In the New Year of the Tiger in the Lunar Calendar, the Fujian Experimental Min Theater held the "Lantern Fujian Opera Evening" for the first time with the Federation of Canadian Fujian Associations. The picture shows the poster of the party. Photo courtesy of Fujian Experimental Min Theater
Fuzhou, 18 Feb (Xinhua) -- On 18 February, this reporter learned from the Fujian Experimental Min Theater that in order to promote the "Fu" culture in Fujian, under the careful guidance of the Fujian Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, the New Year of the Lunar New Year, the Fujian Experimental Min Theater for the first time joined hands with the Federation of Fujian Associations in Canada to hold the "Lantern And Fujian Opera Evening" to greet the Fujian villagers in Canada and overseas through a drama in their hometown to celebrate the New Year. Let the older generation of Fujian villagers recall the beautiful hometown sound, and let the younger generation of Fujian villagers understand the traditional drama of their hometown.
Stills of the traditional classic Fujian opera "Mei Yu Match". Photo courtesy of Fujian Experimental Min Theater
According to reports, the party was broadcast simultaneously on different media platforms such as APP at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time on February 15, on New Power Media 600 International Station, YOUTUBE Channel (xinflix media), new power official website (www.xinflix.com), and sent a New Year gift from hometown to Overseas Chinese of Fujian Chinese in Canada.
"Mei Yu Match" is a traditional classic preserved play of Fujian Experimental Min Theater, which is a "family drama". In 1918, Mr. Zheng Yishou, a Fujian opera titan with the reputation of "Fujian Mei Lanfang", premiered "Mei Yu Match", and he also became famous by playing the protagonist Su Zhenyu in the play, and at the same time, this play also made Li Mingyu, Guo Xizhu, Lin Ying and many other Famous Fujian opera artists. More than a hundred years have passed, this play has been passed down from seven generations of actors, and has been performed thousands of times so far, which has endured for a long time and is deeply loved by the audience. As a classic drama, "Mei Yu Match" has been selected for the "Audio-Visual" project of Chinese opera, the 2022 Talent Training Project of the National Arts Fund, and so on.
In this "Lantern Fujian Opera Evening", the theater presented the Canadian villagers with the "Mei Yu Match" starring the sixth generation of actors, and the lineup was strong. Starring Zhou Hong, a first-class actor, winner of the Wenhua Performance Award and the Chinese Drama Plum Blossom Award, and two "Plum Blossom Award" actors, Chen Qiong and Chen Hongxiang, they played their sister-in-law Shen Hongfang, sister-in-law Su Zhenyu, and Xu Jinmei, a scholar, respectively, and also gathered Zhu Shangen, a provincial-level non-hereditary heir of Fujian opera, and many outstanding Fujian opera actors such as first-class actors Ni Aimin and Xiao Cuiyun.
Zhou Hong, president of Fujian Experimental Min Theater, first-class actor, Wenhua Performance Award and winner of the Chinese Drama Plum Blossom Award, said that in addition to having profound artistic value on the stage of Fujian opera, the Evening Party also has special significance in the dissemination of overseas religious and folk culture, and at the same time, the evening party integrates Canada's multiculturalism to highlight cultural inheritance as the context, and the majority of overseas audiences and friends have a deep understanding of non-heritage Fujian opera, understand opera culture, and jointly disseminate Traditional Chinese culture in the process of enjoying Fujian opera together.
At present, more than 100,000 viewers have watched the party and received wide acclaim. (End)