All over the world, wherever there are Chinese and overseas Chinese, there are People from Guangdong Province; there are Cantonese people who speak Cantonese dialect - Guangzhou dialect (also known as vernacular); there are Cantonese dialects in areas where Cantonese is spoken, there are Cantonese opera, Cantonese opera, Cantonese music activities, and even the Bahe Guild Hall.
1. Eight Harmony Hall, Hong Kong, China
In 1953, the Hong Kong Bahe Association was registered in Hong Kong on the basis of the Hong Kong Branch of the Guangdong Bahe Cantonese Opera Professional Trade Union (Bahe Association), and was organized as a group of Cantonese opera workers in Hong Kong. The first president of the new horse division Zeng. After the establishment of the Hong Kong Bahe Association, it successively established its subordinate institutions such as Pufu Hall (Cantonese Opera Musicians Association, that is, the Music Department of the Guild Hall), Shen He Tang (the Clan Affairs Department), Luan Youtang (also known as the Martial Arts Group), Hopewell Hall (costumes and props), and the Hong Kong Eight Harmony Cantonese Opera Academy.
Since the emergence of the Guangdong local drama class, it has close contacts with Hong Kong, just like one. As a Cantonese opera guild, Guangdong Bahe Guild has long taken into account and represented many affairs of its peers in the Cantonese opera industry in Hong Kong, and has been taken for granted. In 1953, in response to changes in the times, Hong Kong registered and established the Hong Kong Bahe Guild Hall, which became a group organization for local Cantonese opera workers, continued to perform guild duties, and independently handled relevant drama affairs. According to the late veteran class politician Huang Yan recalled: In the early 1950s, the Hong Kong Eight Harmony Association was conceived and established, and the new Horse Master proposed that the Cantonese opera community in Hong Kong should unite and carry forward the tradition and spirit of the Eight Harmony, and specially invited Fang Yanfen to invite all the celebrities to attend the meeting and organize the association in the local area. At that time, Fang Jie was supported by a wide audience in Hong Kong, and the elders also respected her attitude towards people and things; when Fang Jie dai Xiang Ge lobbied, many famous people such as the fifth brother Xue Juexian, the eldest brother Ma Shi Zeng and Ouyang Jian, Ban Ri'an, Liang Cibo, Ren Jianhui, Bai Xuexian, Yu Lizhen, etc. all responded and came to Fang Jie's house for a meeting to discuss and decide on the establishment of the Hong Kong Eight Harmony Guild Hall. Sister Fong also generously donated a residential unit on Po Lan Street, Mong Kok, Kowloon, Hong Kong, as the permanent site of the Hong Kong Ba Wo Association. Huang Yan believes that Fang Jie is the "hero" of the founding of the Hong Kong Eight Harmony Association. In anticipation, Fang Yanfen was elected as the permanent honorary president of the Hong Kong Bahe Association, and in April 1992, the "Fang Yan Fen Hall" was established in the Hong Kong Bahe Association. The successive presidents (chairmen) of the Hong Kong Eight Harmony Association are: New Ma Shi Zeng, Kwan Tak Sing, Ho Fei Fan, Leung Shing Po, Ma Ping Wing, Huang Yan, Kwan Hai Shan, Ma Guo chao, Wang Ming Tsuen and Chen Jiansheng. In 2007, Wang Mingquan was re-elected as the 33rd Chairman, with about 1,000 members. Over the past 50 years, Hong Kong Bahe Association has done a lot of useful work in inheriting the tradition of Cantonese opera, updating artistic performance techniques to expand new audiences, cultivating a new generation of successors, and communicating and connecting with peers in the Cantonese opera industry at home and abroad, which has been recognized, supported and praised.
