我到桂林，不是旅游，而是拍攝《印象劉三姐》，揭示大型實(shí)景山水演出的成功秘訣。但是，我首先被這里的夢(mèng)幻如詩(shī)的山水深深地吸引住了，陶醉在優(yōu)美的自然風(fēng)光之中。
?“桂林山水甲天下，陽(yáng)朔山水甲桂林”， 的確如此，桂林山水是中國(guó)四大自然奇跡之一?！敖髑嗔_帶，山如碧玉簪”。我去的時(shí)節(jié)是春暖花開(kāi)季節(jié)，漓江兩岸平原菜花正黃，江水清澈碧綠，而一座座平地拔起的山峰，有的宛如平地忽然冒出來(lái)的大蘑菇，有的如平地鉆出來(lái)大竹筍，還有的好似從天外飛來(lái)的神女，身材修長(zhǎng)，亭亭玉立，含情脈脈。偶然見(jiàn)到幾峰相擁，宛如幾位神女們驚喜地簇?fù)碓谝黄痿骠嫫鹞?，玩耍在如?mèng)如幻的瑰麗山水之間。她們的裙琚多褶皺，被蔥綠的草木浸染之后，如煙如黛，像水墨染暈的部分，朦朧如畫(huà)，令人恍若步入了神話世界。而乘船游覽漓江，你會(huì)看到眾多的山峰姿態(tài)各異，形肖神似，比擬無(wú)窮；江水回環(huán)，蜿蜒如帶，山環(huán)水抱，山水相依，步移景異。我深深地陶醉其中，不知不覺(jué)便到了陽(yáng)朔。電影《劉三姐》里那迷人的旖旎風(fēng)光就在眼前、那動(dòng)聽(tīng)的壯族山歌伴隨著欸乃的槳聲，激蕩著我的情懷。游陽(yáng)朔，聽(tīng)壯歌，觀山水，領(lǐng)略到了詩(shī)意般的人間仙境。
唐代詩(shī)人沈彬詩(shī)云：“陶潛彭澤五株柳，潘岳河陽(yáng)一縣花。兩處怎比陽(yáng)朔好，碧蓮峰里住人家?！?清人康有為的《漓江雜詠》之一詩(shī)云：“拍拍青灘起鷺鷥，蕭蕭梳竹繞古池。漓江清絕誰(shuí)人領(lǐng)，入我扁舟一卷詩(shī)。”近代詩(shī)人吳邁（1935年作）“桂林山水甲天下，陽(yáng)朔堪稱甲桂林。群峰倒影山浮水，無(wú)水無(wú)山不入神”。而當(dāng)代詩(shī)人賀敬之在《桂林山水歌》中也盡情謳歌了桂林山水的美：“云中的神呵，霧中的仙，/神姿仙態(tài)桂林的山!/情一樣深呵，夢(mèng)一樣美，/如情似夢(mèng)漓江的水!”神姿仙態(tài)，如情似夢(mèng)，山環(huán)水繞，令人陶醉。詩(shī)句既抓住了桂林山水的自然特征，又富有浪漫主義的傳奇色彩。
?? 如今陽(yáng)朔最夢(mèng)幻如詩(shī)引人入勝的，則是《印象劉三姐》大型實(shí)景山水演出。《印象·劉三姐》把綿延兩公里多長(zhǎng)的漓江水域及方圓十余里的12座山峰為背景，構(gòu)成全世界最大的天然劇場(chǎng)。我國(guó)著名導(dǎo)演張藝謀出任總導(dǎo)演，國(guó)家一級(jí)編劇梅帥元任總策劃、制作人，以及兩位年輕導(dǎo)演--王潮歌、樊躍的加盟，創(chuàng)作出集漓江山水風(fēng)情、廣西少數(shù)民族文化的全世界第一部全新概念的"山水實(shí)景演出"。 將劉三姐的經(jīng)典山歌、廣西少數(shù)民族風(fēng)情、漓江漁火等多元素創(chuàng)新組合，不著痕跡地融入山水，還原于自然，力圖演繹天人合一的山水詩(shī)歌境界。
“唱山歌來(lái)~，這邊唱來(lái)，那邊和~”隨著優(yōu)美的山歌，身穿艷麗民族服裝的壯族少女站在竹排上，劃向了江心，演出就這樣開(kāi)始了。江岸左側(cè)依次出現(xiàn)一隊(duì)手執(zhí)斗笠的漁家小伙子，回應(yīng)著姑娘的各聲。筏上岸上，歌聲對(duì)答，情意綿綿。接著，幾艘小船上的姑娘和小伙子迅速地隨船劃向江心，表現(xiàn)了壯族少女向心愛(ài)的小伙子拋荷包的愛(ài)情場(chǎng)面。令人陶醉。
接著，無(wú)數(shù)條竹筏，像箭一樣飛馳在開(kāi)闊的江面上，來(lái)回穿梭，突然，每條船上幾個(gè)頭戴斗笠的小伙子，變魔術(shù)般地快速地扯起藏在水里的紅稠，一時(shí)間把整個(gè)江面變成紅彤彤的一片霞光。這里成了紅色的海洋，快樂(lè)的天堂！
音樂(lè)和燈光過(guò)渡著幾艘穿梭舞動(dòng)的筏子，遠(yuǎn)方的筏子上有幾個(gè)掛滿銀飾的盛裝美人在緩緩地變換對(duì)形；接著一隊(duì)浴女在左手邊的箋橋上飄然起舞；一葉扁舟上，一位翩躚的妙齡少女出現(xiàn)了，在聚光燈下，她走向銀月浮雕，她爬到了“月亮”之上，在銀牙月上翩然起舞，她穿著薄如蟬翼的衣裳，曼妙動(dòng)人。有人說(shuō)，舞蹈表現(xiàn)了美麗的少女在月光下洗浴的情景，少女?huà)尚叩能|體之美，只有月亮才看得清楚。而我認(rèn)為，舞蹈表現(xiàn)了仙女下凡，看到如此美麗的漓江水，仙女要洗一洗美妙的身子呢。。。。。。
演出的最后是在一片黑暗的停頓中，從遠(yuǎn)處緩緩飄出一個(gè)個(gè)亮晶晶的少女，她們身著民族服飾，整個(gè)人就像螢火蟲(chóng)一樣透著銀色的冷光。她們隨著音樂(lè)跳著緩慢的舞蹈，一個(gè)個(gè)熒光少女，組成了之字隊(duì)行，逶迤著向觀眾席飄來(lái)。隨著天籟般的低吟，龐大的隊(duì)伍緩緩舞動(dòng)，突然，熒光少女身上的發(fā)光燈神奇地消失了，少女們也消失在黑暗中，給人留下意猶未盡的魔幻般的藝術(shù)享受。。。。。。
然后，江面上只剩下點(diǎn)點(diǎn)漁火了。漁民載著滿船的收獲，慢慢地回家去了。
——這夢(mèng)幻如詩(shī)的神話世界，讓觀眾沉浸陶醉，久久不愿醒來(lái)，不愿離去。
??? 《印象劉三姐》大型實(shí)境山水演出，獲得巨大成功，使當(dāng)?shù)芈糜螛I(yè)空前火暴，也大量地安排了當(dāng)?shù)卮迕裨跇I(yè)余時(shí)間參加演出，使他們的收入豐厚，極大地改善了他們的生活。更重要的，人和使美麗的山水結(jié)合所蘊(yùn)涵的文化底蘊(yùn)帶給觀眾以震撼，使來(lái)自世界各地的旅游者大飽眼福，留連忘返。
