Where is Shaoxing?

Shaoxing is a prefecture-level city in Zhejiang Province.

Shaoxing, referred to as Yuezhou for short, is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Zhejiang Province, a central city in the Yangtze River Delta and a II-type big city. The State Council approved China as a cultural eco-tourism city with the characteristics of Jiangnan water town. As of 202 1, the whole city has jurisdiction over 3 districts, 1 county and 2 county-level cities, with a total area of 8274.79 square kilometers and a permanent population of 5.337 million.

Shaoxing is located in the east of China, in the north-central part of Zhejiang Province, on the south bank of Hangzhou Bay. It is the core city of Greater Bay Area around Hangzhou Bay and the sub-central city of Hangzhou metropolitan area.

It is located at 1 19 53' 03 "east and 12 1 13' 38" north and 29 13' 35 "and 3017' north.

Shaoxing Quyi:

Yue Opera originated in Shaoxing. Yue Opera is good at lyricism, focusing on singing, with clear and beautiful voice and beautiful performance. It is really moving and has a strong local color in the south of the Yangtze River.

Social drama is a traditional folk entertainment custom popular in Shaoxing. It is a drama of offering sacrifices to the country in the old Shaoxing Spring and Autumn Period to reward the country and pray for blessings. Social drama originated from the custom of offering sacrifices to social gods (land gods) in rural areas in the Spring and Autumn Period. At first, the Spring Society prayed for a bumper harvest, and the Autumn Society celebrated a bumper harvest for one year. Later, it developed into a performance to reward the gods and pray for blessings, and then it became a folk cultural and entertainment activity along the tradition.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Shaoxing (a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Zhejiang Province)