Birthday Celebration by Five Daughters (五女拜壽) is a Chinese Yue opera play written by Gu Xidong (顾锡东) in 1982, set in the Ming dynasty before and after the fall of Yan Song.
[2] In 1984, the stage production of the newly founded, female-only Zhejiang Xiaobaihua Yue Opera Troupe was made into a film directed by Lu Jianhua (陆建华) and Yu Zhongxiao (于中效).
This film was a massive national hit, winning Best Opera Film (a brand new category) at the 5th Golden Rooster Awards, and catapulting the young Zhejiang Xiaobaihua actresses like He Ying (何英), He Saifei, Dong Kedi, Mao Weitao, Fang Xuewen (方雪雯) and Tao Huimin (then all aged 18–24) into the national spotlight.
[3] From 1984 to 2004, Zhejiang Xiaobaihua alone performed the play close to 600 times, including some staged in Hong Kong (1983–84), Singapore (1986), Thailand (1992), and Taiwan (1993).
In 2003, it was adapted into a TV series starring Ning Jing, Li Qian, and Fu Yiwei.