“其實(shí)，奇妙的創(chuàng)造力，與藝術(shù)和美麗的山水結(jié)合在一起，再加上劉三姐、陽(yáng)朔的名氣和張藝謀的品牌效應(yīng)，就是成功的秘訣?！泵穾浽@樣告訴我。話雖簡(jiǎn)短，但一語(yǔ)中的，令人深思。
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The Scenery of Guilin Is as Illusive as Poetry
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I travel to Guilin to reveal the secret of “The Impression of Miss Liu SanjIe”, a large reality landscape performance, but I am also deeply attracted by the beauty of Guilin, which is as illusive as poetry. I became so intoxicated with the natural landscape that I didn’t want to go home.???
“Guilin’s scenery is the best in the world, and the scenery of Yangshuo the best in Guilin.” What the proverb says is true. Guilin scenery is one of the fantastic natural miracles of China as well as of the world. “The river is like a winding green belt, and the hills are like emerald hairpins.” The poem is vivid so as to catch the characters of Guilin. In the middle of spring I have an opportunity to visit Yangshuo and Guilin. The weather is warm and comfortable. On the banks of the River Li there are vast yellow cauliflowers, which are in full bloom. The water of the River Li is clean, but the hills stand up against the sky, isolated, as if they are some kind of huge mushroom or bamboo shoot that has suddenly been erected from the ground. Some of them like fairy maidens from their haven, slim and delicate, exuding tenderness and love. Some of them, linked together, look like fairies clustered around, dancing happily and playing in the dreamful and surpassingly beautiful landscape. Mist rises from the river and hides the green woods on the hills. As a result, it looks as if a veil is covering this wonderland, as if it is a hazy watercolour painting, as if I have entered an illusive and miraculous world. If you take a boat to appreciate the landscape along the River Li, you will see many peaks with different postures, shaped like human figures or animals, vividly and infinitely. The river loops along the winding river just like a belt—the mountain is surrounded with water. All landscapes are dependencies. The further you adventure, the more different views I look upon, and arrive at Yangshuo imperceptibly. The lovely scene in the film “Miss Liu Sanjie” falls before my eyes, and the beautiful Zhuang folk songs accompanying by the beat of the oar sound, makes me excited. In Yangshuo, listening to the songs and viewing the landscape, let me enjoy the poetic world and fairytale land very much.
