Chinese Yueju Opera: HE Wenxiu-Visiting wife

CAst:XIAO Ya(萧雅)
Male role:YIN school(尹派)

The story is:
He Wenxiu,a man who was forced to seperate with his wife due to a consipition revisit his wife after several years.His wife thought he was dead and held a memorial ceremony for him.

The lyric is:
路遇大姐得音信 I have got a massage from a friend
九里桑园访兰英 That my wife is living in a a mulberry field nine miles from here
行过三里桃花渡 I walk for three miles of river bank full of peach blossom
走过六里杏花村 and for six miles of apricot village
七宝凉亭来穿过 Go Through the Qibao pavilion
九里桑园面前呈 and here is the mulberry field
但只见一座桑园多茂盛 It's big and flourishing
眼看人家十数份 with dozens of households
那一边竹篱茅舍围得深 Over there is a thatched cottage arounded by bamboo fence
莫非就是杨家门 Is it the place where my wife is in?
待我上前把门推 Ahead I push the door
为什么青天白日门关紧 But why it's closed at day?
耳听内边无声响 There is no sound from inside
不见娘子枉费心 I'm disppointed not to see her
屋旁还有纸窗在 There is a paper window aside the house
我隔窗向内看分明 Let me see inside through the window
啊呀窗口高来看不见 Oh the window is too high to see through
噢有了,垫块石头就看得清 Ok I have an idea, let stand on a stone
文秀举目向内望 I see inside around the house
只见一间小草房 It's a small thatched cottage
小小香台朝上摆 A little incense burner is on the buddhist niche
破木交椅分两旁 At two sides there are broken wooden chairs
三支清香炉中插 Three scent bars are in the burner
荤素菜肴桌上放 Foods are on the table
第一碗白鲞红炖天堂肉 Dried fish stewed in soy sauce looks nice
第二碗油煎鱼儿扑鼻香 Oil fried fish smells good
第三碗香芹蘑菇炖豆腐 Celery and mushroom cooked with beencurd
第四碗白菜香干炒千张 Cabbage fried with beencurd leather
第五碗酱烧胡桃浓又浓 Walnut Stewed with Paste saurce
第六碗酱油花椒醉花生 and peanuts with pepper and soya sauce are all my favourate foods
白饭一碗酒一杯 There is also a bowl of rice and a cup of wine
桌上筷子又一双 with chopsticks on the table
哎呀 看起来果然为我作三周年 Oh it seems my wife is holding a memorial ceremony for me
感谢娘子情义长 Thank you my dear for your love and goodwill

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• Yueju
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• 萧雅
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[6sensen]

@mirandajane0 桑园访妻 竟然叫 visiting wife 哈啊

[mirandajane0]

萧雅的尹派唱得最好。极有韵味。她自己单独挑班，辛辛苦苦到处演­出，就是为了传播越剧。

[GIGIshi3838]

@vickvicki Ya Xiao, and in Chinese is 萧雅. I like her. She has her own style. 

[vickvicki]

what is the artist's name?

[ferrisgrl9]

very cool :)