我于1959年夏从武汉军区文工团转业到长阳,出任县歌舞剧团的首任团长,直到1981年春调宜昌地区歌舞剧团,在那里与土家人民共度了20几个春秋。今就忆之所及,历叙往事,以资存纪。并谨以前国家民委主任、全国政协副主席杨静仁为剧团的题词,作为本文的题目。长阳县歌舞剧团是1959年8月在县业余文艺宣传队的基础上组建而成。开始全团仅有10余人。不久,随着国家经济的好转,从省话剧团调来了一位导演,又在武汉吸收了几个社会青年,到1963年上半年发展到30多人, In the summer of 1959, I transferred from the Wuhan Military Area and Culture Art Troupe to Changyang where I acted as the first head of the County Song and Dance Troupe. Until the spring of 1981, I planned to spend a few spring and autumn with the Tujia people in the area. Now recalls the memory of the past narrative, in order to save the discipline. And Yang Jingren, former director of the State Ethnic Affairs Commission and vice chairman of the CPPCC National Committee, would like to inscribe the title for the troupe. Changyang County Song and Dance Troupe was established in August 1959 on the basis of amateur literary propaganda team in the county. The beginning of the entire group only 10 people. Soon, with the improvement of the national economy, a director was recruited from the Provincial Repertory Theater and several social youths were recruited in Wuhan. By the first half of 1963, the number grew to more than 30,