The Origin of Tang Opera

Tang Opera is one of the local Chinese opera styles, which began in 1959 on the basis of Jidong Shadow Opera music and singing, combined with the development of opera performance art for the opera, because of the source of the Tangshan area in Hebei Province, so the name Tang Opera. Jidong shadow play is customarily known as "Luanzhou shadow" or "Leting shadow", has a long history and is famous for singing, which is not only a household name in the Jidong area, but also quite popular in the northeast. During the liberation war, literary workers in the liberated area of Jidong used shadow singing to create and perform "Cao Da Sister-in-Law Gets a Gun" and other new Yangge Opera.After 1949, shadow singing and opera were still welcomed by the masses on the amateur stage.At the beginning of 1960, a Tang opera class was set up in the Opera School of Tangshan City. In 1962, the Tang Opera class was transferred to Hebei Opera School as Tang Opera Section, and in early 1966, the graduates of the first phase formed the first professional performance group, namely Tang Opera Troupe of Tangshan City Experimental Tang Opera Troupe. Tang Opera is a wonderful flower born in the hundred gardens of opera in the socialist motherland. It was founded in 1960, based on the inheritance and development of the music and singing art of Jidong Shadow, and using and borrowing the performance forms of Beijing Opera and other operas to form and develop. She has a beautiful tune, unique flavor, rich and complete plate style, and a variety of voices, with strong and distinctive local characteristics, and has a strong mass base in Jidong and the northeast.