Cantonese opera

When I was growing up i grew up listening to Cantonese opera. It was my main staple rather than the beatles, Bee Gees and the like. I did not understand the texts but I say along and I could hum to all the major arias. I fell under the spell of Yam Kim Fei and Bak Suet Sin and their disciples Loong Kim Sung and Mui Suet Si. Like everybody my favourite was Tai Nui Fah - Di Nu Hua.

帝女花

Of course this was made later into Princess Cheung Ping by the one and only John Woo - famous for other type of movies.
I was so happy when I chanced upon the video clips on youtube. I  can watch this ad nauseum and still love it. - it can put me into a trance and I can watch back to back operas.

One day when I retire I will go and study Chinese so that I can appreciate them to the full.