhao Wantong originally thought that after so many rehearsals, he might be emotionally immune, but he was still moved when he immersed himself in Leng Shaonong's story during the official performance. "For example, I was really angry about the quarrel scene in Chapter 1. I couldn't bear to hide the news of Leng Shaonong's death in Chapter 6, and I really couldn't bear it when I went to visit Dehui and Xianzhen." Zhao Wantong told reporters w88 casino games China Youth Daily and China Youth Daily that this feeling of traveling through a hundred years of time and space and briefly entering another person's life is wonderful.
After the performance, Zhao Wantong deeply felt that teachers usually giving ideological and political classes are more like "objective indoctrination" and "telling stories", while the performance by the crew of "Letter w88 casino games Home" is more like "subjective exploration". Every rehearsal and every performance is a personal experience. This kind of experience is difficult for actors to bring through teaching, and it is also the happiness of being an actor.
Meng Yukun, a 2022 undergraduate majoring in Chinese language and literature at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, plays the revolutionary martyr Yun Daiying. He believes that "as soon as the stage lights turn on, I will take up my fighting position" and become a Yun Daiying who is ready to connect with comrades, but is wary of being discovered by the enemy, or must grit his teeth in a cage. In Meng Yukun's view, in a sense, this is a double "combat preparation." Every time before turning off the lights and going on stage, he would see the eyes of the comrades on the opposite side, including the comrades behind the scenes, such as the comrades on set and the actors. Their eyes showed that they were "always ready". That state of mind was very inspiring to Meng Yukun. This was also a way for him to draw strength w88 casino games his comrades.
Zhang Xiaofeng, deputy secretary of the Party Committee of the w88 casino, said that cultural products such as dramas are an important starting point for "educating people with culture and beauty". This "performance + ideological and political course" model uses stage art to reproduce the feelings of family and country, making cultural education both artistically appealing and ideologically penetrating. By allowing students to deeply participate in "writing, creating and performing", they are educated subtly in the process, deepening emotional resonance through role substitution, and guiding students to think about "big feelings" from "small incisions". This kind of immersive education can make the transmission of values both warm and deep.
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