15 awarded at Guangzhou’s Drama Plum Blossom Award

A total of 15 drama performers including famous Cantonese Opera artists Su Chunmei and Zeng Xiaomin won the Chinese Drama Plum Blossom Award, the top award for theater performances in China, on May 22 at the 28th Chinese Drama Plum Blossom Award hosted at Guangzhou Opera House.

The closing ceremony took the opportunity to stage some wonderful scenes covering a range of operatic genres including Kunqu Opera's Peony Pavilion and Wuju Opera's the Legend of the White Snake.

The awards ceremony of the 28th Chinese Drama Plum Blossom Award concludes at Guangzhou Opera House on May 22. [Photo/Southcn.com]

This year marks the second time the biennial event has been held in Guangzhou and the city was granted a memorial plaque for the occasion.

A scene from Peony Pavilion is staged at the closing ceremony of the 28th Chinese Drama Plum Blossom Award held in Guangdong Opera House on May 22. [Photo/Southcn.com] 

As the topmost award for Chinese drama performance, this year's Plum Blossom Award sought to both innovate the art form while celebrating classical works.

“The inheritance of Cantonese Opera is of great importance and I hope I can cultivate more young talented performers in the future,” said Su Chunmei, deputy director of Guangdong Cantonese Opera Theatre and winner of this year's Chinese Drama Plum Blossom Award.

Artists including Zeng Xiaomin (Middle) are awarded Chinese Drama Plum Blossom Award in Guangzhou Opera House on May 22. [Photo/Southcn.com] 

Su noted that she would look to the award as a motivation to work harder to bring Cantonese Opera to more people.