The Butterfly of That Year: the Year of Riding a White Horse
About This Novel
In 1963, a Huangmei-diao film "Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai" became popular across Taiwan. It made thousands of people star-chasing, and also brought the local traditional opera "Gezi Opera" to the edge of survival, facing a turning point in its fate of being replaced by images. This year, the three-generation theater troupe "Fengxianshe" set up a stage in front of the Xiahai City God's Temple to perform "Shan Bo Ying Tai". During the five-night series of the play, reporters wrote wars, actors were jealous, the stage exploded, the heroine disappeared, and red stars visited the team... The absurdity and true feelings inside and outside the play witnessed the afterglow of a period that belonged to the people and the times. This is not only an elegy to traditional opera, but also an affectionate look at Taiwan's common people's culture. "Butterflies of That Year" is a love letter written to the dusk of Taiwanese opera in the 1960s. At the corner of the times, the red stars of Huangmei Opera appeared on the stage, and the Gezai stage and backstage were once again in turmoil. Every gong and drum sounded at the crossroads of the times and emotions. "You said that Gezi opera has entered history? Then come to Dadaocheng and I will let you know what living opera is." ~Xu Lanxin "I have been in jail, but I have not lost myself. The stage is the only place I don't want to escape." ~ Chen Zhilong
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