China's Top Ten Classic Dramas

Thunderstorm,Sunrise,The Teahouse,Crush on Peach Blossoms,Li Bai,Commercial Harness,Rhinoceros in Love,Leaving Autumn,The Vulgarian Society,White Deer Plain.

As a pioneering work in Chinese theater, Rhinoceros in Love is one of the most prestigious works of Meng Jinghui, the representative director of China's pioneering theater, and has been hailed as "the bible of love for the contemporary youth". The screenwriter, Liao Yimei, is his wife.

The work premiered in 1999 and has been performed more than 2,500 times since then, making it the most performed play in China, with the widest geographic coverage and a long-lasting success at the box office.

Drama

Drama is a form of theater that focuses on dialogue and came to China in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In contrast to traditional stage plays and operas, the main narrative device in a drama is unaccompanied dialogue or monologue by actors on stage, although a small amount of music and singing may be used.

Drama is a comprehensive art, with scriptwriting, directing, acting, choreography, lighting, and criticism all essential. None of the traditional Chinese plays are dramas, and some traditional Western plays such as the ancient Greek plays are not considered strictly dramas because of their extensive use of song teams. Modern Western stage plays such as musicals, operas, etc. are generally dramas.