What's the difference between rap music and traditional opera music?

The difference between rap music and opera music is, first of all, the difference in expression between rap music and opera. Rap music combines narrative and endorsement, that is, the expression of the combination of the third person and the first person. Traditional Chinese opera is the first-person expression in which actors directly play roles. The plot of traditional Chinese opera mainly depends on dialogues, monologues and body movements of characters.

The expression of rap music is unique in folk music. It is a form in which one or two actors use words and music to simulate various characters to tell stories. It is necessary to simulate the tone, posture and personality of the characters in the book, and accurately and vividly depict the voices, faces and smiles of the characters in the book. When there are more than one or two characters in the book, actors imitate a variety of roles, from Zhang San to Li Si. Therefore, actors engaged in rap art cannot enter the role like opera actors. It can only be "jumping around", and a lot of plots depend on narrative. For example, the songs of Suzhou Tanci are often marked with "official confession", "private confession", "goo confession" and "confession". Tanci circles compare this method of "playing a role" to the role-playing method in China's traditional opera: "Acting is a statement of dedication, and Ertanci is an appearance in the statement."

Besides, rap music is not as dramatic as traditional opera music, but more developed, and its structure and various programs are more complicated and rigorous than rap music. This is because the task of China traditional opera music is to create characters and show dramatic contradictions and conflicts, while rap music is mainly determined by storytelling.