Self-made Hokkien opera karaoke video clip from the show "Tragedy Of the Song Palace" using recorded video footage of actual show and pre-made sing-along music to the show
Da Che Gu opera (???) is considered a living fossil of the Chinese folk opera as it had been in existence for hundreds of years. It was once popular thtoughout the Southern Fujian province as well as the Chaozhou speaking regions of Guangdong province, and had taken on different styles in different regions. The clip here features the Zhangpu style of Da Che Gu opera.
Nanyin (Southern classical music) performance in Quanzhou titled "Why Did I?" (???) The song is about a young widow asking herself why she stayed chaste to mourn for her unwedded and already deceased husband while looking after the son of him and another woman, only to be reprimanded by the son in return for trying to control him when she's not even his natural mother.
The Rice Dumpling Festival is just around the corner (19th June 2007), and here's a MV for this upcoming festival! This song is original in Hokkien dialect, called "???", which refers to the Chinese rice dumpling, also called "Ba Jung" in Hokkien and Thai.
Yesterday's the 9th day of the Lunar New Year, and according to Hokkien customs, families are supposed to pay respect to the Heavenly God. Some would do that at home, while some would go to the temple like my family.
Jinfeng Hokkien Opera Troupe may not be a government-sponsored opera troupe, but she's been labelled as the "Champion touring Hokkien Opera troupe" in Malaysia; since her founding 3 years ago, she has performed over 300 days in Malaysia!
This is a group of Chinese opera (Hokkien) actors rehearsing for a show titled "The Butterfly Lovers". The show's to be staged next Sunday, but we're still having hiccups now and then!
This is a ritual of welcoming the Gods back to temple after they (represented by their various statues) had finished parading around the temple neighbourhood on holy lifts during the celebration of the Gods' birthdays. The rocking motion of the lifts is said to be caused by the power of the Gods and not a deliberate act by the lift bearers.
![Nanyin performance in Quanzhou \"Why Did I\"](http://img.youtube.com/vi/VJDks7NEop0/2.jpg "Nanyin performance in Quanzhou \\"Why Did I\\"")
![Thai-Chinese MV: \"Ba Jung\"](http://img.youtube.com/vi/2Bk2EBYkLS8/2.jpg "Thai-Chinese MV: \\"Ba Jung\\"")
![Zhangpu County Jinfeng Hokkien Opera Troupe\](http://img.youtube.com/vi/nX_8xnKsfnk/2.jpg "Zhangpu County Jinfeng Hokkien Opera Troupe\")
