What is an opera?

Traditional opera is a traditional form of drama, including Kunqu opera, Beijing opera and various local operas, with song and dance as the main means of expression. Literary forms of lyrics, plays and legends.

Traditional operas in China are mainly composed of folk songs and dances, rap and burlesque. It originated from primitive song and dance and is a comprehensive stage art form with a long history. From the Han and Tang Dynasties to the Song and Jin Dynasties, a relatively complete opera art was formed, consisting of literature, music, dance, fine arts, martial arts, acrobatics and performing arts, with about 360 kinds. It is characterized by the collection of various art forms in a standard, which embodies their respective personalities in the same nature.

China's drama, Greek tragedy and comedy, and Indian Sanskrit drama are called the three ancient drama cultures in the world. After a long period of development and evolution, China Opera Hundred Flowers Garden with five major operas as the core has gradually formed.

Traditional Chinese opera is one of the traditional arts in China. There are all kinds of interesting operas, including singing, dancing, talking, singing and martial arts. This is unique in the history of world drama. Its main features are: taking Peking Opera, the representative of China classical opera, as an example, one is that women dress up as men (in Yue Opera, women often dress up as men); The second is to divide life, Dan, essence and ugliness into four major industries; Third, there is an exaggerated makeup art-Facebook; Fourthly, "costume" (that is, costumes and props of China traditional operas) basically have fixed styles and specifications; The fifth is to use "procedures" to implement. China's national operas, from "Nuo Opera" in pre-Qin Dynasty, "Hundred Operas" in Han Dynasty, "Joining the Army" in Tang Dynasty, Zaju in Song Dynasty, Southern Opera in Southern Song Dynasty and Zaju in Yuan Dynasty, to the unprecedented prosperity of local operas in Qing Dynasty and the formation of Beijing Opera.