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- Sin Chew Daily
KUALA LUMPUR (April 15): Ten national-style Chinese primary schools gathered in the National Languages Bureau's Performing Arts Hall today to present the classic Chinese classics "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" in the form of a Malay stage play.
The 10 schools participating in the drama viewing competition were from State Huawen Primary School, Jidan Hualian Huawen Primary School, Lesheng Huawen Primary School, Jiadong Huawen Primary School (1st School), Anbang Huawen Primary School, Qiuhua Huawen Primary School, and Kuncheng Huawen Primary School. One school), Jiaolai eleventh Huawen Primary School, Saicheng United Huaxiao and Kuncheng Huawen Primary School (second school).
Incorporate rap and robotic elements
In order to perfectly interpret the classic fragments of The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, including Taoyuan Sanjieyi, Qiyi Mengxu, Chibi Battle, Sanying Battle Lu Bu, Baidi City Zhigu, etc., Zhonghua Xiaosheng makes all the stops in a creative way. Presenting the Malay stage play, including the integration of modern elements such as rap and robots,
The observation competition was hosted by the Malaysian Ministry of Education, jointly organized by the National Bureau of Culture and Arts, the National Languages Bureau of the Ministry of Education and the Malaysian Cultural Center. The Red Sister Studio hosted the Prime Minister's Office of National Unity and Integration as a support unit.
Participants of the National Citizen Chinese Elementary School (Mandarin) Drama Watching Competition took a group photo after the closing ceremony and the award ceremony. (Photo: Sin Chew Daily)
Yang Yide: Improving Hua Xiaosheng's Mandarin Ability
Yang Yide, general manager of the Malaysian Cultural Center, said in an interview with this newspaper that this year is the third year of the "National National Chinese Elementary School (Mandarin) Drama Watching Tournament", which aims to enhance Hua Xiaosheng's Mandarin ability in a cultural and dramatic way.
He hopes that through this activity, Hua Xiaosheng will like to speak Malay and learn Malay in a more lively way.
Wu Mingni, managing director of the Malaysian Cultural Center, pointed out that the theme of the "Three Kingdoms" was chosen this year because the theme of the previous stage plays is "Journey to the West". Other famous works including "Water Margin" and "Dream of Red Mansions" are extremely difficult. .
Chen Guowei: 3 protagonists are worth learning
In a speech at the closing ceremony and awarding ceremony, Malaysia's special envoy to China, Chen Guowei, said that the three protagonists in The Romance of the Three Kingdoms have many excellent virtues worth learning, including compassion, tolerance, kindness and courage.
"When we are building a multi-ethnic country composed of three major races, these good virtues should be our model."
Wu Hengcan: Gift for the 45th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Malaysia and China
The chairman of the Malaysian Cultural Center, Datuk Wu Hengcan, said that this year marks the 45th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Malaysia and China. The Romance of the Three Kingdoms is one of China's four famous works. The Malay stage play presented by Malaysians is given to Ma Zhong. A gift for the 45th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations.
He also pointed out that Malaysia is the first country outside China to present the Romance of the Three Kingdoms in a Malay drama. At the same time, he hopes that the script of the drama viewing competition will be assembled into a book in the future.
State Hua Xiao Principal: Establishing Malay Drama Class
Zheng Yuting, the president of the State Chinese Primary School, one of the participating schools, said that since the school participated in the drama competition in 2016, it has set up a drama class in the extracurricular activities on campus and conducted it in Malay.
She said that participating in the drama viewing competition can encourage students to explore this type of literary story more deeply, and also train students to become more self-disciplined and team-oriented.
Gao Yaoxuan, a teacher at Kuncheng Huawen Primary School (one school), also said that the participating students can not only learn Mandarin from this, but also learn Chinese classic literature stories.
Participants included Dans Reno Lisa, Director of the Malaysian National Culture and Arts Bureau, Deputy Director (Culture and Art), Haji Mosran and Deputy Director of the National Languages Bureau (Policy) Datuk Batilla.
National National Chinese Elementary School (Mandarin) Drama Watching Competition
Award winner
Best Actor Cai Zhengzhe (Jilian Hualian Huawen Primary School)
Best Actress Fu Yujing (Jurassic 11th Huawen Primary School)
Best Review Recommendation Award Ampang Huawen Primary School
Best Creative Performance Award Cheras 11th Chinese Language Primary School
Best Team Spirit Award Jiliang Hualian Huawen Primary School
The most complete work award (in no particular order)
Shi Gengzhuang Farming Huawen Primary School
Saicheng United Huaxiao
Cheras Eleven Chinese Language Primary SchoolÂ