The fourth council member of the Hong Kong Bahe Association was inaugurated
In 1996, Ms. Wang Mingquan (sixth from left), a famous Hong Kong artist and chairman of the Hong Kong Eight Harmony Association, went to Guangzhou to take a group photo with the head of the Guangdong Provincial Cantonese Opera Eight Harmony Association
2. Eight Harmony Hall, Macao, China
The Macao Bahe Association (hereinafter referred to as the Macao Bahe Association) was established in 2001 with the approval of the Macao SAR Government. Since its establishment, Macao Bahe Association has actively fought for the welfare, rights and social security of old artists, promoted Cantonese opera and opera art activities, achieved great results, and increasing its membership, and gradually became a mass art group with certain influence in Macao.
In November 2007, in order to celebrate the eighth anniversary of Macao's return to the motherland and the sixth anniversary of the establishment of the Association, the Macau Bahe Association held a quyi he Shengping evening. Xiao Shenying, I Ziqiang, Guan Xin, vice chairmen of the Guangdong Bahe Association, and Chen Xiangxiong, secretary general of the Guangdong Bahe Association, made a special trip to Macao to congratulate him and presented a monument engraved with the words "Eight Parties Peace Conference, Revitalization of Cantonese Opera". Xiao Shenying, vice chairman of Guangdong Bahe Guild Hall and famous Cantonese opera performance artist, joined hands with Guangdong Huadan Cen Haiyan and Macao singers to join the stage to help entertain.
It is understood that there are more than 100 registered mass music clubs and music art institutions in Macao, just as Wang Jianxun, president of the Cantonese Opera cantonese opera society in Guangzhou, said: "According to the proportion of population, the Macao Opera And Art Organization is the largest in the world's Chinese society. Cantonese opera cantonese opera has such a broad mass base that it is worth being proud of.
3. Singapore Eight Harmony Hall
In the seventh year of xianfeng in the Qing Dynasty (1857), Cantonese artists established the "Liyuantang" in Singapore, an institution of theatrical nature. The first prime minister is Yang Mu, and the assistant (general affairs) is Daifuku, and the meeting site is at No. 58, Dapo Tofu Street. According to the official statistics of Singapore in 1881, there were 240 actors in Singapore, of which Cantonese artists accounted for the majority (1). In the 26th year of Guangxu (1900), when the British government explicitly ordered all the associations in the local and subordinate colonies around the world to be re-registered, singapore was a British colony at that time, and naturally there was no exception. Because of China
Guangzhou Cantonese opera industry has long established the Bahe Guild Hall, and the "Liyuan Hall" was renamed "Nanyang Bahe Guild Hall" and moved to the former site of nantian restaurant. The museum is responsible for managing the performance affairs and the welfare of artists in professional Cantonese opera classes in Singapore, Malaya and Indonesia.
In September 2007, Lu Boqiang, Chairman of The Macau Bahe Association, and Wong Wai Ran, Vice Chairman of the Macao Bahe Association, visited the Guangdong Bahe Association.
Front row from left : Guan Xin, Lu Boqiang, Guo Yingwei, Cui Songming ; Back row from left : I strengthen Cai Chaomin Huang Huiran Chen Xiangxiong
In the 32nd year of Guangxu (1906), Ho Tai Shen was appointed As The Prime Minister of the Eight Harmony Guild of Singapore, With Huang Xi as Vice Premier and Yuan Di and Bao Liang as associates. The venue was moved to the third floor of 40 Jining Street (i.e. Croce Street). In the 26th year of the Republic of China (1937), nanyang yawa guildhall revised its statutes, and the chief and vice premiers were changed to the vice presidents, and the assistants were changed to general affairs. During World War II, the Japanese army captured Singapore, and the Hachiwa Kaikan was forced to suspend all meetings. In 1945, Japan surrendered, Singapore was restored, and the Hachiwa Kaikan was revived to redevelop its services. After Singapore's independence in 1965, it was renamed as Singapore Bahe Association, and its management area was limited to Singapore. The venue is now on the second floor of 20 Cha Tin Street, Singapore.
