The oldest genre of drama and the youngest playwrights gather in the ancient city of Quanzhou during this summer season. As a legacy of the Song and Yuan dynasties, Nanxi is once again attracting attention after years of silence... Apart from protection and inheritance, what other possibilities can Nanxi have? In the second year of the Southern Opera Exhibition, the "Sea Silk New Space" drama incubation plan was officially launched in Quanzhou. The Second Maritime Silk Road Quanzhou Drama Week and 2024 National Southern Opera Exhibition not only brought together renowned "post-60s" artists in the theater industry, but also gathered young "post-00s" creators. During the event, 21 theater troupes from 8 provinces brought 19 rare and historic opera genres to the audience, and organized numerous experts and scholars to participate in forums and discussions. The most innovative and dynamic sector among them is the "Haisi New Space" drama incubation program, which is the first incubation project in China with traditional Chinese opera art as its core element. Stills from the 2nd Maritime Silk Road Quanzhou Drama Week and 2024 National Southern Opera Exhibition. The organizer provides pictures of this plan, which aims to provide a broader creative platform for young theater professionals by exploring, cultivating, and incubating innovative forms of Chinese opera and opera element works. It aims to create an internationally influential "Quanzhou Opera" cultural IP, explore the diversity and possibilities of opera development, and assist in the creative transformation and innovative development of traditional opera. Since its launch in May, the "Haisi New Space" drama incubation program has received a total of 63 submissions from all over the country. In the end, six new works with traditional opera elements as the core, including "Two Ugly", "Mayfly Flower Picture · Painting God", "Not by the Plum and Willow 3.0", "Her XY Axis", "Zhiyi Studio", and "Doll · Machine", were successfully launched. During the third "World Heritage Day" in Quanzhou, they stepped out of the traditional frame style stage and entered the new performing arts space, providing visitors and citizens with multiple exciting immersive performances, showcasing the talent and passion of young theater people. Stills from the 2nd Maritime Silk Road Quanzhou Drama Week and 2024 National Southern Opera Exhibition. At the "Haisi New Space" Drama Incubation Program Creative Exchange Meeting, Kaiying Network Supervisor Fu Lina expressed her expectations for young creators, saying, "Whether it's drama or traditional Chinese opera, good screenwriters are very important. To break through the boundaries of a work, one needs to think about means and paths, while not underestimating the audience." Zeng Jingping, a national first-class actress and inheritor of intangible cultural heritage at the Fujian Pear Garden Opera Inheritance Center, who is also a member of the Drama Incubation Program Jury, said, "We need to focus on the infinite possibilities of Chinese opera and absorb the essence of 'Chinese aesthetics' in Chinese opera." Fu Yixuan, Deputy Secretary of the Party Group and Secretary General of the China Drama Association, watched the entire exhibition of the incubation program. The creative vitality and enthusiasm of young people deeply impressed him. Encouragement. In his view, the 'Southern Opera Exhibition' respects tradition, delves deep into the history and roots of Southern Opera, and explores the humanistic spirit behind it, and makes innovative innovations based on this foundation. There are 348 traditional Chinese opera genres in China, and if music, dance, and various modern art forms are added, it will have infinite possibilities. I am very much looking forward to the beginning of innovation in opera, and I am also very much looking forward to breakthroughs in the industry. "Still from the" Second Maritime Silk Road Quanzhou Drama Week and 2024 National Southern Opera Exhibition ". Industry experts provided by the organizer pointed out that whether it is the Haisi Drama Exhibition where ancient opera genres and artists gather, or the incubation plan for young people to explore innovation, the "Nanxi Exhibition" activity adheres to the principle of "returning to the original and opening up new", which has found more possibilities for Chinese opera and Nanxi, and has found more diverse development paths for the preservation, inheritance, and development of ancient art. (New Society)