{"id":1312981,"date":"2024-07-03T23:41:36","date_gmt":"2024-07-03T15:41:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hkadc.tecturasystem.com\/event\/jiangsu-kunqu-opera-theatre-pursuing-eternal-life-from-the-story-of-two-pearls-catching-sanlang-alive-from-the-water-margin-the-obsessiv\/"},"modified":"2024-07-10T21:48:14","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T13:48:14","slug":"jiangsu-kunqu-opera-theatre-pursuing-eternal-life-from-the-story-of-two-pearls-catching-sanlang-alive-from-the-water-margin-the-obsessiv","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/event\/jiangsu-kunqu-opera-theatre-pursuing-eternal-life-from-the-story-of-two-pearls-catching-sanlang-alive-from-the-water-margin-the-obsessiv\/","title":{"rendered":"Jiangsu Kunqu Opera Theatre &#8211; &#8220;\u201cPursuing Eternal Life\u201d from\u00a0The Story of Two Pearls&#8221;, &#8220;\u201cCatching Sanlang Alive\u201d from\u00a0The Water Margin&#8221;, &#8220;\u201cThe Obsessive Dream\u201d from\u00a0Lanke Mountain&#8221;, &#8220;\u201cThe Drunken Lu Zhishen Wreaking Havoc at the Monastery\u201d from\u00a0Braving Torture to File a Petition&#8221;, &#8220;\u201cThe Soul Departs\u201d from\u00a0The Peony Pavilion&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This July, as part of the 2019 Chinese Opera Festival, the Jiangsu Kunqu Opera Theatre presents an unmissable series of performances highlighting the elegant charms of Nankun &#8211; Kunqu of the Southern school &#8211; including a full rendition of The Mistake Caused by a Kite and two classic excerpt programmes showcasing the broad emotional range of the genre.<br \/>\nThe performances offer Hong Kong audiences a rare opportunity to appreciate, live on stage, the talents of the troupe&#8217;s award-winning cast. Spanning three generations, the cast includes the renowned and highly-esteemed veteran artists Shi Xiaomei, Hu Jinfang and Zhang Jidie, all Representative Bearers of Kunqu Opera as a National Intangible Cultural Heritage and winners of the Plum Blossom Award for Chinese Theatre. Also featured are winners of Plum Blossom Award for Chinese Theatre Kong Aiping and Li Hongliang, as well as National Class One Performers Zhao Jian, Gong Yinlei and Qian Zhenrong.<br \/>\nThe Mistake Caused by a Kite, by Qing dynasty writer Li Yu, tells the tale of a kite that breaks free from its string and leads to two marriages. The charming story, peppered with humour, fun and multiple twists and turns, is performed by a cast of veteran artists led by Li Hongliang, the President of Jiangsu Kunqu Opera Theatre and a renowned actor in chou (comic) roles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","location_type":[350136],"event_category":[373394,373316],"area_type":[350139],"event_language":[365767],"series":[387116,388311,387174],"event_category_other":[],"class_list":["post-1312981","event","type-event","status-publish","hentry","location_type-indoor-en","event_category-xiqu-kunqu-opera-en","event_category-xiqu-en","area_type-non-local","event_language-other-chinese-dialects","series-arts-festival","series-2019-chinese-opera-festival","series-chinese-opera-festival","search-detail"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/1312981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1312981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"location_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location_type?post=1312981"},{"taxonomy":"event_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_category?post=1312981"},{"taxonomy":"area_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/area_type?post=1312981"},{"taxonomy":"event_language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_language?post=1312981"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=1312981"},{"taxonomy":"event_category_other","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_category_other?post=1312981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}