"Cantonese opera 'Red Turban' is very poetic, and it also integrates the rap and lion-waking elements that young people like, and the whole rhythm is very strong." On March 8th, the Cantonese opera "Red Turban" Performance Week of Guangdong Cantonese Theatre kicked off, showing the self-reliance and self-confidence of "Red Turban" women, the spiritual outlook of patriotism and love for the family, and the most simple truth, kindness and beauty between their homeland, relatives and sisters. Luo, a post-90s girl who watched Cantonese opera for the first time, became a lucky audience, tried to wear a "red turban" on the spot, and praised "the original Cantonese opera is so fashionable".
Post-90s girls experience wearing red turbans.
"Survive the life of the ugly and afraid of the ..." The soft and long melody, the forbearance and calmness of a "捱" word, weaves the "red turbans" for a lifetime of silence and burial.
Cantonese opera "Red Turban" digs deep and shows the unique historical phenomenon of a group of women in Sanshui, Foshan, who went to Nanyang to earn a living and support their families in the early 20th century, through their own hard work, shoulder to shoulder, receive the lowest remuneration, do the most heavy work, build one high-rise building after another in Singapore, and finally enter the history of Singapore, respected by all walks of life at home and abroad, and the most iconic "red turban" has finally become the highest respect given to the women workers in Sanshui in Singapore. The stage creates a poetic and lyrical atmosphere, allowing the audience to naturally and empathy into the environment in which the characters are located while watching and listening to the play.
The performance scene invited two post-90s girls, came to the backstage of the theater, participated in the experience of trying on the red turban, brought a different immersive drama experience, the first time to experience the red turban Luo students appeared very excited, "In just two hours, Cantonese opera "Red Turban" like a lyric poem, slowly flowed into my heart, very warm and moving, also very powerful, moved to cry. Another post-90s girl, Shijiu, said that the "red turban" these women are very strong, independent and responsible.
Marco, a veteran Cantonese opera fan, came to see the drama with the "Guimi" sister group on the same day, and the sister group Miss Xu said that the "red turban" women love the country and their families, self-improvement, and can bend and stretch, "Even overseas, they are also very concerned about their hometown, which is a rare spirit of great love, and it is very touching to see women so dedicated to the motherland." The four girlfriends praised the "red turban".
It is understood that the Cantonese opera "Red Turban" is directed by the Propaganda Department of the CPC Guangdong Provincial CPC Committee and the Department of Culture and Tourism of Guangdong Province, jointly produced by the Guangdong Cantonese Theater, the Propaganda Department of the Foshan Municipal CPC Committee, the Propaganda Department of the Sanshui District CPC Committee, and the Cultural, Guangdong, Tourism and Sports Bureau of Sanshui District of Foshan City.
Cantonese opera "Red Turban" incorporates rap and lion awakening elements.
Since its premiere in August 2020, the play has been affirmed by leaders, experts and the audience, won the "Repertoire Award", the highest award of the 14th Guangdong Provincial Arts Festival, and was selected for the "Outstanding Stage Art Works Exhibition and Performance Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Founding of the Communist Party of China" jointly organized by the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, and the Federation of Chinese Literary and Art Circles, and was one of the 50 plays to be performed in Beijing.
Cantonese opera "Red Turban" Performance Week, as the first stop of the 2022 national tour of "Red Turban", will last until March 12, 14:45 every day at the Cantonese Opera Art Center Theater of Guangdong Cantonese Theatre, and will be launched in Nanhai, Shenzhen, Beijing and other places.
Written by: Nandu reporter Li Chunhua Correspondent Lin Kaihong
Photo: Xue Caihuan