About the Programme

Worshipping the Moon is one of the Four Major Southern Opera Classics (The Story of the Wooden Hairpin, Liu Zhiyuan—The Story of the Rabbit, Worshipping the Moon, and Slaying the Dog), with Under the Umbrella being its most exciting scene.  This opera is chosen as it contains the basic elements of Cantonese Opera, such as ‘singing’, ‘reciting’, ‘acting’, ‘fencing’, ‘every sound is the sound of music’, ‘every move is a dance move’, etc.  The moderator will explain in greater depth the differences between the banqiangti (bangzi and erhuang) and qupaiti (xiaoqu and paiziqu) of the singing parts, and the importance of speeches.  The moderator will also give examples of abstract and rhythmic movements in the opera, which reveal infinite artistic possibilities.  We hope to take this opportunity to guide teachers to stroll in the atmosphere of Cantonese Opera and share the beauty of this traditional art with their students in the future.

List of Creative Team and Performers

About the Artist

Sun Kim-long
Mr. Sun Kim-long began his apprenticeship under the Cantonese Opera master Wu Gongxia during the 60s; he also studied martial arts from the Xu Junhan.  He became popular in the eighties in the Singapore and Malaysian region.

Besides having extensive stage experience, Sun recorded numerous albums with his impressive singing voices in recent years.  He also actively involves in Cantonese Opera promotion and productions, which includes Seven Filial Kins, Assault on the Red Light, Kublai Khan, Madame Butterfly, Jade Hairpin, The Wife and the Concubine, and Eighteen Arhats Taming the Golden Condor.  He formed Xin Feng Huang Cantonese Opera Troupe with Nam Fung, and Xin Hui Huang Cantonese Opera troupe in 2001 and 2002 respectively and in 2001, he wrote his first work of Cantonese opera, Reflection of Beauties in Lotus Pond.  He produced a new work, Madame Butterfly in 2003 and wrote The Green Jade Haripin in 2004.  He wrote many scripts and his recent works include The Heroes of Tang and Pearl Flag. 

Sun is currently vice chairman of the Chinese Artist Association of Hong Kong, board members of the Cantonese Opera Development Fund Advisory Committee and the Cantonese Opera Advisory Committee.  Sun has also won the Commendation award from the Home Affairs Bureau in 2009 and awarded the Medal of Honour (MH) by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in 2019.

Kwan Wai-sham Juliana
At the age of five, she started performing on stage in Singapore with her mother, Leong Yee Lin.  In 2012, she became a new talent performer in the Cantonese Opera Young Talent Showcase.  In 2014, she became a rising star at the Xiqu Centre for Cantonese Opera.  She has served as a leading actress in different theater troupes.  She is currently a council member of the Hong Kong Sun Wo Tong and vice principal of a primary school.  She is dedicated to organise and promote Cantonese Opera activities.