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Sichuan Opera is mainly composed of five kinds of Kunqu Opera.

Sichuan Opera is mainly composed of five tunes: Kunqu Opera, Gaoqiang Opera, Huqin Opera, Tanxi Opera and Dengdiao.

Sichuan Opera consists of Kunqu Opera, Gaoqiang Opera, Huqin Opera, Tanxi Opera and Dengdiao. Among them, except for the local lights, all the lights in other places are imported. These five kinds of vocal music and the music forms such as gongs and drums, suona music cards, piano and flute music that accompany these five kinds of vocal music.

1, Gao Qiang is the most important vocal cavity in Sichuan Opera, which was introduced to Sichuan from other places in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties. After Gao Qiang was introduced into Sichuan, it was combined with Sichuan dialect, folk songs, labor songs and questioning rap, and after several processing and refining, it gradually formed a vocal music with local characteristics.

2. Kunqu Opera Many literati's works are white and elegant, with strict rules and regulations, and pay more attention to clear pronunciation and mellow voice when singing. Sichuan and Kunming originated in Suzhou and Kunming. Sichuan opera artists take advantage of the characteristics of Kunqu opera, which is good at singing and beneficial to dancing. They often only select some tunes or singing sentences from Kunqu opera and insert them into other vocal cavities to sing, forming a unique artistic style of Sichuan and Kunming.

3. Huqin is a general term for Huang Er and Xipi Opera. Because its main accompaniment instrument is "Little Huqin", it is collectively called Huqin. Huqin tune was formed in Qianlong period, the most representative of which is Late at Night.

4. Tanxi is a kind of traditional opera vocal cavity sung with the cover-plate huqin as the main accompaniment instrument. Shaanxi's Shaanxi opera belongs to the Bangzi system, so it is also called "Chuanbangzi". Although Tanxi originated from Qin opera, it was combined with Sichuan local language and influenced by Sichuan gongs and drums and folk music. After long-term evolution, it has formed its own unique artistic style with strong Sichuan local color.

5. Lantern Opera is quite distinctive in Sichuan Opera. It originated from Sichuan folk song and dance performances to meet the gods, and it can also be said to be the product of the ancient Bashu traditional Lantern Festival. The characteristics of operetta vocal cavity are: short music, lively rhythm, relaxed and lively melody, and strong Sichuan local flavor.

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Introduction of Sichuan Opera Schools

1. The West Sichuan School, including counties in Wenjiang area with Chengdu as the center, is dominated by Huqin, forming a unique "Northern Transfer".

2. Ziyang River School, including Zigong, Neijiang District, counties and cities, is dominated by high tones and has the most rigorous artistic style.

3. The northern Sichuan school, including Nanchong and Mianyang, mainly sings operas and is influenced by Shaanxi opera.

4. East Sichuan School, including East Sichuan area centered on Chongqing. Before Chongqing became a municipality directly under the central government from June 65438 to June 0997, Chongqing was the commercial center of Sichuan, and many foreign operas came here to perform, which was characterized by mixed roads and diversified vocal tunes.

Reference source: Baidu Encyclopedia-Sichuan Opera (traditional opera)