"When an audience agrees with the artistic value of opera, he will take the first step of 'understanding', and how to take this key step is just difficult." Shen Tiemei, deputy to the National People's Congress, vice chairman of the China Drama Association and President of Chongqing Sichuan opera academy, said in an exclusive interview with reporters on the 2nd that cultivating young audiences of traditional opera should first establish "value identity". Shen Tiemei is a deputy to the 11th, 12th and 13th National People's Congress. As a representative inheritor of national intangible cultural heritage Sichuan Opera, she won the "plum blossom Award" at the age of 23. At present, she is the winner of "three plum blossoms" and the leader of contemporary Chinese Sichuan Opera. For the inheritance and promotion of Chinese traditional culture, the participation of "young people" has always been the focus of social attention. Taking the field of traditional opera as an example, there are more than 300 local operas in China, and the tendency of audience "aging" was once a worry in the industry. In her early years, Shen Tiemei also called on many public occasions that in order to make Sichuan Opera "live and catch fire", young people must take the initiative to enter the theater and feel the charm of opera performance at a close distance. "We should promote excellent traditional culture through all possibilities." Shen Tiemei said that Chongqing Sichuan opera academy has made efforts to "root" traditional culture among young people for nearly 20 years: Sichuan opera culture has entered the campus, urban opera tour, shooting Sichuan opera art films that can enter the cinema, and making "traditional and fashionable" derivatives of Sichuan Opera such as mobile phone shell and canvas bag... It is gratifying that, "There are really a lot of young people starting to go to Sichuan Opera and become fans of Sichuan Opera.". In July 2021, Chongqing Sichuan opera academy held a Sichuan Opera Music Concert for the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Academy, which was full. Shen Tiemei planned such novel links as the international song of Sichuan Opera version and Qi Liang, the four generations of Sichuan Opera "old, middle-aged and young". At that time, the reporter saw many young people at the scene, and even a 15-year-old boy specially came to the opera from Guangyuan, Sichuan. In Shen Tiemei's view, this proves that young people are not unable to accept traditional opera, but should change their one-sided impression of opera from "understanding", that is, "value identity". In recent years, Shen Tiemei has increasingly felt that society is entering a "fast-paced" era, like everything has become "fast". However, she believes that the cultivation of opera talents is not fast at any time. We should do it seriously and down-to-earth, otherwise it will violate the law of artistic development. "One minute on stage, ten years off stage", said Shen Tiemei, who joined Sichuan Opera at the age of 14. There is no shortcut to the path of art. Traditions such as "three nine in winter and three volts in summer" cannot be discarded. As a inheritor of traditional art, Shen Tiemei admitted that she is also "keeping pace with the times". For example, she has recently paid attention to the opportunities brought by the digital wave to traditional opera. The 2021 tiktok drama data report shows that as of November 2021, the total number of videos of the non heritage drama has been broadcast 60 billion times, and 2 billion 200 million times have been awarded the total. "Post-90s" and "post-00s" accounted for more than 50% of the audience. Shen Tiemei very much agrees that "the Internet is a good way of communication". She also stressed that the integrity and innovation of opera can not be cut off and fabricated out of thin air. We must keep our own DNA and grasp the relationship between inheritance and innovation. (outlook new era)