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In 1992, Hong Kong hosted a two-Cantonese Cantonese opera art exhibition in which an unknown young man from the mainland demonstrated a difficult southern martial art, which attracted the attention of Cantonese opera connoisseurs and audiences. Among them are cantonese opera performance artists Who have long returned from Hong Kong to develop in the mainland. She had a brilliant vision, and after coordinating with many parties, she transferred young people from Guangxi to Guangzhou that year. This young man is Cantonese opera actor Au Kai Ming.
Cantonese opera is a bright business card of Lingnan culture and a master of Lingnan culture. It absorbs a variety of musical and dramatic elements, combines the sound cavity of zizi, the second reed cavity and the Cantonese dialect, and creatively expands the artistic expression of Chinese opera. Cantonese opera has a history of more than 300 years and is also the most representative Chinese opera genre overseas. "Overseas, wherever there are Chinese, there is Cantonese opera."
In the 1990s, Cantonese opera was heavily influenced by popular culture and television, with viewers losing and the market shrinking. If it were not for the older generation of artists such as the Red Line Woman who cherished the talents, perhaps the Cantonese opera "Miaozi" like Ou Kaiming would slowly lose.
The protection of Cantonese opera has attracted the attention of the governments of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, and since 2003, they have jointly applied for the "heritage" of Cantonese opera. With the support of the central government, Cantonese opera was officially inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of World Humanity on 30 September 2009. This is not only an important milestone in the history of the development of Cantonese opera, but also a major progress in cross-regional cultural exchanges and cooperation between Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao.
In October 2009, Cantonese opera masters from the three places, including Hong Kong Cantonese opera giant Lam Jia Sheng, gathered in Xiangjiang and held a Cantonese opera concert of "Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao Red Ling singing Together to Celebrate the National Day" at the Red Pavilion for many days, which was unprecedentedly sought after by Cantonese opera fans.
"After Cantonese opera became a world intangible cultural heritage in 2009, the entire Cantonese opera community was very excited! The government is also very concerned and strongly supportive. Looking back on the changes in Cantonese opera in recent years, Ou Kaiming was full of joy, "We often go to the campus to tell young people about the history and culture of Cantonese opera, and let them appreciate the beauty of Cantonese opera at close range through performances." Nowadays, more and more people come to the theater to see the play, which I think is the happiest! ”
Ou Kaiming has been in Guangzhou for 28 years. He is no longer the young actor who has a confused future despite his skills, but has grown into a representative inheritor of the national intangible cultural heritage project.
The mentor Red Thread Lady has been dead for many years, and Ou Kaiming still remembers her. "Cantonese opera culture has the same origin, tradition and history. At that time, the female teacher of the Red Line took us to visit many seniors in Hong Kong, communicate together, and learn together..."
Au Kai Ming has performed on the same stage with Hong Kong Cantonese opera masters many times and created a repertoire together. He said that Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao are very frequent in the cultural exchanges and performances of Cantonese opera, but the impact of the epidemic was interrupted last year. Now that Macao has basically resumed personnel exchanges, everything will return to normal when the epidemic situation in Hong Kong improves.
Au Kai Ming now has more than ten apprentices, and he said that the inheritance and development of Cantonese opera has long been different. "There are successors to the development of Cantonese opera! Young people also have many places to display their talents. Taking the Guangzhou Cantonese Opera as an example, young people account for more than half of the cast, "We attach great importance to the study of traditional Cantonese opera repertoire, and the traditional repertoire, pomp and program all require young people to learn and master well." (CCTV reporter Zhou Yu, Chen Huiting, He Weiqi, Sun Bing, Zhang Yifan, Zhou Chisen)