Wuxi Opera featuring Chinese monk to be staged in Zhangjiagang
(chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated:2021-10-20
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A still from the Wuxi Opera "Voyage to the East". [Photo/zjgonline.com.cn]
A Wuxi Opera "Voyage to the East" will be staged at an art center in Zhangjiagang, a county-level city administered by Suzhou in East China's Jiangsu province on Oct 26.
The opera tells the story of Jianzhen who was a Chinese Buddhist monk in the Tang Dynasty (618-907). In 753, he embarked on a journey from Zhangjiagang to Japan to spread Buddhism. This was his last and only successful voyage to Japan after five failures.
Jianzhen is now regarded as a symbol of cultural exchange between China and Japan.
The opera will be performed by the Zhangjiagang Wuxi Opera Art Center, which was established in 1964 and has won multiple prizes.
A still from the Wuxi Opera "Voyage to the East". [Photo/zjgonline.com.cn]
