Opera · ST10805
Huangmei Opera
Fresh, homespun Huangmei plays, mostly about love and village life.
3works
Mural guide
Under an old locust tree Dong Yong in a cloth tunic and the Seventh Fairy in a pale jacket and skirt stand face to face, a tea-picking basket hangs on a bamboo rack by the tree, and in the foreground grows a clump of dew-wet tea shoots.
An Anhui opera from Huangmei tea-picking songs, sung in the Anqing dialect