China's Five Major Dramas

China's five major operas: Peking Opera, Yue Opera, Huangmei Opera, Pingju Opera and Henan Opera.

1. Peking Opera is the quintessence of China, also known as Peking Opera, National Opera and Pihuang. China's first traditional drama. Four classes in Huizhou have been in Beijing for more than 200 years. Beijing opera is a comprehensive performing art.

2. Yue Opera is a traditional opera form in the south of the Yangtze River, which is mainly popular in Zhejiang, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Fujian, Shaanxi, Hubei and other places. In its heyday, except for Tibet, Guangdong, Guangxi and a few other provinces and regions, there were professional theatrical troupes all over the country. 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.

Pingju is very popular in North China, Northeast China and other regions. It was once called the second largest type of drama. In its heyday, except for some provinces, there were almost all Pingju troupes. Pingju is a kind of China opera, commonly known as Bouncing Opera, Pingqiang Bangzi Opera and Luozi Opera.

Huangmei Opera is the main local opera in Anhui Province. Hubei, Jiangxi, Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Taiwan Province and Hongkong all have professional or amateur Huangmei Opera performance groups, which are widely welcomed.

5. Henan Opera stands out from more than 300 operas in China and continues to inherit, reform and innovate on the basis of Henan Bangzi. It came into being in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, and began to focus on oratorio, which was deeply loved by the people, so it developed very rapidly.

The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Five Major Dramas.