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What are the characteristics of Tibetan opera? What are the characteristics of Tibetan opera?

1, popular in Tibet, is one of the oldest operas in China, with a history of 1000 years. It is a life-like performance with singing, recitation, dance, expression, dialogue and techniques as the main elements. Usually the performance is performed with a mask, and there is no stage during the performance. The long performance time is three days and three nights, even six or seven days, and the short performance time is two or three hours, all of which are controlled by the playwright. Tibetan opera is loud and powerful, because people set the tone, and every aria is helped by people.

2. Tibetan opera is the general name of Tibetan opera. Tibetan opera is a very huge drama system. Due to the differences in natural conditions, living customs, cultural traditions and dialect sounds in different areas of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, there are many artistic varieties and schools. Tibetan opera originated about 600 years ago, more than 400 years earlier than Peking Opera, which is known as the quintessence of Chinese culture, and is known as the living fossil of Tibetan culture.

3. Tibetan opera is the mother of Tibetan opera art, which spread to Qinghai, Gansu, Sichuan, Yunnan and other Tibetan areas through monks and pilgrims who came to the Uygur Tibetan Temple for further study, forming Qinghai Huangnan Tibetan opera, Gansu Gannan Tibetan opera and Sichuan Seda Tibetan opera. Tibetan operas are also circulating in Tibetan inhabited areas in India, Bhutan and other countries.