On the River Li boat trip, you will read The Tang Dynasty poet Shen Bin's poem: "Five willows are planted by Tao Qian in Pengze county, flowers are all over the land of Panyue County. But the two historic resorts cannot be better than that of Yangshuo, where green lotus hill is someone’s home." The poet of the Qing Dynasty, Kang Youwei wrote a poem “Song of the River Li”: “The egrets are parting from the green beach, the ancient pool is surrounded by sparse and scattered bamboo. Who can enjoy the unique beautiful scenery of the River Li? A volume of poetry flies into my boat." The modern poet Wu Mai wrote a poem (in 1935): "Guilin scenery is the best in the world, Yangshuo the best in Guilin. The reflection of peaks is in the water, while every hill and stream is charming and attractive". Contemporary poet He Jingzhi wrote his best poem about the place, “The Song of Guilin Scenery”. In the poem he praises the scenery of Guilin passionately: "God in the clouds, fairies in the mist. Guilin hills are as beautiful as the Goddess’s posture. Feelings are as deep as love and as wonderful as those of dreams. The water of the River Li is just like how it appeared in my own dream!" Indeed the hills seem as mystical as the hills of a wonderland, the view is as elusive as the memory of a dream, the mountain’s reflection is inverted in the transparent clean water; all these things can make you intoxicated. So the verse captures the natural features of Guilin’s scenery and becomes a part of its romantic legend.
Now the most attractive, fascinating, and illusive view of Yangshuo should be from the performance of "Impression of Miss Liu Sanjie", a large-scale performance put on in the real surroundings. It makes the twelve-kilometre long river, dozen peaks the background, the hills, and the rivers the world's largest natural amphitheatre. With renowned Chinese director Zhang Yimou, and the first national screenwriter Mei Shuaiyuan holding the post of producer, two young directors Wang Chaoge and Pan Yue also join the crew to create the world's first mountain and water live performance of the River Li and the minority culture of Guangxi. Innovatively combining some classic folk songs from the film “Miss Liu Sanjie” with ethnic minority customs and many local elements, they obliquely mix all the things into the performance and, reduced by nature, try to deduce the harmony and poetry of the landscape.
"Singing folk songs; I am singing here, while there you are answering in harmony." With beautiful folk songs, a group of Zhuang girls, dressed in colourful costumes, come from the right bank, standing on a group of rafts, moving toward to the middle of the river. The performance begins. On the left bank, a team of young men each carrying a fishing hat, is singing loudly in response to the girls. On the rafts and the shore, young girls and boys are singing in an antiphonal style, lingering sentiments. A few of the boys row their boats toward the girls, a scene ensues where the boys make proposals to the girls, throwing purses to the girls they love. It is a wonderful performance, and makes me exhilarated.
Then, many rafts, like an arrow, fly to the river’s center, shuttling back and forth. Suddenly, the young boys, each wearing a straw hat and standing on boat, magically and quickly pull out huge red scarves, which are hidden under the water’s surface. For a time the whole river turns into a light red. It becomes a sea of red, a happy paradise!
The music and the lights change in the middle of the pause, while some beautiful girls on remote rafts dance slowly in dresses of silver. The rafts constantly change formation in the river. A team of girls wearing bathing clothes dance towards a wooden arch bridge in the dim light as if they are floating in the air. Soon a beautiful young girl on a small boat appears in the spotlight. She flies toward a huge sculpture, which is silver in colour and shaped like a moon. She climbs up to this moon and dances on its silver fang shape. Wearing thin bathing clothes, she looks luscious and appealing. Someone says the dance displays the scene of a beautiful maiden bathing in moonlight; her semi-nude body in such weak moonlight looks more charming and inspirational. I wonder to myself how fairy-like everything appears to her enchanted vision! She is as if a fairy, after seeing the beautiful River Li, who cannot help but wash herself in the clean water.
At the end of a play there is a pause in the dark, and then from a distance some bright figures appear, girls dressed in national costumes, except their whole bodies can emit light, a fluorescent flashing, as if they are fireflies dancing under the cold silver moonlight. Dancing to the beat of the music, the group of fluorescent adolescent girls manoeuvre themselves into a Z formation, meandering and floating towards the audience. Slowly, with the sounds of nature, the huge Z team approaches, but all of a sudden, all the fluorescence magically disappears, the girls vanishing into the darkness, leaving the audience wowed by the artistic joy.
All that is left are some small fishing boats on the surface of the river. These fishermen sing a happy tune about going home with a full cargo of harvest.
All the performances, lull the audience into a poetic dream or mythical world from which they seem to not want to wake from.
The large reality landscape performance of “Impression of Miss Liu Sanjie” consistently achieves a great success, not only promoting the unprecedentedly prosperous local tourist industry. It also offers a great number of employment positions for the local villagers who participate in the performance in their spare time, increasing their income and as a result their lives are greatly improved. The most important thing is that the beautiful landscape, implicated with culture broadens the outlook of the tourists who come from all over the world. They indulge in it and indeed do not want to go home.
The manager Mr. Mei Shuaiyuan told me: "The secret of the show’s success is the combination of wonderful artistic creativity and the beautiful landscape, the fame of Miss Liu Sanjie who is the legend of Yangshuo and also the brand effect of Zhang Yimou.". Although what he said is short, he made a point and left my thoughts stimulated.
