"Winter Begonia”
Author: Shui Ru Tian’er
Synopsis:
In 1933, Beiping was
the most bustling place in China. It's not the same as the other places.
It was not a magnificent
cacophony red lanterns and wine green pleasure seeking environment but one of elegance noise, Kunqu and Peking opera, banging operas, Qinqiang drums.
Any traditional folk art
you can imagine comes together here - it's the most glorious stage in the
Millennium Pear Garden.
It was also the place
where the last leader of the Pear Garden, Shang Xirui, occupied the place of
his love affair.
At the meeting, he was
told that he had met the famous actor, Mr. Cheng, who seemed to be living in
the gossip and legend.
He took off the red
plum flower that Shang Xirui had pinned on his lapel, smiled, and stuck it on his suit.
With one eye closed
and one eye open, he was already in the Hall of Eternal Life. Shang Xirui
sang, "Come, come, I'll walk with you, Second Master.”
Cheng Fengtai said,
"As long as you are willing, I will stay with you.” The two are bonded by
the play, and the words of expression are spoken like two lines of the play.
Later on, a talented
man made up a casual story about the two of them, so that you could see what
they were up to, that is, this play "Winter Begonia"
Content Tags: A quarrelsome but happy
family, Old Republic of China, CultuLiterary
Main Character: Cheng
Fengtai, Shang Xirui┃ Others: Actors,
Playboy
Editor's comments.
In Beiping, 1933, Kunqu
and Peking Opera, Puppet theater, Qin Dynasty drums, fast-paced commentaries,
any traditional art you can imagine was fused here.
A magnificent
cacophony is formed. Life is like a play, a play is like life, Shang Xirui, Cheng
Fengtai and the people who appeared in the pastel wonderfully performed the
play "Winter Begonia".
All jokes and curses
are written, jocular but not vulgar, laughing but not fawning, justified in
anger and justified in scolding.
The subtle changes in
the detailing of the implied and spiteful satire truly ignite emotions and tug
at people's nerves.
Lively depictions of
life, witty expressions of language, a group of flesh-and-blood characters on
paper.
A unique novelty in
both content and form.
As the plot slowly
unfolds, it becomes more and more captivating, like a mellow aged wine that is
intoxicating.
Chapters:
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