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Kaiping Benevolent Association of Macao held a Cantonese opera get-together
  • Update:2007-04-27 09:53
Kaiping Benevolent Association of Macao held a elderly-respected Cantonese opera get-together at the Plaza restaurant in Macao on June 25th. There were more than 400 people attending the get-together, including Mr. Yu Zhuoyuan, Chairman of Kaiping Benevolent Association of Macao, Mr. Guan Guanghui, Chairman of Supervisors, some Kaiping Natives in Macao, some senior friends in Macao, Mr. Xie Chaowu, standing committeeman of Kaiping Municipal Committee, Mr. Xie Jielun, Director General of Foreign and Overseas Chinese Affair Bureau of Kaiping City, Ms. Liang Haiyan, Deputy Director General of Foreign and Overseas Chinese Affair Bureau of Kaiping City presented themselves under the invitation to congratulate on behalf of Kaiping Municipal Committee and Municipal Government.

It is reported that this time, Kaiping Benevolent Association of Macao especially carried forward the spirits of its beneficent love, respecting and loving the elderly, servicing the society by holding this Cantonese opera get-together for the elderly on the one hand; propagandizing actively Kaiping Diaolou to the local people and friends in Macau on the other hand, supporting hometown, Kaiping Diaolous(Watchtowers) and villages to declare the world culture heritage with practice activity. Mr. Yu Zhuoyuan, Chairman of Kaiping Benevolent Association of Macao, warmly delivered a speech in the get-together, expressing Kaiping Benevolent Association of Macao would actively promote various exchange between Macao and hometown Kaiping, actively promote Kaiping Diaolou. Mr. Xie Chaowu, standing committeeman of Kaiping Municipal Committee, also warmly delivered speech in the get-together, he praised Kaiping Benevolent Association of Macao has been propagandizing the traditional virtue of Chinese nation to respect and love the elderly, has made a contribution to building the present-day harmonious society, and especially affirmed that Kaiping Benevolent Association of Macau came back to the hometown to exchange by holding the Cantonese opera for many times, developed various condolent activity to respect and love the elderly, it is not only the concrete activity to respect and love the elderly, but promote the exchange of the culture in two places also, it is the concrete representation of promoting the ballad singer career development in two places and the concrete activity of participating actively in the various construction of the overseas Chinese hometown.
Subsequently, the get-together was undrawn the prelude with a splendid Cantonese opera performance, several folk art elites sang some unfailing Cantonese opera melodies with universal praise for the local people and the elderly, the whole audience expressed with warmly applause.