Chinese New Year revellers enjoyed the sounds of A Medley of Splendid Operas as Year of the Snake celebrations reached fever pitch world-wide.
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00:00In the garden of the Buddha, the spring sun is shining
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01:59Brother Liu told me, who is a woman in the world?
02:09A man's palm is like a string, a woman's finger is like a bow
02:20In the garden of the Buddha, the spring sun is shining
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07:23So, Professor Tung, this looks like it is an opera form where the performers are going
07:33to engage in a duel.
07:34Well, this is typically, very typical of the Peking opera artists, singing with the red
07:40face and sometimes with the black face, right, and this is supposed to be the dun, or there
07:45are also other roles involved in a Peking opera piece like this.
07:50And if I remember correctly, Professor Tung, the color of the face symbolizes or signifies,
07:57I would say, an attitude, an expression, perhaps, a feeling, anger, sorrow, getting ready to
08:05get into a fight.
08:07Or a male or female in Peking opera's tradition.
08:12And back in the past, usually an actor must be a man.
08:18Nowadays, with the reforms, this is 1949, women can be actors or performers in a Peking
08:26opera piece like this.
08:28Yeah.
08:29Professor, do you know how long it takes to train to be a master, let's say, of Peking
08:34opera?
08:35I think it's going to be like a lifelong kind of a training, but then usually it starts
08:40from very young.
08:41If you happen to check out a film called Farewell, My Concubine, directed by Chen Kai-Wu.