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What are the four major operas in China and which province are they from?

There are five major operas in China, not four. They are Beijing Opera, Yue Opera, Huangmei Opera, Pingju Opera and Henan Opera, and the regions are Beijing, Zhejiang, Hubei Huangmei, Hebei and Henan.

There are many kinds of plays in China. According to incomplete statistics, there are about 360 kinds of operas in minority areas of China. It is one of China's traditional arts, with all kinds of interesting plays, and its performance forms are singing and dancing, talking and singing, and being literate and martial. This is unique in the history of world drama.

Its main features, taking Beijing Opera as an example, are as follows: First, men dress up as women (most women dress up as men in Yue Opera); The second is to divide life, Dan, essence and ugliness into four major industries; Third, there is an exaggerated makeup art-Facebook; Fourthly, "costume" (that is, costumes and props of China traditional operas) basically have fixed styles and specifications; The fifth is to use "procedures" to implement.

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The artistic features of China's traditional operas;

Synthesis, virtuality and formality are the main artistic features of China traditional operas. These characteristics, which condensed the essence of China's traditional culture, formed a unique view of drama, and made China's operas shine with unique artistic brilliance on the stage of world drama culture.

At the same time, China Opera is also a national art with strong comprehensiveness, which is not only reflected in its mastery and originality of various art categories (such as dance and acrobatics), but also in its exquisite and profound performing arts.

Various artistic factors are closely combined with the performing arts, and all the functions of opera are realized through the performance of actors. Among them, the organic composition of singing, reciting, doing and hitting the actors is the most concentrated and prominent embodiment of the comprehensiveness of China traditional operas.

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