Thi Mau go to Pagoda-traditional Vietnamese Opera 1

the extract in traditional Vietnamese opera named Quan Am Thi Kinh(Goddess of mercy,Thi Kinh).
Thi Mau is a famous character in the Vietnamese opera Goddess of mercy,Thi Kinh.She is a lascivious and strong personality woman.
Thi Mau went to Pagoda as normal and then she saw a little monk,so handsome.She's attracted immediately and she seduced the monk,but she didn't know the monk actually was a woman disguised as a man.Because the monk was an unjust accusation that she wanted to kill her husband,she hided and disguised as a man and become a monk in the Pagoda where Thi Mau go to thurify.The name of the monk is Thi Kinh,Thi Kinh in previous incarnation is goddess of mercy,she was trained and tested by Buddha before becoming a Goddess completely.
Thi Mau is a hard cast to play,to play this character,the actress is required has many techniques in singing and dancing.
enjoy!!!!

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[nicodagger]

Beautiful!~! Vietham has a gorgeous and ancient culture!! Can someone please post a translation of the words into English? Thanks for this!

[lovestoryim]

@nicodagger it's so hard to translate into english. Even the Vietnamese youth can't understand all of sentences,because there are many former words in singing.And there's many thing is so meaning in vietnamese but can't explain in english because the difference in culture and thinking.Actually it can explain,but it will be a long story with ton of details. We need an expert to explain for you and even for me. :P

[hoasenhong]

@lovestoryim I'm young but I understand every single sentence there :)

[lovestoryim]

@hoasenhong nice.

[anglicansag]

Quite beautiful !

I've seen Chinese Opera but not Vietnamese.

Thank You !

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[hoasenhong]

This is chèo, not cải lương.

Chèo is Northern Viet opera.

Cải lương is Southern Viet opera.

The two are distinctly different.

[dht1994]

great :x



[qlvnch123]

@lovestoryim Here is a clip from Nguyen Vinh Bao, filmed by the humble professor Tran Quang Hai the author of the article you sent me a link of. Mr. Nguyen Vinh Bao is a Professor of Vietnamese Traditional Music and was the head of the Southern Vietnam Traditional Music section in the Saigon Conservatory before the invasion of North Vietnam. In this clips he explains why and how Vietnamese music is completely different to Chinese music: search Maestro Vinh Bao's teaching of Dan Tranh in Youtube

[lovestoryim]

@qlvnch123 Cai Luong was born from Don Ca Tai Tu and acting of Hat Boi (though it's adjusted for more fitting). That's why it's influenced a bit from Chinese Peking opera,some of script came from China,even some of instrumentals.Anyway, influence doesn't mean it's bad.Learning the quintessence from the other arts and creating from them is great.

[qlvnch123]

@lovestoryim

Cai luong is NOT influenced by chinese opera. Cai luong is not strictly pentatonic and has its own mode, scales and musical pieces. If you said that the acting was influced by the French it would be right but when you say it is influenced by the chinese, you are utterly wrong. CAI LUONG IS NOT INFLUENCED BY CHINESE OPERA... IN FACT LISTEN TO IT (TYPE CAI LUONG/ VONG CO... SOUNDS DIFFERENT, NO PERCUSSION, NOT PENTATONIC AND HAS WESTERN INFLUENCE NOT CHINESE INFLUNECE.

[saigonpunkid]

@nicodagger this scene is from a piece called Quan Am Thi Kinh, the whole piece is long but this extraction is about a girl called Thi Mau visiting a buddhist temple, which is supposed to be a respectful place but she starts acting out bubbly and inappropriate: singing, talking loudly and even teasing the young monk there.

[viethoang1962]

hope someone can post the whole ( quan an thi kinh ) that could be nice

[nicodagger]

lovestoryin

thanks! your explanation makes me admire the Vietham opera more, because it is so complex and rich. I am interested in the translation, whatever you can do, I will appreciate it! Vietnam has such a beautiful and long, rich history!