![]() The high demands of the teacher made him doubt his own abilities for a time. "I had a very good relationship with the doorman, who would say to me, 'Keep practicing, just close the door when you leave.' Then I repeatedly practiced every movement and every skill taught by the teacher, every inner activity performance," Zhu recalled his day practicing all alone late at night at the National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts.ĭespite Zhu's success on the stage, he admitted that the Monkey King was a very challenging role. In his eyes, there is nothing special about him than his willingness to endure hardship. Zhu attributes today's success to good teachers, good platforms, and more importantly, his day-to-day efforts all along since he entered the profession. This is his first self-evaluation in his interview with CGTN. Not from a Peking Opera family, nor particularly gifted. If the bouquet at the curtain call is an affirmation for all the actors, Zhu has also received more romantic affirmations from young fans, which are normally naive questions such as: Can you teach me how to do the 72 transformations? (72 transformations is one of the Monkey King's magic powers.) Zhu Lingyu, the actor who got to play this important and beloved role received numerous rounds of applause during his performance. It may be hard for the audiences to imagine that the actor who vividly interprets Monkey King's cunning, naughty, greed, bravery, fearlessness, and a bit of arrogance on the stage, is a quiet and somewhat shy post-90s born young man. Adapted from earlier episodes of the 16th-century Chinese novel "Journey to the West", the famous repertory in traditional Peking Opera shows the audience the story of Sun Wukong, known as the Monkey King, who rebels against the Jade Emperor of heaven. "Uproar in Heaven" is the opening performance of the National Peking Opera Company for the year of the Tiger. As the sound of drums and gongs intensified, the protagonist of the drama, the Monkey King entered the stage surrounded by a group of little monkeys. The Mei Lanfang Theater was almost full during the Spring Festival holiday, the audience is staring at the stage rapt with attention.
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