What does Quanzhou Liyuan Opera mean?

Quanzhou Liyuan Opera is one of the local traditional operas in Quanzhou, Fujian, and an important part of China opera culture. It originated in the Ming Dynasty, developed in the Qing Dynasty, and has a history of more than 400 years. Quanzhou Liyuan Opera, with its unique regional characteristics, musical style and performing arts, has attracted the love of countless audiences and become a unique cultural treasure in Quanzhou.

Quanzhou Liyuan Opera is famous for its unique musical style and performing arts. In terms of music, Quanzhou Liyuan Opera is famous for its melodious melody and delicate sound quality, with pipa, sanxian, flute and bangu as its main musical instruments. In terms of performance, Quanzhou Liyuan Opera pays attention to the combination of singing and playing, with singing as the main part and reading as the auxiliary part, and integrates various performance forms such as martial arts and dance, which enriches the connotation of opera performance and brings great audio-visual enjoyment to the audience.

Quanzhou Liyuan Opera is a treasure of Quanzhou, which has been passed down since the Ming and Qing Dynasties and has developed for more than 400 years. However, with the changes of the times, Quanzhou Liyuan Opera is facing the problem of protection and inheritance. In order to protect and inherit the traditional cultural heritage of Quanzhou Liyuan Opera, which is well-known at home and abroad, the local government and opera fans have continuously increased capital investment and promotion, excavated and collected opera literature, actively carried out opera education and competition activities, and encouraged successors to inherit and carry forward this important cultural heritage of Quanzhou Liyuan Opera.