China News Service, Shaoxing, March 27 (Xiang Jing) 2022 is the 100th birthday of Yue Opera master Yuan Xuefen.

On March 27, the commemoration of the 100th anniversary of Yuan Xuefen's birth and the 80th anniversary of the reform of Yue Opera opened in Shengzhou, Shaoxing City, Zhejiang Province. Shengzhou started the restoration project of Yuan Xuefen's former residence.

  Yue Opera originated in Shengzhou and originated in Shanghai.

For more than 100 years, generations of Yue Opera artists have made great efforts to reform and carry forward the traditional Chinese opera art.

Among them, Yuan Xuefen, one of the "Ten Sisters of Yue Opera", devoted her whole life to artistic innovation and had a profound influence on the development of modern Yue Opera.

  It is understood that this year, Shengzhou will hold a series of commemorative activities in cooperation with relevant units in Shanghai, with the theme of "promoting fine traditions, upholding integrity and innovation", including a theme exhibition to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Yuan Xuefen's birth; commemoration of the 100th anniversary of Yuan Xuefen's birth and a symposium to pay tribute to the 80th anniversary of the reform of Yue Opera , concert; started the restoration of Yuan Xuefen's former residence; started the filming of the Yue Opera movie "Queen of Hanwen", etc.

  Among them, the theme exhibition commemorating the 100th anniversary of Yuan Xuefen's birth will focus on Yuan Xuefen's artistic life. It is planned to display more than 120 pieces (sets) of cultural relics from the Yueju Opera Museum, and 200 pieces (sets) of Yuan Xuefen's precious stills, life photos and important historical materials.

  For the restoration project of Yuan Xuefen's former residence, Shengzhou will, on the basis of the protection of the original former residence, focus on reflecting Yuan's past, people's life, and folk customs, and build it into a "Celebrity Former Residence Memorial Hall" integrating historical materials display, cultural relics collection, old residence activation, and classic tourism. ".

  Xu Jianyi, secretary of the Shengzhou Municipal Party Committee, said in his speech that, as the birthplace of Yue Opera and Yuan Xuefen's hometown, in recent years, Shengzhou has spared no effort to strengthen the protection, inheritance and development of Yue Opera culture. The Yue Opera Inheritance and Development Fund explores a new model for the cultivation of Yue Opera talents and promotes the application of Yue Opera to the World Heritage List.

  "We will take Yuan Xuefen and other Yue Opera ancestors as an example, consciously take up the important task of Yue Opera development, build and make good use of the Yue Opera Museum, Yuan Xuefen's former residence, etc., inherit the spirit of struggle, reform and dedication, and contribute more to the prosperity and development of Yue Opera." Xu Jianye said so.

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