What traditional dramas are there in China?

Cantonese opera originated in Foshan and is one of the traditional operas of the Han nationality. It is sung in Cantonese. Popular in the Pearl River Delta, western Guangdong, Hong Kong, Macao and southeastern Guangxi, it is also performed in overseas Cantonese-speaking Chinese communities.

Its origin can be traced back to the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty. As the ancestors of Guangfu people came from different regions, the development of Cantonese opera was also influenced by Yiyang Opera, Kunqiang Opera, Han Opera, Huizhou Opera and Qinqiang Opera, and formed its own style.

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Pingju is one of the traditional operas of Han nationality, which is popular in northern China and one of the five major operas in China. Some people think it is the second largest drama in China. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, it was formed on the basis of the ditty "Opposite Lotus Falls" in Luanxian County, Hebei Province. It was first popular in rural areas of Hebei province, and then entered Tangshan, and was called "Tangshan Xiazi".

3. Southern Opera

From the end of Northern Song Dynasty to the end of Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of Ming Dynasty, that is, from 12 to 14, China was the earliest school of Han Opera in southern China and one of the earliest mature forms of China drama. There are many different names for Southern Opera, and other names, such as Wenzhou Zaju, Yongjia Zaju, Stork Soup and Nanqu, were also called legends in Ming and Qing Dynasties.

4. Chinese painting

Chinese painting. As one of the traditional plastic arts, it is also a typical elite art. From the perspective of art history, the capitals before the Republic of China were collectively called ancient paintings. Traditional Chinese painting has no clear name in ancient times, and it is generally called Danqing, which has its own system in the world art field.

Chinese painting embodies the ancients' understanding of nature, society, politics, philosophy, religion, morality, literature and art in content and artistic creation.

5. Shadow play

A folk drama that uses animal skins or cardboard to shape characters to perform stories. During the performance, the artists manipulated the shadow puppeteers behind the white curtain, telling stories with local popular tunes, accompanied by percussion instruments and strings, which had a strong local flavor. Its popularity is extremely extensive, and various shadow plays are formed due to different voices played in different places.