Where did Kunqu Opera originate? How many years ago?

1. Kunqu Opera, which originated in Kunshan, Jiangsu Province, has a history of more than 600 years, and is called "the father and teacher of hundreds of operas".

2. Kunqu Opera, formerly known as "Kunshan Opera" or "Kunqu Opera" for short, has been called "Kunqu Opera" since the Qing Dynasty, and now it is also called "Kunqu Opera". Kunqu Opera is one of the oldest traditional operas in China, and it is also the treasure of traditional culture and art in China, especially the opera art. It is called the "Orchid" in the Hundred Flowers Garden.

As early as the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty (65438+the middle of the 4th century), Kunshan cavity appeared in Kunshan, Jiangsu Province. It, Haiyan Opera originated in Zhejiang, Yu Yaoqiang Opera originated in Jiangxi and Yiyang Opera are also called the four major operas in Ming Dynasty, belonging to the Southern Opera system.

Kunshan dialect began as a folk song ditty. At first, its distribution area was limited to Suzhou. In the Wanli period, Suzhou spread to the south of the Yangtze River and the north of Qiantang River, and gradually spread to Fujian, Jiangxi, Guangdong, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, Henan, Hebei, and also flowed into Beijing in the Wanli period. In this way, Kunshan Opera became the most influential vocal opera from the middle of Ming Dynasty to the middle of Qing Dynasty.

In the long-term performance practice, Kunqu opera has accumulated a large number of stage plays. Among them, Wang Shizhen's Feng Mingji, Tang Xianzu's Peony Pavilion, Zi Chai Ji, Han Han's Han Han Ji, Conan Ji, Shen Jing's Yi, etc. Hosta, Li Yu's kite mistake, Zhu's fifteen passes, Kong's Peach Blossom Fan, Hong? N's Palace of Eternal Life also has some famous opera, such as Dream in the Garden, Yangguan, Sanzui, Qiu Jiang, Thinking of Fan, Broken Bridge and so on.