In addition to daily affairs, Singapore Bahe Association also regularly organizes performances such as commemorations, celebrations, disaster relief, fundraising, tomb sweeping, ancestor worship and other activities. The guild hall enshrines the statue of Hua Guang, and Cantonese opera artists who perform here from other places or in the past must visit and incense, and the museum has always been prosperous and plays a very good role in the development of Cantonese opera in the local area.
During the 20th century, he served as prime minister or chairman of the Singapore Eight Harmony Association, including He DaShen, Huang Xi, Xinsheng Ghost Chang, Mo Jingqiu, Li Zhicheng, Shao Bojun, Mak Shaohui and others. The current chairman is Hu Guixin.
Ms Hu Guixin is a well-known artist, excellent Cantonese opera actor, teacher and director in Singapore, as well as the artistic director of Dunhuang Opera House. In 1973, Hu Guixin pioneered the use of English subtitles to assist English-educated audiences to enjoy Cantonese opera and actively disseminate traditional Chinese culture. In addition to promoting Cantonese opera, she is also actively committed to social work, having been awarded the Public Service Star (BBM) by the President of Singapore and the Cultural Award (Singapore) by the Ministry of Culture
The Poe government has bestowed the highest honor on cultural and artistic workers). In October 1998, Hu Guixin was named a Justice of the Peace, the first artist in the Cantonese opera industry in Singapore to receive this award.
Ms. Hu Guixin has led Dunhuang Opera Workshop to 23 countries and regions on five continents, participating in a number of international arts events, including the 1990, 1996 and 2004 China Yangcheng International Cantonese Opera Festival, Tokyo International Drama Festival, Guangdong International Arts Festival and European International Cantonese Opera Festival. In 2002, Ms. Hu Guixin was invited to perform "Wu Zetian" at the Shanghai International Arts Festival, which received praise.
4. Malaysia Bahe Association
Malaysia West Asia Bahe Hall in the bustling area of Gellungpo, the capital of Malaysia, the venue is: 12AJalanBrunei Utara, Off Jalan Pudu, 55100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Malaysia Bahe Association (603) 21482382 (CO) 603-42918324/016-2193668 Malaysia Bahe Association is a registered Cantonese opera guild organization in the country. It was approved for registration and preparations began in 1965 and was officially established in 1968. The initiators are Yu Houqi, Cai Jinqiu, Zi Lingxiao, Cai Yanxiang and so on.
At the inaugural meeting of The Bahe Association of Malaysia on 12 May 1968, Cantonese opera performers from Hong Kong and Singapore came to congratulate Chen Yantang, Lai Ka Po, Hong Xia Nu, Wong Chao Fung, etc., and participated in the celebration performances with local artists. Since then, the Malaysia Bahe Association has held Cantonese opera and Cantonese opera performance evenings in activities such as the birthday of Hua GuangXian and public welfare charity fundraising every year. At the same time, in order to cultivate successor talents, Cantonese opera and Cantonese opera training activities are held from time to time.
In November 1992, at the invitation of the Guangdong International Art Exchange Center and the Cantonese Opera Research Center of China, the association and its members formed the "Malay Cantonese Opera Visiting Sui Performance Troupe" in the name of the Malaysian Chinese Cultural Association and the Malaysian Cantonese Opera Art Center to visit Guangzhou, and performed plays such as "Wang Yanzhang's Support", "Lotus Lotus", "Bowing arrows and knots", "Whipping the Net Towel", "The Ruthless Sword has a Loving Sky", "Green Blood Writes Spring and Autumn", and visited the Guangdong Cantonese Opera Theatre and the Guangdong Cantonese Opera School.
