Repertoire of Guizhou Lantern Opera

The traditional repertoire has been recorded as more than 100, of which most of the small plays are based on stories of rural life and folklore, such as "Paying New Year's Respect", "Sisters Viewing Flowers", "Stopping Wife by Putting Cattle on the Road", "Visiting the Three Relatives", "Qiaoying Sunning Her Shoes", and "Liu Sanyou Picking Water", etc. The big plays are mostly transplanted from other kinds of plays.

Early Dushan lanterns were mainly songs and dances, with repertoires such as Stomping on the New Platform and Sweeping the Platform by the Spiritual Officers, etc. Later on, theater repertoires gradually appeared, such as The Book of Locusts, The Book of Red Lanterns and The Book of the Returning Souls. Dushan Buyi lanterns are mainly sung in Chinese, but also in Buyi. Qiandong Tujia lanterns were imported from Jiangnan in the Ming Dynasty. On the basis of the original lanterns, the Tujia folk artists into the national Nuo opera and some of the components of the pendulum dance, forming their own characteristics. Qiandong Tujia lanterns are mainly based on historical stories and folklore. The main repertoire includes Zhendong, Zhenxi, Red Lanterns, Eight Immortals and Master Guan's Pointing Troops.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the investigation, organization and renovation of the lantern art began. 1956, the professional Guizhou Provincial Lantern Troupe was established. After that, professional lantern troupes were also established in Anshun area, and they compiled and performed the folk story play "Seven Sisters and Snake Lang", the modern play "Typical People" and "Sister-in-Law Chun". In addition, there are "Paying New Year's Visit", "Three Visits to Relatives", "Tea Mountain Meeting", "Cargo Man's Burden", "Inviting Sisters to School" and so on.