The fifth Chinese Shaoxing Opera (Yueju) Festival ends in east China’s Zhejiang

SHAOXING, China – August 26, 2022 – (Newswire.com)

The fifth Chinese Shaoxing Opera (Yueju) Festival ended with great success on Aug. 20 in its birthplace of Shengzhou, a county-level city of Shaoxing in east China’s Zhejiang Province, according to China’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the Zhejiang provincial government.

“Developed in Shengzhou, Yueju is the representative of Zhejiang culture, and Shaoxing and Shengzhou have a deep foundation of Yueju. The opera festival has landed in Shaoxing permanently along with one glorious mission and great responsibility, said Chu Ziyu, an official from the Zhejiang provincial government, at the closing ceremony.

The closing ceremony began with the Shaoxing classic opera Butterfly Lovers. It vividly demonstrated Yueju’s hundred-year development course – brave in exploration, brave in reform.

The festival, titled “Shaoxing Opera Festival, People’s Festival,” ran from July 31 to August 20. The festival attracted the participation of 15 high-profile plays from across the country, along with other Yueju activities such as Global Yueju Fanciers Carnival, Shaoxing Teenagers for Classic Yueju, and the 100 plays at 100 venues such as schools, communities, villages and plazas.

The Chinese Shaoxing Opera Festival is a national arts festival held in Zhejiang every four years started in 2006 It has played a great role in preserving traditional Chinese culture and promoting its development and prosperity.

“We will take the festival as a new starting point, continue innovation in the Yueju tradition, and expand the market. We will also strengthen the integration of Yueju and cultural tourism, nurture Yueju talents, and strive to build Shaoxing to a new and higher level,” said Ding Ruxing, an official with Shaoxing Municipality.

Shaoxing Opera, originally from Shengzhou County…