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The Flower Princess and the Imaginations of Hong Kong

University of British Columbia. Hong Kong Studies Initiative; University of British Columbia. Centre for Chinese Research; University of British Columbia. Department of History; University of British Columbia. School of Music; University of British Columbia. Asian Library

The list of Cantonese operas includes thousands of titles. But only a handful of them stand the test of time. Amongst these gems, Tang Disheng’s The Flower Princess (Di nü hua 帝女花) is a particularly successful one. The playwright created a world where politics and ethics, patriotism and romantic love, intertwine. The work is far more than entertainment, with its cultural influence growing rather than waning over time. Adaptions of the opera in different art forms have been produced and reproduced frequently, contributing to the various cultural-political imaginations of Hong Kong.

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Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library

10.14288/1.0367932

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