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Excuse me, what's the difference between Zhengzi Opera, Xiqin Opera and Bai Zixi?

Zhengzi Opera: Also known as Andrew Opera, it is named because its language is Zhongzhou Mandarin (Minnan and Chaozhou dialect are called Andrew or Zhengzi), and it is popular in Haifeng, Lufeng, Chaoshan, Minnan and Taiwan Province provinces. Formed in Xuande period of Ming Dynasty, it is a branch of Southern Opera in Yuan and Ming Dynasties, with a history of about 500 years. The main tunes are Andrew Opera and Kunqu Opera, with large orchestral strings made of agave shells as the main theme, accompanied by three strings and bamboo strings. Kunqu Opera and Zaju are mainly composed of flute and suona. The performance style is simple and magnificent, especially good at performing Liantai Opera. The martial arts are excellent.

Bai Zixi: At the end of Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of Ming Dynasty, it flowed from southern Fujian to eastern Guangdong to Hailufeng, where it was combined with local dialects and folk arts, and gradually formed the Hailufeng Bai Zixi with strong local characteristics. Music singing is basically a combination of qupai, supplemented by folk songs. Because singing often uses "e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e" as a lining word, it is also called "e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e". Later, it absorbed folk arts such as bamboo horses, money drums, fishing songs and Chaozhou opera music, and gradually formed its own style and characteristics. In order to distinguish it from Chaozhou white character (that is, modern Chaozhou opera), Chaozhou people call it "Nanbai character". Hailufeng dialect is used in the white-character opera, which is especially popular with local farmers. The repertoire is good at interpreting children's feelings, and the performances are full of life.

Xiqin Opera: Also known as Luantan Opera, it is popular in Haifeng, Lufeng, Chaoshan, Minnan and Taiwan Province provinces. Xiqin Opera originated in the northwest of Ming Dynasty, and was combined with local folk art and formed in the early Qing Dynasty. The lead singers are Zheng Xin, Xipi and Huang Er. Western Shaanxi opera is rough and bold, vigorous and passionate, which is better than martial arts. There are more than 1000 kinds of traditional operas, among which the most influential ones are Gongke Ji, Sanguantang, Zhu Bao Chuan and Selling Horses. Thirty-six plays such as Beating Li Feng, Chessboard Meeting, and seventy-two key plays such as Chopping Zheng En. Xiqin Opera retains the ancient Xiqin Opera, which is living evidence of the spread and evolution of local operas in Qing Dynasty.