Wanfeng Cantonese Opera

Guangdong
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Wanfeng is located in Bao'an District, Shenzhen. Wanfeng Cantonese opera was founded and inherited by the Pan family of Wanfeng Village, Shajing Town, Bao'an. Since the initial love for Cantonese opera, it has developed into a base for Cantonese opera, with a history of nearly 600 years. It is rare for a village and a surname to persist in inheritance for so many years. Starting from Pan Lijing, the fourth ancestor of the Pan family in the Yuan Dynasty, there were Pan Ji in the Ming Dynasty, Pan Yaoyang in the Qing Dynasty, Pan Yousheng in the late Qing Dynasty, Pan Rongyao in modern times, and so on. Pan Ji wrote the book "Preface to the Lvlü Diagram", in which he commented: "Having true insights can resolve doubts that have not been resolved for thousands of years, and can find clues that have not been passed down for thousands of years." Pan Yaoyang was an important official in the frontier area of the Qing Dynasty. He served as the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi. In his later years, he retired and returned home. He built an "Eight Sounds Building" next to the "General's House" in Wanjialang Village (now Ren'ai Road, Wanfeng Village). He invited opera troupes to perform in all seasons, creating a strong atmosphere of Cantonese opera for Wanjialang, and gradually cultivated the Wanfeng people's love for Cantonese opera. The people of Wanfeng Village have the custom of performing operas during welcoming gods and competitions. Every sacrifice, celebration, and clan activity are combined with performances, and inviting opera troupes has become a common practice in the local area. Folk artists and drama enthusiasts work on the farm during the busy farming season and engage in art during the slack farming season. Therefore, the Cantonese opera art of Wanfeng Village can be passed down for a long time. Until now, Wanfeng has a village-run professional Cantonese opera troupe that has won the national gold medal twice, organized a mass Cantonese music club, rebuilt the "Eight Sounds Building", and actively carried out mass Cantonese opera activities. In 2004, it was named the Guangdong Folk Art (Cantonese Opera) Hometown by the Guangdong Provincial Department of Culture.

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