In June 2005, Chen Xiangxiong, secretary general of guangdong Bahe Association, and his wife Cai Lannu (Cantonese opera actress) were invited to visit Bahe Association in Malaysia to meet with Chairman Tsang Chi Wai, and the guests and hosts spoke eagerly. Chairman Zeng Zhiwei said that Guangdong Bahe Association is our mother association, and we hope to strengthen ties with each other and have close exchanges. The museum also donated RM1,000 to sponsor the publication of the "Special Edition of the Celebration of the Eight Harmony Hall". Chairman Tsang Chi Wai said that the Malaysia Bahe Association, like Singapore, has a history of more than 100 years. The museum currently has 80 members, most of whom are studied under the famous Cantonese opera master Gui Mingyang and are descendants of the Gui sect. Chen Xiangxiong conveyed the greetings and thanks of Wu Guohua, chairman of guangdong Bahe Association, Zeng Xiuqin, Xiao Shenying, Liang Yurong, and others to their Malaysian colleagues, and welcomed them to have the opportunity to gather at Guangdong Bahe Association to express their feelings and express their feelings.
Those who have successively served as the chairman of the Bahe Association of Malaysia are: Yu Houqi, Cai Jinqiu, Cai Yanxiang, Chen Jinshun, Zeng Zhiwei, Sima Wenlang and so on.
5. Bahe Guild Hall, New York (US East), USA
In 1989, under the initiative and support of Mr. Huang Yan, Chairman of the Eight Harmony Association of Hong Kong, Lu Haitian, a senior Cantonese opera veteran living in the Eastern United States, Mr. and Mrs. Tan Xiuzhen, and Ms. Gu Qingfeng went all out to contact like-minded artists Li Qifeng, Chen Yanming, Yu Feng, Huang Changchang, and mr. Liu Yunan, a friendly businessman in the business community, Mr. Pan Hongchao, Ms. Xue Zhang Deyi (Xue Juexian's widow), Ms. Kwan Lee Kit-chung, Ms. Pan Ailian, And Si Tu Qi, etc., to contribute money and contribute, after several hardships. Preparations for the establishment of the New York Eight Harmony Association finally came true, and people in the industry felt extremely pleased.
The constitution of the New York Bahe Association stipulates that the Association is "an organization of Cantonese opera circles in the United States" and a "non-profit-making organization"; its purpose is to "connect feelings, study Cantonese opera art, enhance theater knowledge, and carry forward the spirit of mutual assistance" and "organize various Cantonese opera performance activities, unite drama and opera groups, achieve the purpose of Chinese and Western art exchanges, and contribute to the prosperity of community cultural and entertainment life". It also stipulates that "all those who are engaged in the Cantonese opera and Cantonese opera industry, have good conduct, and voluntarily apply to join" and "amateur Cantonese opera and ququ art groups, have a special hobby for Cantonese opera and have a certain level" can become members of the Association.
Since its establishment, New York Bahe Association has adhered to its consistent purpose of prospering community cultural life, contacting people from all walks of life, carrying out artistic exchanges, promoting and promoting the art of Cantonese opera, holding voluntary Cantonese opera basic training, disaster relief fundraising, and respecting the elderly. Among them, "Commemorating the Birthday of Hua Guang's Ancestor And Raising Fund", the 10th, 16th and 18th Anniversaries of the Establishment of the New York Eight Harmony Guild Hall, and the large-scale performance activities such as the Grand Performance of Gratitude and Respect for the Elderly have a great influence, and have performed dramas such as "The Record of Purple Noodles", "Yan Gui Ren Did Not Return", "Zhang Tai Liu", "Fan Li Xian Xi Shi", "White Dragon Guan", "Lion Roar", "Guan Gong Yue Under the Sable Cicada", "Yi Shui Send Jing Ke" and other dramas. At each major event, The Eight And Disciples went all out to cooperate sincerely, overcoming many difficulties and achieving gratifying results, and were recognized and welcomed by the community.
Tan Xiuzhen, the first chairman of the New York Eight Harmony Association, she loved Cantonese opera since she was a child, entered the industry at the age of 12, and was appreciated by Bai Yutang's predecessors as Hua Dan 4 years later, and has cooperated with Guan Dexing, Chen Jintang, Ma Shizeng, Luo Jiaquan, Che Xiuying and so on. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, he formed the Sun Moon Star Theater Troupe and performed with Lu Haitian for 12 years. She moved to the United States in 1957 and fully advocated the establishment of the New York Eight Harmony Association, and was elected as the first president and permanent president.
