The Tang Xianzu Memorial Hall in Fuzhou is a comprehensive cultural venue built to commemorate Tang Xianzu, one of the world’s hundred great cultural figures and a master of Ming‑dynasty drama in China. It is also one of Jiangxi Province’s ten major memorial halls dedicated to historical luminaries.

The press conference for the 7th Tang Xianzu International Drama Exchange Month in 2025 was held in Nanchang.

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2025-10-14

October 13, The press conference for the 7th Tang Xianzu International Drama Exchange Month in 2025 was held in Nanchang. Hu Jianfei, Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee and Mayor, and Han Zhiyu, Member of the Party Leadership Group and Deputy Director of the Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, attended the event and delivered the main announcement. Tu Anbo, Executive Vice President of the Provincial People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, Zhao Weiping, Member of the Party Leadership Group and Vice Chairwoman of the Provincial Federation of Literary and Art Circles, and Cai Qing, Vice Mayor, also attended and fielded questions from the press.

At the press conference (photo by Zhang Dehao, intern reporter for China National Radio).

Introducing the overall program, Hu Jianfei stated that the 7th Tang Xianzu International Theatre Exchange Month will take place in our city from October 24 to the end of November this year. With the theme “A Decade of Cultural Exchanges: Listening to New Voices from Peony Land Across the World,” the event will focus on four key objectives—internationalization, youth engagement, market orientation, and brand building—integrating theatrical performances, academic exchanges, youth dialogues, and film screenings. It aims to continuously promote China’s outstanding traditional culture, foster mutual learning and exchange between Chinese and foreign civilizations, enhance the global stature of Tang Xianzu as a world‑class cultural brand, and elevate Jiangxi’s cultural influence and reputation on the international stage. We warmly invite media outlets at home and abroad to maintain their attention and provide extensive coverage, and we welcome theatre enthusiasts, scholars, young students, and friends from all sectors across China and around the globe to gather in Fuzhou this golden autumn for a grand celebration of theatre and culture. Fuzhou will continue to champion the inheritance and promotion of Tang Xianzu’s operatic heritage, deepen cultural exchanges, foster artistic innovation, and advance the integration of culture and tourism. It will further establish a globally influential platform for theatrical dialogue, forge a new paradigm of heritage preservation driven by both “youthfulness” and “professionalism,” and cultivate new cultural‑tourism consumption experiences characterized by “theater throughout the city, shared by all.” Through these efforts, Fuzhou aims to become China’s “City of Opera”—a place where theater thrives within the urban fabric and where the arts are woven into the very heart of the city.

Introducing the progress of Jiangxi’s cultural development, Han Zhiyu stated that in recent years, the entire province has earnestly studied, implemented, and put into practice Xi Jinping Thought on Culture and the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important remarks during his inspection of Jiangxi. Centering on the new cultural mission, the province has accelerated efforts to build a culturally strong province, systematically advanced the development of its artistic ecosystem, demonstrated cultural confidence through the inheritance of opera traditions, and showcased Jiangxi’s distinctive style by creating high‑quality artistic works, thereby writing an even more vigorous and proactive chapter of Chinese‑style modernization in Jiangxi. Coinciding with the significant milestone of the 475th anniversary of Tang Xianzu’s birth, in Fuzhou—the “hometown of Master Tang”—we have delved deeply into the contemporary value of Tang Xianzu’s dramatic heritage, planned and prepared for the seventh Tang Xianzu International Theatre Exchange Month in 2025. Focusing on three core dimensions—“innovative expression to respond to the call of our times,” “enhanced quality to meet public expectations,” and “diverse dialogue to address global aspirations”—we are shaping an event that combines cultural depth with broad outreach, thus delivering a timely response to the era by preserving and promoting Tang Xianzu’s theatrical legacy.

At the press conference, Tu Anbo, Zhao Weiping, and Cai Qing addressed reporters’ questions one by one, including whether this year’s Exchange Month would feature a series of events to deepen cultural exchanges between China and the United Kingdom, what distinguishes the sixth Tang Xianzu Drama Competition from previous editions, and what innovative highlights the current Exchange Month program offers.