{"id":1686,"date":"2017-05-25T07:20:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-25T07:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/min-on.matthewbyrt.com\/ko\/blog\/2017\/05\/25\/performance-of-classical-chinese-opera-masterpieces-mesmerizes-japanese-audiences\/"},"modified":"2018-08-07T15:07:05","modified_gmt":"2018-08-07T15:07:05","slug":"performance-of-classical-chinese-opera-masterpieces-mesmerizes-japanese-audiences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.min-on.org\/ko\/1686\/performance-of-classical-chinese-opera-masterpieces-mesmerizes-japanese-audiences\/","title":{"rendered":"Performance of Classical Chinese Opera Masterpieces Mesmerizes Japanese Audiences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1684 size-large\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.min-on.org\/ko\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/05\/page2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"CNPOC\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" border=\"0\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.min-on.org\/ko\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/05\/page2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.min-on.org\/ko\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/05\/page2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.min-on.org\/ko\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/05\/page2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.min-on.org\/ko\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/05\/page2-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.min-on.org\/ko\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/05\/page2.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\">T<\/span>his year, to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between Japan and the People\u2019s Republic of China in 1972, the Min-On Concert Association invited the internationally acclaimed China National Peking Opera Company to Japan <!--more-->for a two-month-long nationwide tour of a special production entitled <i>A Selected Three of the Most Prestigious Peking Opera Masterpieces\u2014Great Epics of Justice, Love and Gratitude.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">The China National Peking Opera Company (CNPOC) is one of the most distinguished performing art ensembles directly under the supervision of the Ministry of Culture of the People\u2019s Republic of China. Based in Beijing, it was founded in January 1955 with the legendary Mei Lanfang\u2014one of the most celebrated Peking opera artists in modern history\u2014as its first president.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">In 2002, Min-On was the first to introduce the CNPOC to Japanese audiences with its performance of the <i>Peking Opera Omnibus<\/i>. Since then, Min-On has collaborated with the CNPOC to bring a variety of Peking opera productions to Japan, in 2006, 2009 and 2014.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">This year\u2019s tour marks the fifth time to bring the performance of authentic Peking opera by the CNPOC to Japanese audiences. Group One\u2014the CNPOC\u2019s leading troupe featuring actor Yu Kuizhi, the company\u2019s vice president and artistic director, as well as Li Shengsu, the head of Group One and the very best of the best in the company\u2014presented the most famous scenes from three selected classical masterpieces in Japan: <i>Journey to the West, Yang Yuhuan and Emperor Xuanzong of Tang<\/i> and <i>Suo Lin Nang: An Embroidered Treasure Pouch.\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1685 size-large\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.min-on.org\/ko\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/05\/page2_1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"CNPOC 1\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" border=\"0\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.min-on.org\/ko\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/05\/page2_1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.min-on.org\/ko\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/05\/page2_1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.min-on.org\/ko\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/05\/page2_1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.min-on.org\/ko\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/05\/page2_1-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.min-on.org\/ko\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/05\/page2_1.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">Every one of the 52 engagements at 28 venues across Japan attracted a capacity audience. The performance at Tokyo\u2019s Nakano Sun Plaza Hall on April 12 was attended by H.E. Cheng Yonghua, Ambassador of the People\u2019s Republic of China, along with ambassadors and diplomats from 34 other countries. Although political and economic relations between Japan and the People\u2019s Republic of China have been at a low ebb in recent years, members of the China National Peking Opera Company proved themselves skilled cultural diplomats, fulfilling their mission of cultural exchange and returning home to Beijing in the knowledge that Sino-Japanese friendship and goodwill was strengthened.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year, to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between Japan and the People\u2019s Republic of China in 1972, the Min-On Concert Association invited the internationally acclaimed China National Peking Opera Company to Japan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1684,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[212,12],"tags":[148],"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"Korean - Min-On Website","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/www.min-on.org\/ko","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.min-on.org\/ko\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1686"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.min-on.org\/ko\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.min-on.org\/ko\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.min-on.org\/ko\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.min-on.org\/ko\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1686"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.min-on.org\/ko\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1686\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3023,"href":"https:\/\/www.min-on.org\/ko\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1686\/revisions\/3023"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.min-on.org\/ko\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.min-on.org\/ko\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.min-on.org\/ko\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.min-on.org\/ko\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}