Chinese Yueju Opera- The tears of Meng Jiang Nu-Scene-1

Many beautiful legends and tales have left in China about the construction of the Great Wall. However, many of them have been based on historical records. Among them, the most popular would probably be the one about lady Meng Jiangnu.
On the night of their wedding, Wan Xiliang, Meng Jiangnu's husband, was pressganged to build the Great Wall by the Qin soldiers. Before Wan Xiliang went away, Lady Meng took her white jade hairpin and broke it into two halves and gave her husband one half as a token of love.
One day, when lady Meng stayed at home, she had a bad dream, she dreamed that her husband was constantly yelling: "Cold, cold!" She recalled that her husband was wearing very thin clothes. Very soon, she made some padded clothes and left home to look for her husband. She didn t expect that her husband had already died, so she burst into tears. The Great Wall was moved and it collasped for more than 20 Km, revealing the dead bodies of her husband and many others. On seeing this, she wrapped her husband's dead body in arm and committed suicide by jumping into the sea.
In this scene, Wan Xiliang escapes a conscription order from the Emperor and hides under a willow tree. Meng-Jiang Nu bathes in a lotus pond near this tree, and Wan spies her; because she has vowed to marry whomever sees her body, she and Fan make a marriage vow.

Classic Yueju Opera
Cast:BAI Yinfei(白银飞),ZHAO Haiying(赵海英)

Male role:FAN School(范派)
Female role: Lu School(吕派)

Category:

Music

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• China
• Chinese
• Opera
• Yueju
• opera
• culture
• 白银飞
• 赵海英
• 越剧
• 越劇
• 戲劇
• 戏剧
• 戏曲

[zjlzz]

:))))))

[stimsWonderland]

@sweeyue That's what makes it historically alive

[sweeyue]

This is a popular legend that has be beautified and embellished over the years. It is hardly based on historical facts.

[SpiritBear12]

My god that pink dress is gorgeous! And she is so pretty and perfect looking. Very nice.

[adrianasakura]

nooo no entiendo ni jota a ber que dice la chinita?

[kaizun]

it is supposed to be like that

[meldster]

squeeky voice but very clam and nice!

[Aerikku]

sympa la vidéo^^ par contre les voix sont hyper aigue parfois :S