Introduction of Yihuang Opera

Yihuang Opera is one of the operas in Gan dialect, which originated in Yihuang County and has a history of nearly 400 years. Its central distribution area is Yihuang, Cheng Nan, Nanfeng and Guangchang counties in Jiangxi, as far as northeast Jiangxi, south Jiangxi and west Fujian. Yihuang Opera Troupe was very famous in Ming Dynasty. The drama Four Dreams in Linchuan by Tang Xianzu, an outstanding dramatist in China, was originally performed by Yihuang Troupe, so it was called Yiling and Children of Crystal. But the Yihuang class at that time sang Yiyang tune first. Yiyang Tune is popular in Huizhou and Qingyang. On May 20th, 2006, Yihuang Opera was approved by the State Council to be included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.