Carrying forward the true color of the scarf and showing the female style, on March 8, the "red turban" activity to find a new era was officially launched in Guangzhou. The event was jointly initiated by Guangdong Cantonese Theatre and Southern Metropolis Newspaper of Southern Press Media Group, aiming to find female representatives of the new era from all walks of life in the Greater Bay Area and show the style of women in the new era of the Greater Bay Area.
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Looking for the new era "red turban" exhibition women's style
Chinese women play an increasingly important role in promoting foreign economic construction, cultural exchanges and disseminating Oriental virtues. A century ago, rural women in the Sanshui region of Guangdong province crossed the sea to work on construction sites in Singapore, and they were called "red turbans" by the locals because they used red turbans as tooling to distinguish them from other ethnic groups in Guangdong who made a living here. As a weak group of Chinese people in Nanyang, they work together, are honest and trustworthy, bear hardships and stand hard work, engage in construction work without complaint, immerse themselves in the bottom of society and can use their own strength to participate in and integrate into the process of building a modern state in Singapore. Their obscure dedication stories have been written into Singapore's primary school textbooks; their image of conscientious labor has been permanently cast into statues of cities and museums; and their independent and self-respecting personality and life style are regarded as the "red turban spirit" of Chinese integration into the overseas world.
With its own grassroots strength, the "Red Turban" deeply shows the pioneering and enterprising national style of Chinese women, who have traveled to the vast space between China and overseas, rooted in the cultural environment of foreign countries, and won the respect of the international community with their words and deeds of adhering to Chinese culture, and have also made themselves a typical Chinese image that is respected and recognized by the world.
With the development of society, a large number of outstanding women have emerged in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, who are active in all walks of life, they are confident and enterprising, energetic and promising, and are the "red turbans" of the new era. In order to show the style of women in the new era, Guangdong Cantonese Theatre and Nanfang Metropolis Newspaper, a media group of Southern Newspapers, jointly launched the "Looking for the 'Red Turban' of the New Era" activity to find female representatives of the new era with the spirit of "red turban" in the Greater Bay Area and pay tribute to them.
On the day of the event, the search for the "red turban" posterity activity was launched at the same time. The activity carried forward the spirit of "red turban" through the narration of the descendants of the "red turban".
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In 2022, the national tour of Cantonese opera "Red Turban" was launched
On March 8th, spring and warm flowers brought good - Cantonese opera "Red Turban" performance week was officially launched, the first station was held at the Guangdong Cantonese Opera Art Center, inviting female representatives from all walks of life to watch the performance.
In 2020, the image of the "red turban" was put on the stage for the first time by the Guangdong Cantonese Theatre, guided by the Propaganda Department of the CPC Guangdong Provincial Committee and the Department of Culture and Tourism of Guangdong Province, jointly produced by the Guangdong Cantonese Theatre, the Propaganda Department of the FOSHAN Municipal CPC Committee, the Propaganda Department of the Sanshui District Committee of Foshan City, the Cultural, Guangdong, Tourism and Sports Bureau of Sanshui District, Foshan City, directed by Zhang Manjun, a national first-class director, a performing artist of the Chinese Drama Plum Blossom Award, and an expert with special allowances from the State Council, and a screenwriter by Mo Fei, a national first-class director, a winner of the Wenhua Award, the Plum Blossom Award, and the Magnolia Protagonist Award. National first-class actor Zeng Xiaomin led the starring role, combined with poetic choreography, so that the traditional story has a new expression, fully demonstrated the self-esteem, self-love, self-reliance, self-improvement, patriotism and love of the "red turban" spirit.
As an excellent work integrating spiritual energy, cultural connotation and artistic value, "Red Turban" won the "Repertoire Award", the highest award of the Guangdong Provincial Arts Festival, and was selected for the 50 outstanding stage art works jointly organized by the Central Propaganda Department, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the China Federation of Literature and Literature to perform in Beijing. He has toured 26 performances in Wuhan, Shanghai, Foshan, Zhuhai and other places, and has been recognized by well-known experts in the opera circles and critics inside and outside the province and loved by the audience.
Written by: Nandu reporter Li Chunhua
Photo: Courtesy of Guangdong Cantonese Theatre