Nandu News Trainee Reporter Liu Jixian Intern Wang Yiting Correspondent Situ Yi On the evening of July 3, the cultural performance "The Four Seas Are Concentric and Imagining the Bay Area - The Second Guangdong, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwanese Youth Opera Night" was held at the Grand Theater of Zhongshan Cultural and Art Center Colorful performance. 1,300 people from all walks of life watched the performance, including more than 200 compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, overseas Chinese and returned overseas Chinese and their family members.
The artistic performance scene of "We are united in the world and imagine the Bay Area - The Second Guangdong, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwanese Youth Opera Night".
The performance kicked off with the familiar Guangdong music "Lion Dance" and "Ode to the Lychee". Cantonese opera, Teochew opera, Gezi opera, Kunqu opera and modern songs and other exciting performances came one after another. Young opera artists and young opera artists from Guangdong, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan and overseas Famous opera actors and actresses jointly presented a feast of audio-visual art, demonstrating the profoundness and unique charm of traditional Chinese opera art.
"I am very happy to participate in the opera night event this time." Huang Weini, an actor from Taipei Opera Ideas Workshop, brought the opera "Moon Worship Pavilion: Mistaken Recognition in the Rain". She said that there are many plays in the program that she likes very much. "Like the Cantonese operas "Emperor's Flowers" and "Zhao Zilong's Crossing the River", as well as the Kunqu opera "The Peony Pavilion: A Dream", Huang Weini said that she was very happy to be an audience tonight and enjoy the performances of other artists.
The cultural performance scene of "The Four Seas Concentric, Imagine the Bay Area - The Second Guangdong, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwanese Youth Opera Night".
"This is our first time coming to Zhongshan. I feel that the climate and environment in Zhongshan and Taiwan are very similar. It feels like I am back home. At the same time, I also feel the friendliness of Zhongshan!" 》Director Zhang Xunan, assistant professor of the Peking Opera Department of the Taiwan Academy of Drama, expressed the hope that the two places will have more exchanges in opera. "I am also an opera educator myself, and I hope that new creations can become the driving force and pusher for the advancement of traditional opera."
It is understood that actors from all over the country will also carry out a cultural gathering activity in Zhongshan City to experience Zhongshan's rich cultural heritage first-hand, using opera as a medium to build a new platform for young talents at home and abroad and cultural and artistic exchanges. They will also go to the Shenzhen-Zhong Passage to experience the convenience of being in the same city.
"It's very convenient!" Ren Danfeng, a performer in the Cantonese opera "Emperor's Flowers" said that she had an event in Hong Kong today. She came to Zhongshan through the newly opened Shenzhen-Zhongshan Channel after the performance. " It’s really fast, and I will be in Zhongshan soon! It will be very convenient for traveling or cultural exchanges in the future!” Ren Danfeng said that the opening of the Shenzhen-Zhongshan Channel has deepened the exchanges between Zhongshan and Hong Kong.
In recent years, Zhongshan has relied on the geographical advantages of the "9+2" city in the Greater Bay Area and the cultural advantages of the hometown of Guangdong opera culture to continuously expand the space for external exchanges of opera culture and explore new forms of exchange. For two consecutive years, we have held opera art exchange activities for youths from Guangdong, Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan to create an innovative cultural exchange brand for young talents from Guangdong, Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan.
