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What are the famous Cantonese operas?

1, Peony Pavilion

The Peony Pavilion, the representative work of the dramatist Tang Xianzu, has been adapted into various operas for hundreds of years, and there is the phrase "What a beautiful day, who is happy?" More popular.

In Suzhou and Hangzhou in the south of the Yangtze River, Kunqu Opera was quite popular in those days, and Peony Pavilion has always been a repertoire of Kunqu Opera. Peony Pavilion is the most fascinating love story between Du Liniang and Liu Mengmei.

2. "The King Flower"

Dinvhua is the name of a Cantonese opera premiered by 1957. The writer is Tang Tiesheng. The background of this drama is the sixth year of Chongzhen in the late Ming Dynasty, and the national situation has been weak for many years. Although Emperor Chongzhen tried his best to govern, the national situation was getting weaker and weaker due to heavy pressure and improper employment. The play tells the sad love story of Princess Changping and Zhou Shixian.

3. Purple hair clips

Cantonese opera The Story of the Purple Hairpin was adapted by Tang Tisheng on 1956 according to The Story of the Purple Hairpin written by Tang Xianzu in the Ming Dynasty, with eight works, which premiered in Hong Kong on 1957. Tang Xianzu's version of The Story of Purple Hairpin was adapted from the novel Biography of Huo Xiaoyu in Tang Dynasty and his own work Biography of Purple Flute, which changed the original tragic ending into the story of a talented person and a beautiful woman.

4. Butterfly Shadow and Red Pear

The Story of Butterfly Shadow and Red Pear is an immortal work adapted by Hong Kong playwright Tang Tisheng from Zhang Shouqing's original novel The Story of Red Pear in Yuanqu. 1957, Hong Kong Pioneer Ming Opera Troupe took the stage, led by the late Ren Jianhui and Bai Xuexian.

5. Liu Yichuan

Liu Yichuan, also known as The Romance of Liu Yi, is an ancient folk love story in China. Adapted from Li's classic play Liu Yichuan.