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Chinese actress and Cantonese opera singer from Hong Kong and China
Commemorations 2024 (Birth: Hung Sin-nui)
- People's Republic of China
- Chinese opera actor, politician, actor
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2019-04-15 18:59:00
Everlasting Love 天長地久
A classic of Cantonese cinema - Everlasting Love 天長地久, starring screen idols Hung Sin nui (紅線女 ) and Ng Chor Fan (吳楚帆). What's the secret of its enduring appeal ? It premiered in 1955 at a time of unprecedented social change, when traditional assumptions were being challenged by new ideas. This film is more than a love story : it deals with fundamental human values in difficult times. The print may be aging but its message is relevant today.A train crosses countryside that is now mega city. Trains carried millions out of China into Hong Kong. The poorest of the poor though - came by boat from the Guangzhou delta or simply walked. Mui Ga Lei (played by Hung Sin nui) is a country girl but not a peasant : her qipao is old fashioned but modest. Her father's died so she's come to Hong Kong to find her kinsman, […]
2018-12-09 18:29:00
Prostitute as Cultural Warrior
花影恨(Fa Yin-hun) (1917-1939) was the flower name of Zhu Xiu shen (朱秀珍) (Chu Sau Chun)orphaned young, forced by poverty to work in tea houses and/or brothels in Shek Tong Shui, the historic quarter of Hong Kong, where tea houses, theatres and restuarants were centred. The women sang and told stories : prostitution being only one form of entertainment. The area is now ultratrendy. Although brotels were banned in 1931, laws don't stop people doing.things. Fa was kept for a while by a patron, but didn't lose her ties with the other women. In 1937, the Japanese invaded China, taking Shanghai and later Guangzhou (Canton). Fa Yin-hun decided to contribute to the war effort and refugee aid by organizing 58 other songstresses in a singing competition, raising money from their clients. Shame on those men who couldn't do it themselves ! On 20th November 1939, Fa attended an opera where Ma […]
2013-12-09 00:35:00
Hung Sin nui (紅線女) has died. Her passing is a huge event, for it represents the end of a glorious era in the development of Cantonese culture. Cantonese culture is quite distinct from the culture of other regions of China. It's feisty, inventive, droll and pugnacious. It's not for nothing that China's revolutions start in the South and the world is populated with migrants from the region. Hung Sin nui was one of the most important Cantonese opera singers of her time, but also played straight roles in costume as well as modern dramas. There's no rigid barrier between genres in China.. She was also a passionate advocate of Cantonese culture and progressive values. The characters she played were independent minded woman with personality, role models not only for women but also for men in a rapidly-changing society. Hung Sin nui heroines aren't passive : they think […]
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