Wu Nansheng's Social Evaluation

Wu Nansheng is not only an agile and far-sighted party and government leader; He is also a talented writer, calligrapher and connoisseur of painting and calligraphy. He is familiar with the history and culture of Chaozhou Opera and has special feelings for Chaozhou Opera. In the development of Chaozhou Opera for nearly 40 years, he is a person who has made important contributions. In the early 1950s, when he was deputy secretary of Shantou Municipal Committee and deputy director of Military Management Committee, he actively advocated the reform of Chaozhou Opera. He cares about the political status and life of Chaozhou opera artists, makes friends with Chaozhou opera artists and is deeply loved by artists. He initiated and participated in the compilation of "A Hundred Years' Struggle History of Chaozhou Farmers", which belongs to the Martyrs' Army and promotes Chaozhou Opera to reflect real life. In the mid-1950s, when he was the Propaganda Department of the South China Branch of the Communist Party of China and the Propaganda Minister of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee, he actively organized two performances of Chaozhou Opera in Beijing and Shanghai. After that, he performed in Hong Kong and Cambodia. These performances, due to full preparation, wonderful plays and good team spirit; Coupled with careful publicity work, Chaozhou opera has left an excellent impression on audiences in Beijing, Shanghai and overseas. From the late 1950s to the mid-1960s, in a short period of six or seven years, he organized and participated in drama selection and script revision, and filmed plays such as Su six niang, Li Jingji, Tell My Husband, Make a Wind, Enter the Wine with Wang, and "",which made Chaozhou Opera have a wider audience at home and abroad.