Gu Qingfeng studied art with the famous Xiaowu Gu Tianwu since childhood, and later received the guidance of Deng Biyun in many ways, successively serving as an anti-string martial artist, a small student, and a yiwen Yiwu, and later adopted as a righteous daughter by Chen Jintang and his wife, who taught by example and made art to a higher level.
After moving to the United States, he engaged in business, enthusiastically participated in the founding of the New York Eight Harmony Association, and was elected as the second and third president and permanent president of the association.
Luo Jianxiong, the eighth chairman of the New York Eight Harmony Association, Luo Bier and Deng Haoxiong, vice chairmen, and Luo Bier, the ninth president.
Founder and director of the New York Eight Harmony Association
6. San Francisco (West Of America) Eight Harmony Hall
Founded in 1990, the first chairman of the Club was the predecessor of Cantonese opera, Huang Chaowu, who was known as the "Wenwu Taidou", and the vice chairmen Li Qian and Chen Yannong. Huang Chaowu proposed to the disciples of Bahe, "Think of the source of drinking water, and never forget the original" as the code of conduct for the Meixi Bahe Guild Hall.
According to historical records, as early as the middle of the 19th century, a large number of Guangdong nationals came to California to act as gold mine coolies or participate in the construction of railways. Most of them live in the Area of San Francisco's Chinatown, known as "San Francisco", and then Cantonese opera classes have come to perform, and watching drama has become the only cultural and recreational activity in the Chinese artificial surplus here. At that time, the Cantonese opera class artists were proud to be able to perform in "Jinshan", and after returning to China, they all named their stage names with the word "Jinshan", such as: Jinshanhe, Jinshanzhen, Jinshanbing and other talents appeared in the art world. At the end of the 1930s, the Shengshou Nian class led by Liang Shaojia and Liang Cibo came to the United States to perform, and toured Honolulu, San Francisco, New York and other places respectively, which lasted for three and a half years, and became a good story in the Art Circle of Shenzhou.
Before and after the founding of New China, for certain political reasons, the United States did not issue opera visas, and overseas Chinese had no intention of watching the drama, and for a considerable period of time Chinatown stopped performing Cantonese opera. In 1952, the Great China Theater in San Francisco Hired Wen Wusheng Chong TianFeng from Hong Kong to shoot performances such as Liu Mei Hua Dan Ying Liming, Wen Hua Mei, Suzhou Li and other performances, and performed in San Francisco for more than a year. In the following years, the opera art group performed in the United States for eight days a month, and also did opera celebrations and congratulations for local Chinese. In 1957, in order to unite the industry and gather friendship, these artists urgently needed a place to worship Master HuaGuang, so they raised funds to rent a venue in Chinatown as a venue for networking activities. The venue is located at JASOM COURT, which is known as "Thirteen and a Half". The first members are: He Yinglian, Suzhou Li, Peony Su, Wen Huamei, Huang Chaowu, Zhou Kunling and dozens of other people, "Thirteen and a Half" naturally became a guild of San Francisco drama people gathering.
With the gradual improvement of Sino-US relations, Guangdong Cantonese opera groups have been increasingly performing in the United States, and overseas Chinese audiences have greatly appreciated their skills. After China's reform and opening up, the famous Cantonese opera actors Lin Xiaoqun and Bai Chaohong in Guangzhou, and The Hong Kong red lingers Lin Shaofen and Yan Haitang moved to San Francisco, USA, injecting new elements and vitality into the local art scene and creating a new scene for Cantonese opera in Chinatown. With their artistic charm, they have attracted a group of Cantonese art lovers, and have a wide influence on the Chinese community in San Francisco through different ways to teach and promote Cantonese opera.
