The live performance of Han Opera "Hundred Flowers Pavilion" in East Lake Peony Garden photographed by reporter Hu Jiusi
Changjiang Daily Financial Media News on May 13 (reporter Wan Xuming) Since this year, Wuhan has not only welcomed more opera masters and grand operas, but also brought new vitality to the local traditional operas. On the evening of May 12, the program "Opera Gathering" of CCTV Channel 11 launched an album report under the title of "Flowing Fragrance of Chinese Charm - Records of the First China (Wuhan) Han Opera Festival", and the live performance of the Han Opera "Hundred Flowers Pavilion" planned and shot by the Yangtze River Daily in the East Lake Peony Garden also made a stunning appearance in the feature film.
The live performance of Han Opera "Hundred Flowers Pavilion" in East Lake Peony Garden photographed by reporter Hu Jiusi
The first China (Wuhan) Han Opera Festival was hosted by the Wuhan Municipal People's Government and undertaken by the Propaganda Department of the CPC Wuhan Municipal Committee and the Wuhan Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism. Since the opening on March 24, the Han Opera Festival, which lasted for one month, has brought 22 performances from 11 troupes from Shaanxi, Guangdong, Fujian, Hunan and Hubei. "This is the first time that Han Opera in China has been shown with such a complete lineup," commented Zhang Guangwu, president of Guangdong Han Opera Inheritance Research Institute, who also said through CCTV footage, "Thank you for giving us such a good platform, so that Guangdong Han Opera has returned to its parents." Peng Ling, director of Hunan Changde Han Opera Gaoqiang Protection Center, said happily, "I hope there will be a second and a third one, and it will continue to be held."
The live performance of Han Opera "Hundred Flowers Pavilion" in East Lake Peony Garden photographed by reporter Hu Jiusi
Han Opera has a long history of 400 years, but it has never been static. In the feature film, Wang Li, the leading actor of the closing Han Opera Festival drama Cosmopolitan, and winner of the Plum Blossom Award for Chinese Drama, said that as the fifth generation of Chen Bohua's disciples, she continued to polish and optimize each performance while inheriting the classics.
The live performance of Han Opera "Hundred Flowers Pavilion" in East Lake Peony Garden photographed by reporter Hu Jiusi
The 10 minute theme not only fully demonstrated the power of Han Opera from all over the country at the Han Opera Festival, but also attracted CCTV's cameras for the colorful activities outside the theater. The exhibition of the centenary of the birth of Chen Bohua, the master of Han Opera, and the lively and interesting "Han Opera Class" in which the actors of Wuhan Han Opera Academy walked into Beihu Primary School were also presented in the special topics.
It is worth mentioning that the live performance of the Han Opera "Hundred Flowers Pavilion" in the East Lake Peony Garden, planned by the Changjiang Daily, and the pictures of the "Ten Major Journeys of Han Opera" themed flash mob activities held with ticket fans in the subway station also appeared in the CCTV special reports. In the performance on April 12, Wang Li and other actors sang gracefully in the blooming peony flowers, bringing a new experience to citizens and tourists. The special evaluation said: "The imperial concubine and the peony form an interesting contrast, and the fresh and immersive experience has made the actors and citizens feel the elegant beauty of Han Opera."
