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Cantonese Opera

Yue opera is a major genre of opera in South China, prevalent in Guangdong and Guangxi, Hong Kong, Macao and overseas Chinese communities in Southeast Asia. Its singing and dialogue are all in Cantonese dialect.

Type of Plays

There are two types of Cantonese opera plays: Wu and Wen.

Wu plays emphasize war, the characters are usually generals or warriors. These works contain action scenes and involve a lot of weaponry and armour.

Musical Instruments

The use of instruments in Cantonese opera is influenced by both western and eastern cultures. The reason for this is that Canton was one of the earliest places in China to establish trade relationships with the western civilizations.

The musical instruments are mainly divided into melodic and percussive types.

Guang Embroidery

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Guang Embroidery Master Chen Shaofang

Guang Embroidery Masterpieces

History of Guang Embroidery

Alslo called Yue embroidery, Guang Embroidery is a general name for embroidery products of the regions of Guangzhou, Shantou, Zhongshan, Panyu and Shunde in Guangdong Province.

Chen's Style of Guang Embroidery

Chen Shaofang, born in 1937, had 8 years of art and Chinese painting schooling from 1954 to 1962 before she started her career as a Guang embroidery designer in Guangzhou Craft and Art Research Institute.

Promotion of Art

As a recommended representative for state-level intangible cultural heritage projects, Chen Shaofang says that she has a responsibility to help Guang embroidery survive, "Guang embroidery is full of charm, it should be passed down to future generations and develop, just like Chinese paintings."

Canton Painted Porcelain

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Export-oriented Canton Painted Porcelain

Xu Enfu: Charm of Canton Painted Porcelain

Export-oriented Canton Painted Porcelain

In order to meet quick orders by foreign clients and reduce damage in the transport process, some merchants from Jingdezhen sent white porcelain bodies to Canton, where local factories did the painting and glazing processes. Hence a new type of porcelain called Canton enamel porcelain came into being.

Xu Enfu: Charm of Canton Painted Porcelain

Xu Enfu, noted Canton painted porcelain master, began his artisan career from an apprentice in a local painted porcelain factory 40 years ago. Xu later studied in Guangzhou Arts College, where he gained knowledge of both Chinese and western paintings.

Guangdong Paper-cut

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Young Rising Star in Paper-cut

Famous works

Foshan Paper-cut

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Chaozhou-Shantou Paper-cut

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