The "Art Garden Gathering Heroes -2025 National Excellent Young Art Talents (Opera, Martial Arts, Ugly Opera) Exhibition" was successfully held at the Meilanfang Grand Theater in Beijing recently. The purpose of this exhibition is to provide a high-level display platform for young theater workers and promote the emergence of theatrical art. The exhibition held a total of 4 performances, with 25 young actors from martial arts and ugly opera from all over the country gathered on the capital stage, presenting a wonderful audio-visual feast of opera art to the live audience and the vast number of online opera fans. It is reported that the Chinese Theatre Association adheres to the important task of "being a good person". Since 2022, it has successfully held three consecutive "Art Garden Gathering Heroes" exhibitions and performances in Beijing, providing a professional platform for 81 outstanding young talents in various fields such as opera martial arts, ugly opera, opera student and dan art, opera purification, and band leading. It is reported that the selection criteria for participating actors in this exhibition have been specially optimized, and stricter application standards have been proposed from three categories: basic conditions, professional conditions, and professional ethics conditions. Among them, it is particularly important that the applying actors have a passion for the theatrical arts, have a long-term commitment to the performance stage, possess sufficient performance time, performances, and professional abilities and rich experience in more plays and roles. There are a variety of operas in this show, including 15 operas, including Beijing Opera, Qin Opera Opera, Gaojia Opera, Kunqu Opera, Puju Opera, Jin Opera, Pingju Opera, Yangju Opera, Henan Opera, Taizhou Luantan Opera, Guangdong Han Opera, Wu Opera, Hebei Bangzi Opera, Quju Opera, Hunan Huagu Opera, etc. In the Peking Opera "Wugongling", the actors have distinctive costumes. After entering the stage, they use a set of dance routines to depict the characters' hidden movements, such as shaking their heads and kicking the ribbon, which are crisp and clean, adding to the stage's highlights; The Chai Fang Hui "is a classic comedy in Guangdong Han Opera that represents the art of ugly performance. The actors use a series of difficult movements on the high ladder, such as up, down, climbing, climbing, sliding, sliding, hooking, and falling, to fully express the comedic effect of the characters' panic and panic, allowing the audience to feel the chivalrous heart of the ordinary people in laughter; The solo performance "Ah Q Dream" in the traditional Chinese opera fully utilizes the techniques of jumping in and out, and one person playing multiple roles. Each actor presents different characters, genders, and professions in a formulaic and lifelike way, while borrowing forms such as Huizhou opera, harmonious opera, dance drama, and Quyi to enrich the stage presentation of the characters; The classic Peking Opera relies heavily on the martial arts play "Picking the Pulley", which requires actors to have steady steps, accurate handling of objects, and fierce attacks in techniques such as confrontation, opening fights, chain fights, and gathering large guns, thus demonstrating the character's fearless demeanor as a general, strong martial arts skills in killing enemies, and patriotic spirit of serving the country on the battlefield. This exhibition not only includes classic traditional plays such as Qin Opera's "Playing Casserole", Gaojia's "Bamboo Shoot River Wave", but also plays adapted from Pingju's "Visiting Rats during the Fifteenth Five Year Period" and Taizhou's Luan Tan's "Catching Sanlang Alive". These works not only demonstrate the ancient classical style and aesthetic ideal of Chinese opera, but also reflect the strong creativity and vitality of Chinese opera under the background of creative transformation and innovative development. Zhang Zhenxing from Zhejiang Taizhou Luantan Opera Troupe (performing the play "Capturing Sanlang" in Taizhou Luantan), Sun Jingpeng from Henan Monkey King Culture Media Co., Ltd. (performing the play "Monkey King" in Henan Opera), and Hu Junlong from Zhangjiakou Huamei Performing Arts Service Company (performing the play "Nao Tian Gong" in Shanxi Opera), as actors from three private opera troupes, also made outstanding appearances on the capital theater stage, showcasing the solid basic skills and exquisite unique skills of private theater workers. The unique interpretation of "drama two new" on excellent traditional Chinese culture and classic theater is also fully reflected. (New Society)