Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region
Hong Kong Week 2026@Chengdu to present additional performance “Jin Yong Xiqu Theatre – The Smiling, Proud Wanderer”
“Jin Yong Xiqu Theatre – The Smiling, Proud Wanderer” is an authorised stage adaptation of Jin Yong’s classic martial arts novel. Since its premiere in 2024, which was funded under the Arts Technology Funding Pilot Scheme by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, the production has attracted wide attention and, in 2025, swept eight international awards, including the Grand Award at the East Creative Award International Creative Design Competition, the IDA International Design Silver Award, and the Kyoto Global Design Award, spanning the fields of visual communication, stage design, and cultural innovation. Following tours in Shenzhen and Guangzhou, where the audiences responded enthusiastically to the performances, it now arrives in Chengdu, poised to ignite another wave of cultural excitement in wuxia and xiqu.
The stage performance showcases young wusheng actor Ren Jiale as the “Nine Swords of the Lone Swordmaster”; Kong Aiping as the legendary “Invincible East”; and Hong Kong naamyam artist Yeung Kin-ping in “Rapping the World of Martial Arts”. These reimagined Peking and Kunqu opera excerpts, enriched by naamyam rap, alongside light, imagery, and sound, vividly reframe the timeless characters of Jin Yong’s epic.
Tickets are now available for sale on Maoyan and Damai. For details, please visit the Hong Kong Week 2026@Chengdu website: www.hongkongweek.gov.hk/2026chengdu/en/programmes/the-smiling-proud-wanderer/Issued at HKT 12:00
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