Every day, she walked the mountain, visiting families who lived far apart, to inquire about their needs and help find solutions to their problems. Except for a small shop, there was no other form of entertainment.īut Huang stayed there for more than a year. Recalling her first visit to Baini, Tian says the village is bleak and desolate.

For me, she is a hero,' says Tian, who visited Baini village many times with the opera crew in 2019. But she did these things, day after day, and finally helped those poor villagers get out of poverty. 'Her daily work was ordinary and tedious. Before her death, Huang sought help to pave a road for the village, construct solar lights, teach locals to plant fruit trees and sell their fruits online. The opera is based on the story of Huang, who, in her official role, helped 88 families shake off the shackles of poverty.Ī postgraduate from Beijing Normal University, Huang volunteered to stay in the village to work as a village official, far from city's comfortable life. It will go to stage at Shanghai Grand Theater on Saturday and Sunday.

The opera On the Way to Alleviate Poverty was presented at the National Center for the Performing Arts in Beijing during the weekend. One week later, director Tian Qinxin visited the spot where Huang had lost her life and decided to produce an opera to salute the young hero of the poverty alleviation effort.

While driving near Baise in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region on a rainy night in June 2019, Huang Wenxiu, the 30-year-old Party secretary who had devoted herself to lifting the residents of nearby Baini village from poverty, tragically died in a flood. Scenes from the opera On the Way to Alleviate Poverty reveal the story of poverty fighter Huang Wenxiu who helped to pave a road to Baini village (top) in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, find solutions for villagers facing difficulties (above left), transfer people during a storm late at night (above right) and lift 88 families out of poverty within a year.

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