What is the origin of Chinese opera?

Origin of Chinese Opera:

The first person to use the term opera in history was Liu Ocarina of the Song Dynasty, who proposed the term "Yongjia Opera" in his Biography of the Lyricist Wu Yuzhang, and the Yongjia Opera he referred to was what was known as the Southern Opera, the Opera Wen, and the Yongjia Miscellaneous Opera in modern times.

From the modern Wang Guowei began, only the opera used as a general term for traditional Chinese theater culture. The most significant and unique artistic feature of opera is the song, the song is mainly composed of two parts, music and singing, to identify a local theater mainly rely on the voice,...

Music, music and singing...

Music, music and singing...

Music melody and singing on the local language, such as Sichuan's Sichuan Opera, Zhejiang's Yueju Opera, Guangdong's Cantonese Opera, Henan's Yuju Opera, Shaanxi's Qinqiang, Shandong's Lvju Opera, Fujian's Min Opera, Hubei's Hanju Opera, Hebei's Pingju Opera, and Jiangsu's Kun Opera.

Expanded information:

China's five major operas:

1, Beijing Opera

Beijing Opera is China's national opera, its predecessor for the Huizhou tune, commonly known as the reed opera, once known as the "Ping Opera", after that the name Beijing Opera, with a history of nearly two hundred years.

The Huizhou Opera entered Beijing during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, and absorbed part of the repertoire, musical tunes, performance methods, and folk tunes of the Kun and Qin operas, and evolved into a new form of opera.

2. Huangmei Opera

Oldly known as Huangmei Opera, also known as Caicha Opera. Huangmei Opera is the main local opera in China. Huangmei Opera originated in Hubei, Anhui, Jiangxi provinces in the junction of the Anqing area, the language of the opera for the Anqing dialect.

Huangmei Opera in its long process, constantly absorbed the Qingyang cavity, Hui Opera, etc. and local folk songs and other musical essence of opera, gradually formed today its own unique style. Its singing is simple and fluent, and it is characterized by bright lyricism and rich expressiveness.

3. Evaluation Opera

Formed at the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Civil War, it has a history of about seventy years. It originated from the Jidong area of the lotus flower, and later absorbed the Northeast "bungee" accent, so the early years of the bungee called.

Initially, it was a form of lip-synching, similar to Northeast China's "Two-Man Show", and later absorbed the percussion of Hebei Opera, Luanzhou Shadow Opera, Leiting Drums, and Peking Opera's singing and performance, forming the Tangshan Luzi, which became Fengtian Luzi, and finally became the current Pingju Opera.

4, Kunqu

It is one of the oldest types of traditional Chinese opera, and a treasure of traditional culture and art in China, especially in the art of opera. It was originally known as Kunshan Cavity or Kun Cavity for short, and has been called Kunqu since the Qing Dynasty, and is now also known as Kun Opera.

The accompanying musical instruments of Kunqu are mainly the Qu flute, supplemented by the sheng, xiao, suona, sanxian, pipa and so on. The performance of Kunqu also has its own unique system and style, which is characterized by strong lyricism, delicate movements, and a clever and harmonious combination of singing and dancing figures.

5, Yu Opera

It is one of the local opera styles in Henan Province. It is mainly popular in the province of Henan and parts of Shaanxi, Gansu, Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong, Jiangsu, Anhui, Hubei and other provinces.

Because of its early actors sang with their own voices, and used falsetto to turn over the high end of the voice when starting and ending, it is also called Henan Acura. It was also known as Henan Opera, Henan High Tone, and Guanshan Howl, which was unified after the founding of the People's Republic of China and changed to its present name.

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