What are the unique local cultures in Wuhan?

Han Opera is the main local opera in Hubei province, also known as "Han tune", commonly known as "Erhuang", and was renamed "Han Opera" before and after the Xinhai Revolution. Han Opera has thousands of traditional repertoires, and there are still more than 660 surviving repertoires, mainly performing historical dramas and folklore stories. Han Opera is characterized by two types of vocal cadences, Xipi and Erhuang, with songs, kunqu, miscellaneous cadences, and ditties. Xipi, Erhuang in the traditional singing, there are some unique special tunes and specific cavity.

Chu Opera

The old name of Chu Opera was "Huangxiao Flower Drums" and "West Road Flower Drums", and the name was changed to "Chu Opera" in 1926. Popular in Hubei, about 100 years of history, is in the Huangpi, Xiaogan area of the bamboo horse, stilts and other folk songs and dances and the Edong "Oh Hao cavity" on the basis of the development of the formation. It was originally composed of human voices and accompanied by gongs and drums, and after entering Wuhan in 1920, it was influenced by Chinese opera and Beijing opera, and gradually developed and improved, forming the three major cavity systems of Yazhou, which are mainly plate cavity, high cavity, and minor key.

Reviews

The Hubei Review is a storytelling style in the Hubei dialect. It is performed by one person, who only speaks but does not sing, with a piece of wood as a prop, and at every critical moment of the plot, the audience will be revitalized by hitting the wake-up wood, which is distributed in Wuhan, Shashi, Yichang and other cities along the Yangtze River. Hubei commentary is good at shaping the image of reckless heroes who play with the powerful and powerful in the palm of their hands, with a humorous style, a fluent and gorgeous language, and a common rhyme scheme when depicting scenery, which is reflected in the vivid colloquialisms used in the narratives and dialogues.

Da Drum

Hubei Da Drum is different from the Hubei commentary, mainly sung, interspersed with white, with drums and boards as the main musical instruments, the actors hit the drums while singing, funny and humorous, easy to understand.