Of Mountains And Seas
Theatre
Description
Description
In the beginning, the goddess Nü Wa creates human beings either from her bowels, or as some say, from clay, or through mating with the god Fu Xi. Later, Able Emperor takes charge of the eastern side of the heavens. With his wife the Sun Mother, he has ten sons who are suns, and with his wife Moon Mother, he has twelve daughters. The emperor commands that his sons tour the earth by turns to ensure good harvests and happy lives, but the sons steal the dragon chariot and go on an escapade together, wreaking havoc on earth. The emperor sends the god Yi the Archer to restore order, and Yi’s wife Chang E accompanies him. Yi shoots down nine of the ten suns, unexpectedly arousing the emperor’s wrath. As a result, Yi is expelled from the celestial court. The Yellow Emperor presides over the north, and aspires to unite the heavenly court under his reign. Chi You, a god under Flame Emperor of the southern heavens, resents Yellow Emperor’s ambitions and rises against him. As the war gravitates in Chi You’s favour, Yellow Emperor invites the god Winged Dragon to fight for him. Winged Dragon slays Chi You, and the rebellion is put out. The Yellow Emperor praises Chi You’s loyalty to the Flame Emperor, and orders a solemn funeral for Chi You. Yellow Emperor then issues an edict strictly separating the heaven from the earth, with only the Incomplete Mountain as a pillar in between the two realms. Gong Gong, who grows disgruntled against the rule of earthly king Zhuan Xu, throws himself head-first onto the Incomplete Mountain, causing earth to be severely flooded. In order to relieve the disaster, Gun defies the Yellow Emperor’s order and goes to heaven to steal a selfgenerating magical soil, but is killed by the guardian god — the Fire God. The Yellow Emperor orders a lesser god, Wu the Knife, to cut open Gun’s abdomen, out of which is born Yu, who receives a mandate to control the flooding, along with the gift of the magical soil. Thanks to his success, Yu is crowned as the first emperor on earth, and thus begins the imperial era in the human realm.
Director：Lin Zhaohua
Choreographer：Wang Yuanyuan
Image Designer：Yin Guangzhong
Laoqiang Director：Dang Anhua
Set Designer：Liu Kedong
Lighting Designer：Han Jiang
Costume Designer：A Kuan
Sound Designer：Liu Bo
Shadow Play Designer：Zhang Shimin
Producer：Han Jiang
Note：This event record is compiled from "Hong Kong Drama Yearbook 2012" published by International Association of Theatre Critics (Hong Kong).
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$150
$450
Indoor
Non-local
