一九八一年七月,文化部召开的“农村题材优秀电影、戏剧创作座谈会”闭幕那天,河北省话剧院导演宋英杰以《张灯结彩》剧组代表的身份接过文化部颁发的奖状。他内心十分激动,往事一幕幕地萦绕在脑际……一年前,宋英杰初读《张灯结彩》剧本时,就感到剧中的生活是那样的熟悉而亲切。但这出戏决定排演后不久,便听到风言风语。有人说:“农村戏现在根本没人看。”有人说:“农村戏是别人扔掉的了,咱还拿来当宝贝!”于是,剧院有些同志信心不足了。那些天,宋英杰紧锁双眉,不停地想啊想,从《红旗谱》、《战洪图》想到《邢燕子》、《艳阳天》,同时又想到剧院已十几年没排演农村题材的戏了,难道剧院多年形成的风格再也不能恢复了吗?文艺工作者的社会责任感使他下定决心,面对风险也要闯,《张灯结彩》一定要排! In July 1981, Song Yingjie, director of Hebei Provincial Theater Theater, took the honorary title issued by the Ministry of Culture as the representative of the crew of the “Lantern Festival” on the closing day of the “Rural Forum of Excellent Film and Drama Creation” held by the Ministry of Culture. . His heart is very excited, the story lingering in the world ... ... A year ago, Song Yingjie first reading “lights” script, I feel the life of the play is so familiar and cordial. However, the play decided soon after rehearsal, they heard the rhetoric. Someone said: “There is no one at present in rural areas.” Someone said: “The rural drama was thrown away by others, and we used it as a treasure!” Thus, some comrades in the theater did not have enough confidence. Those days, Song Yingjie locked his eyebrows, keep thinking, think from the “red flag”, “War Hongtu” think of “Xing Yan Zi”, “sunny”, but also think of the theater has been rehearsal for more than a decade the countryside The theme of the play, is it the style of the theater formed for many years can no longer be restored it? The social responsibility of literary and artistic workers make him determined, in the face of risks have to break through,