Classification of Dian Opera

The Yunnan Opera in Yiliang County, Kunming City was performed earlier. According to the record of Qujing Regional Opera Journal, at the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Civil War, there was a Dian Opera troupe formed by Chen Weichun in Yiliang County, which mainly performed folded plays, but also the strips of plays based on the Han folk tales. Due to the frequent performance activities, a large number of Dian Opera artists were trained in the local area. 1953, Yiliang set up the "Xiexing Dian Opera Society", which absorbed some Dian Opera artists scattered in the folk community into the society. 1955, Yiliang's Dian Opera group merged with the Qujing Regional Dian Opera Troupe, and set up the Qujing Regional Dian Opera Troupe in Yiliang. 1959, Yiliang's Dian Opera troupe was established in the Qujing Regional Dian Opera Troupe, and in 1959, Yiliang's Dian Opera Troupe in the Qujing Regional Dian Opera Troupe was established. In 1959, Yiliang established the Yiliang County Dian Opera Troupe on the basis of the first team of the Dian Opera Troupe. Famous Dian Opera performers from Yunnan Province, such as Peng Guozhen, Bamboo Banyin, Little Banyin, Qi Shaobin, and the zither player Yin Qitai, were the backbones of the Troupe in the early days.

In 1967, Yiliang County Dian Opera Troupe was disbanded. 1979, Yiliang County Literary and Artistic Propaganda Team as the basis for the restoration of the Dian Opera Troupe, not only recruited a part of the Dian Opera veteran artists, but also absorbed a number of young actors and performers of the Dian Opera even stage plays, "The Civet Cat Swaps the Prince", "Seven Heroes and Five Righteousnesses", "The Three Sisters Come Down to Earth", "The Generals of the Yang Family", "Fann Lihua", and so on, with an enthusiastic audience, the Dian Opera performances are becoming increasingly prosperous. After 1975, Yiliang County Dian Opera Troupe created historical dramas such as "Tianbo Tide" and "The Soldier in the Robe", which took part in the Qujing Regional Literary and Artistic Festival and won prizes. Later, it also created the folk story drama "Rabbit Fairy Saves Dragon", modern drama "Wild Chrysanthemum", "New Legend of Green Forest" and other dramas, which won awards in Kunming Drama Festival. Fengqing County, Lincang City, Yunnan opera has a long history, the earliest historical evidence of the introduction of time for the thirty-second year of the Qing dynasty Guangxu (1906), Liu Jinyu's "Tianqing class" to the performance of the local people by the local masses, and produced a number of Yunnan opera ticket enthusiasts. Some local officials and gentry to raise funds to build stage to buy costumes, organizing performances, and constantly invited the Dian Opera class and famous actors and actresses performed many Dian Opera repertoire, Dian Opera performances in Fengqing increased influence, wider distribution. In the process produced a number of local players with certain attainments, students, dan, jing, chou have, some also take the class to the sea, to perform Yunnan opera for a living. 1933, the establishment of the first amateur Dian Opera Society "Shang You She", most of the plays for the 1935 by the service of the Hall, Yunnan Daxin Bookstore, Ruihua Bookstore, the publication of the "Dian Opera Da Guan", New Dian Opera", "Dian Opera Score", etc., and transplanted some Sichuan Opera repertoire.

During the war, the "Shangyou Society" repeatedly raised funds for charity performances of "Mulan in the army", "Suwu Shepherds Goat", "Yue Fei", etc., and all the proceeds were donated to the front or to the disaster areas, which were honored by the provincial government at that time.

Shuning Dian Opera Troupe was established in 1953, and later changed to Fengqing Dian Opera Troupe.

After years of performance practice, Fengqing Dianju Troupe has basically formed a complete line, lineup, singing, reading, doing, playing each style, have a certain impact on the Dianju Opera performance team, in the retention of the traditional repertoire at the same time, for the reform of Dianju Opera singing made a contribution. For example, Zhao Xingren created the "anti-silk string", "anti-Erhuang" and the integration of "Xiangyang" and "Huqin", silk string" and the "Five Tones and Cicadas" which integrates "Xiangyang", "Huqin", "Silk String" and miscellaneous ditties, enriched and developed the singing style of Dian Opera. At the same time in the interpretation of the transplanted plays, produced a number of such as "Night Plum", "Double Injustice", "Birthday Cake", "Borrowed Dowry", "Yangquiao woke up the dreamer", "Chung Jin Flame", "Wish", "Object", "Golden Autumn Banquet", "Bee King son-in-law" and other important, representative of the local original plays, participated in the provincial repertoire and won awards, and trained a number of performers and playwrights have a certain degree of influence.

As a result of changes in production and lifestyle coupled with the diversification of cultural consumption, the county Dian Opera Troupe in 1990 after the dissolution of the Dian Opera, has rarely performed Dian Opera, but a number of amateur enthusiasts and folk artists are still in the holidays or celebrations and other occasions, the organization of some of the drums around the singing of "Bench Theatre".