Title of Project：Kunqu Opera Six Chapters of Floating Life presented by Shanghai Grand Theatre

Genre(s): Traditional Opera.

GROUP:Starring: Shi Xiaming, Shan Wen, Li Hongliang, Gu Jun, Qiu Caiping

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF : Shanghai Grand Theatre, together with Kunju Theatre of Jiangsu Performing Arts Group, brought Six Chapters of a Floating Life on stage after years of preparation. After its premiere in July 13th, 2019 at Shanghai Grand Theatre, it is highly acclaimed among media and critics. Audiences are touched by characters’ deep love: following Shen Fu to recollect the short but immortal life of him and his wife Yun in his writings and calligraphy, and recall life aesthetics and philosophy of life from the national tradition. The original author of Six Chapters of a Floating Life is Shen Fu, literary name San Bai, was born and lived a life during the reign of Qianlong and Jiaqing. This work records Shen Fu and his wife Yun’s experience of traveling around and their ordinary home life, which is full of fun. Author of English version, Lin Yutang deeply feels that this work is “far beyond the world’s oppression and human’s pain”, and consider Yun as “one of the loveliest woman in Chinese literature”.

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