This year’s performance of Master Huaguang’s Birthday “Xianghuashan Birthday” was held during the holidays Ko Shan Theatre and was successfully completed on the afternoon of October 30th.
Before the performance started, Board of Directors led by Chairman Lung Koon-Tin Chairman conducted a sacrificial ceremony, sincerely praying to Master Huaguang to continue to bless all the Cantonese opera colleagues in the community for good health and good luck in the class.
Lung Koon-Tin Chairman gave a speech before the performance to thank everyone for coming to the birthday drama "Happy Birthday at Xianghuashan", and discussed in detail the prospects of the Cantonese opera community and the guild hall, emphasizing the inheritance of the hard work of the forefathers and creating a new era of Cantonese opera. Finally, he emphasized the need for The Chinese Artists Association of Hong Kong children to unite and inherit the "profound culture and humanistic spirit" of Cantonese opera art in a rapidly changing society, and encouraged colleagues in the industry to innovate again.
The performance of "Birthday Celebration at Fragrant Flower Mountain" has always been well received by guests and theatergoers. This year, the role of Wei Tuo was played by Director Leung Siu-Ming, who performed the traditional "Wei Tuo Jia". Guanyin was played by Director Zheng Yongmei, who performed "Eighteen Transformations of Guanyin", instantly transforming into eight images on the stage: "dragon, tiger, general, prime minister, fisherman, woodcutter, farmer, and reader". Actor Guo Qihui played Cao Bao, leading the young actor who played the role of Heart to sprinkle money as a blessing to the audience, which was the climax of the whole play. Later, Director Huang Chengbin played the role of Dong Yong and the famous actress Liang Xinyi played the role of the fairy giving birth to a child. The two jointly performed "The Fairy Sends a Child" (Big Delivery of a Child), which attracted applause from the whole house.
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Chairman Welcome speech download: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nBxhKRf2J9S_dimKGSdPkoas3hrAudIG/view?usp=sharing \
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