The main characteristics of Gaojia opera

The main feature of Gaojia Opera is its beautiful and lingering rhyme and impassioned Fu Na accent.

Gaojia Opera, also known as "Ge Jia Opera", "Jiujiao Opera", "Dapan Opera" and "Tuban Opera", originated in Quanzhou, Fujian Province, and originated from a costume parade in the rural areas of southern Fujian in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties to dress up as Liangshan heroes and perform martial arts skills.

There are more than 900 kinds of traditional operas in Gaojia Opera, and the performances can be divided into three categories: "Atmospheric Opera" (go to the opera and Martial Arts Opera), "Xiufang Opera" and "Ugly Dan Opera". The role of Gaojia Opera was originally only raw, Dan and ugly, but later it was added with two colors: clean, paste, outside, end, north (clean) and miscellaneous.

The performing arts of Gaojia Opera come from Liyuan Opera, Puppet Opera, Yiyang Opera, Huizhou Opera and Beijing Opera. The musical aria of Gaojia Opera is mainly Nanqu, with "puppet tune" and folk tune. There are two kinds of musical instruments used in Gaojia Opera: Chinese and English.

The performing arts of Gaojia Opera;

In the past, due to the limitation of the troupe lineup, it was impossible for a business to be equipped with several roles, and both roles needed to be played in the division of labor. For example, Wu Laosheng plays Chibei with ugly eyebrows, Wen plays Wen Laosheng, and Erhua plays Wu Ugly. Hua Dan should be able to play Zhao Yun and Kudan should be able to play Zhou Yu.

Gaojia Opera has rich martial arts programs. In the early days, it adopted "Southern Boxing" in southern Fujian and "Lion Fighting" by Ma Jianhu, and later it absorbed puppet shows and martial arts programs in Beijing Opera to enrich it.

Dan Jiao's boring step part absorbed Liyuan Opera, with rich posture and rigorous footwork, which was summarized as 36 steps by later generations. Clown performance, every genre, has its own unique performance means to shape characters. In the later stage, the coarse horn opera absorbed and borrowed from Beijing opera, which was magnificent and had new breakthroughs and developments.

Gaojia Opera is generally divided into six lines: Xiao Sheng, Laosheng, Beidan and Ugly Miscellaneous.