China News Service, Tianjin, August 18th (Wang Zaiyu) The opening of the 13th China Arts Festival is about to begin. As one of the organizers of this China Arts Festival, Tianjin has settled in Tianjin for the "Wenhua Award" opera category.

From the 17th, all Wenhua Awards will be billed for performances in Tianjin.

The performance adheres to the fare that benefits the people, and the low-cost tickets below 180 yuan account for 70%.

At the same time, all performances can use the Cultural Huimin Card to purchase tickets and enjoy government subsidies. Citizens can watch high-quality high-quality dramas with a minimum cost of only 17 yuan.

  The China Arts Festival is the highest-level, largest and most influential national-level comprehensive cultural and art event in China. Since its establishment in 1987, it has been successfully held for 12 sessions.

The 13th China Arts Festival is co-sponsored by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the Beijing Municipal People's Government, the Tianjin Municipal People's Government, and the Hebei Provincial People's Government. At that time, the country's top art repertoires will be exhibited in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei.

  It is reported that during the 13th China Arts Festival, four major themed events will be held in Tianjin, including: "Wenhua Award" for opera, "Qunxing Award" for drama and opera, National Performing Arts Cultural and Creative Expo and National Excellent Calligraphy and Seal Cutting exhibition.

The much-anticipated "Wenhua Award" opera category will be held in Tianjin from late August to mid-September.

At that time, 19 plays from all over the country, a total of 42 wonderful performances will meet the audience in Tianjin.

The dramas selected for the Wenhua Award include not only red-themed dramas created to celebrate the centenary of the founding of the Party and the 20th National Congress of the Party, but also realistic themed dramas created to reflect the spirit of the times and real life. Including Peking Opera, Pingju Opera, Kunqu Opera, Huangmei Opera, Henan Opera, Sichuan Opera, Yue Opera, Guizhou Opera, etc.

Some operas are rarely seen in the north, such as the Puxian Opera "Treading the Umbrella" by Fujian Puxian Drama Theater Co., Ltd., the Gannan Tea Picking Opera "One Man's Long March" by the Gannan Art Creation Research Institute, and the color tune drama by the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Drama Theater. "New Liu Sanjie" and so on.

  It is understood that this year's Wenhua Awards Tianjin will have two outstanding new opera repertoires, namely "Revolutionary Family" by Tianjin Pingju Theatre and "Neem Tree Flowers" by Tianjin Peking Opera Theatre.

Both plays are new repertoires that Tianjin City met with a wide audience during the commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China.

Among them, Pingju "Revolutionary Family" will be performed on August 23rd and 24th, and Peking Opera "Neem Flower" will be performed on September 12th, 13th and 14th, both at Tianjin Binhu Theater.

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