In 1989, the lease of "Thirteen and a Half" expired, and colleagues in the industry wanted a permanent place to worship Master Huaguang, and there was a fixed organization for artists, so they negotiated the establishment of the Eight Harmony Guild. Soon, a basement was found in SACRAMETO as a new meeting place. In 1990, with the recognition and support of the Hong Kong Eight Harmony Association, the American West Eight Harmony Association was officially established, and the disciples of the Eight Harmony were mobilized to perform a grand performance to celebrate the birthday of Hua Guang's ancestors, which shocked San Francisco and made a good name.
Past Presidents of the Meixi Eight Harmony Association: Huang Chaowu, Jin Long, Li Qian, Zhang Wuliu, Bai Chaohong, He Jianyi, He Yingheng, Huang Zhiming, Hu Meimei, Su Jiemei, Bai Chaohong.
In 2004, the San Francisco City Supervisory Board of the United States presented a certificate of honor to Huang Zhiming, then chairman of the American West Eight Harmony Association, as a reward.
In 1990, the Meixi Hachiwa Kaikan Grand Parade was established
This was awarded by the San Francisco City Government in 2004 to Huang Zhi, Chairman of the San Francisco (West Of America) Hachiwa Association
Ming's certificate of honor. Wong Chi Ming is a descendant of Ma Shi Zeng, a national first-class actor in Cantonese opera, who later moved to the United States.
7. New Zealand Eight Harmony Hall
On November 4, 2011, the New Zealand Eight Harmony Association held its inaugural celebration and grand Cantonese opera performance at the Sky Theatre in Auckland, New Zealand, and was invited to attend: I Ziqiang, Vice Chairman of Guangdong Eight Harmony Association, Guo Quan, Director and Director of Publicity Department, Ding Fan, President of Guangdong Cantonese Theatre, Jiang Wenduan, Deputy Head of the First Troupe of Guangdong Cantonese Theatre and Director of the Arts Committee, and 27 people were invited to attend, and Hong Kong Eight Harmony Association also sent representatives to congratulate.
Mr. Chen Yizhu, President of New Zealand Eight Harmony Association, is a Chinese who is enthusiastic about Cantonese opera, and he often gathers with a group of Chinese who love Cantonese opera in New Zealand to exchange experiences in learning Cantonese opera, organize Cantonese opera concerts, participate in fundraising activities of charity groups, and win local Chinese and social praise.
On behalf of Guangdong Bahe Guild Hall, I read a congratulatory message to the conference: "Eight Parties Harmony, Prosperity of Cantonese Opera". Liao Juhua, Consul General of the People's Republic of China in Auckland, extended warm congratulations to the New Zealand Eight Harmony Association, praising "New Zealand Cantonese opera lovers for actively holding Cantonese opera cultural exchanges, providing a good platform for the New Zealand Chinese Community to interact and make friends, and contributing to the promotion of Chinese culture and the development of New Zealand's multiculturalism.".
President Chen Yizhu expressed his hope that in the future, he would have close contact with the Local Eight Harmony Associations to promote the exchange of Cantonese opera and Cantonese opera art, and hoped to set up Branch of the Eight Harmony Association in other cities in New Zealand to transmit Cantonese opera to every corner where Chinese people live. Mr. Chen Xiazhu was originally a percussionist (gong) of a cantonese opera troupe in Guangzhou, and can sing, flat throat, family origin, his father Chen Xin is a famous percussionist (gong) of Guangdong Cantonese Theatre.
8. Canadian Overseas Communications Office of The Hong Kong Bahe Association
The Hong Kong Eight Harmony Association has an Overseas Communications Office in Canada, namely the Zhenhuasheng Art Research Society in Vancouver, Canada.
地址：434 Cloumbia Street，Vancouver，B.C. V6A 2R8，Canada.
