China News Service, Wuxi, August 22 (Reporter Sun Quan) On the afternoon of the 21st, 30 overseas Chinese college students who participated in the first Chinese culture camp for overseas Chinese college students in Jiangsu Province walked into Yanjiaqiao, Xishan District, Wuxi City, the birthplace of tin opera, to experience traditional Chinese opera. The beauty of culture.

  As a national intangible cultural heritage, Xi Opera, formerly known as "Tan Spring", has a history of more than 200 years. It has distinct regional characteristics in the south of the Yangtze River. It stands alone with Yue Opera and Huangmei Opera. It is a beautiful cultural business card in Wuxi.

Overseas Chinese college students wearing characteristic tin opera costumes.

Photo by Xin Minmin

  As the birthplace of tin opera, Yanjiaqiao has always enjoyed a high reputation and has a broad public base.

  After coming to Yanjiaqiao, overseas Chinese college students visited Tang Yuan, the "Jiangsu Overseas Chinese Cultural Exchange Base" and "Jiangsu Province Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Cultural Exchange Base", and enjoyed "Pomegranate Picking", "Double Pushing Mill", "I'm Miss Pearl Phoenix" and "Spring Two". "March Grass Returns to the Sprout" and other classic tin opera plays, and follow tin opera teachers to learn the historical background of tin opera, the main genres and famous actors of tin opera, the types of music of tin opera, the main team and representative works of tin opera, and the appreciation of classic fragments of tin opera, etc. Deepen the understanding of tin opera.

Overseas Chinese college students perform classic tin opera plays under the guidance of tin opera teachers.

Photo by Xin Minmin

  During the session of learning to sing tin opera and interactive experience, overseas Chinese college students put on exquisite make-up and special tin opera costumes. Under the guidance of tin opera teachers, they learned to sing famous tin opera segments.

In the soft words of Wu Nong, overseas Chinese college students "melted" into the world of tin opera.

  "This is an unforgettable experience. Wearing tin opera costumes and feeling 'role-playing' has allowed me to experience the beauty of traditional Chinese opera culture more deeply." After the "zero distance" contact with tin opera, overseas Chinese college student Yang Yingting said with emotion .

  The first Chinese culture camp for overseas Chinese college students in Jiangsu Province is jointly sponsored by the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of Jiangsu Province and the Education Department of Jiangsu Province, and organized by the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of Wuxi City, Wuxi Education Bureau and Jiangnan University.

The six-day training camp is intended to allow overseas Chinese college students to better experience Jiangsu and experience the historical and cultural heritage and era style of Jiangsu.

Overseas Chinese college students walked into Yanjiaqiao, the birthplace of tin opera.

Photo by Xin Minmin

  According to the plan, during their stay in Wuxi, in addition to learning to sing tin opera, the campers will also visit the National Supercomputing Wuxi Center, the Future Food Science Center and other places to experience the production of purple clay pots and Huishan clay figurines.

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