Unremitting Pursuit of Dreams: Famous People from Kunshan's 50th Anniversary Celebration - A Chronicle of Splendor

Author: Ye Changhai, edited by Cai Zhengren
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Publishing Date: 2005-01-01
Features: No. 9 Shaoxing Road witnessed history. What we are about to meet are a group of Kunqu opera artists like Shang Kun. They graduated from the first Kunqu Opera Actor Class of Shanghai Opera School, commonly known as the "Kun Da Ban," and are a batch of Kunqu opera performance talents nurtured by New China. In 2004, their artistic careers celebrated their 50th anniversary. Fifty years ago, they were led into the of Kunqu opera; over the past fifty years, they have made the ancient art bloom with new brilliance; fifty years later, they have long become the undisputed pride of this land. Fifty years, half a century—this is a wholehearted commitment, a precious guardianship. Today, as Kunqu opera has already garnered worldwide attention, as the status of national culture and ancient arts is receiving increasingly widespread attention, and as more people gaze and breathe in the distant fragrance of traditional art, the efforts of these artists have become even more evident in their extraordinary value.