Vancouver, Canada Vibration Art Research Society 604-6849681(CO)
Chairman Leung Shau Kee 604-7810603 George Leung (According to Hachiwa Association of Hong Kong)
Canada has a considerable number of Cantonese-speaking Chinese and overseas Chinese, Cantonese opera, Cantonese opera, Cantonese music professionals from Guangdong, Hong Kong, Macao and other places, as well as a large number of Amateur Cantonese opera enthusiasts and enthusiasts. For more than 20 years, these people who persistently pursue Chinese cultural traditions have successively held art training institutes and various types of music clubs and music groups in Vancouver, Toronto and other places, bringing together people with lofty ideals, enlivening overseas Chinese life, exchanging ideas, popularizing and promoting traditional Chinese culture, and making extremely valuable contributions.
Founded in the 1990s by the daughter of the famous Cantonese opera actor Bai Jurong, The "Bai Xue Mei Cantonese Opera Arts Academy" in Vancouver has trained more than 300 Cantonese opera, Cantonese opera and musical talents and performed more than 100 performances. The college has purchased a new site of a certain scale, and the teaching equipment is readily available, which can be called the "strange" of Lingnan culture in the exotic land.
"Lai Pei Yee Art Academy" in Card City, Canada. Originally an actor in the Guangdong Music And Music Troupe, after immigrating to Kacheng, Canada, Lai Pei-yi founded the "Lai Pei-yee Art Academy" in 1993, trained a group of students, held dozens of different types of performances in Kacheng, raised funds for the Kacheng Park Foundation, performed at Kacheng University, performed for the Millennium Charity Performance of Kacheng Chinese Cultural Center, etc., bringing Chinese Cantonese opera culture into the mainstream society in Canada. A Hong Kong immigrant heard Lai Pei-yee singing in Ka Cheng and said with emotion: "In the land of North America, the rhyme of Lingnan Water Town is still the same
So deep affection, provoking a wave of homesickness. ”
Commemorative album of the 9th European Cantonese Opera Festival
9. European Cantonese Opera Research Association Federation
Before the 1990s, Cantonese Cantonese opera was blank in Europe, known as the cradle of Western culture. A self-deprecating "silly old" Mr. Peng Yiwei, with a sense of enthusiasm and stupidity, founded the "French Cantonese Opera Society" in 1992, and then persuaded the British, Dutch, Belgian, German, Swiss and French Cantonese Opera Fan Alliance, and in 1994 founded the transnational organization "European Cantonese Opera Research Association Federation", which held a "European Cantonese Opera Show" in turn every year. The founder, Peng Yiwei, was elected as the president of the federation by the conference. In 1996, the European Cantonese Opera Association, led by Mr. Feilong, a former mayor of Paris and a French friend, led 60 members of the European Cantonese Opera Troupe to guangzhou to participate in the "Yangcheng International Cantonese Opera Festival", causing a sensation. Singapore Dunhuang Opera House Cantonese Opera Troupe, China Guangzhou, Hong Kong, the United States, Canada, Australia and other Cantonese opera professionals and ticket holders have participated in the annual activities of the European Cantonese Opera Association, so that the "European Cantonese Opera Show" in just a few years, from Europe to the international stage, has become a well-known large-scale event in the world amateur Cantonese opera industry.
President of the European Cantonese Opera Research Association Federation: Peng Yiwei
Honorary President Forever: Fei Long (former Mayor of Paris)
Honorary President: Huang Jiancheng Wen Juwu Chen Jingxian Deng Luming Deng Jinhua Luo Yongsen He Fuji Xu Jianmin
President of the Dutch Chapter: Ye Zhisan (secretary general of the association)
President of the UK Chapter: Liao Yingfan (and Chairman of the Supervisory Board)
President of the Swiss Chapter: Lin Shiyi
President of the German Chapter: Wen Xueying
President of the Belgian Chapter: Gan Jinghua
(1) Guangdong Dramatists Association compiled and printed the "Compilation of Cantonese Opera Materials", page 5.
(Source: Guangzhou Wenshi Network)