Excerpt from ‘Filial Piety That Moved the Heaven’《孝感動天》
Filial Piety That Moved the Heaven《孝感動天》, circa 1950s.
This excerpt comes from the Cantonese opera Filial Piety That Moved the Heaven. It is performed by Tang Pik-Wan 鄧碧雲 and Sun Ma Sze Tsang 新馬師曾 and tells the story of Dong Yong. He sings of grief, poverty, and his deep devotion to his father.