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10 super classic drama recommendation

Recommended 10 Super Classic Plays: Thunderstorm, Farewell My Concubine, Legend of the White Snake, butterfly lovers, Teahouse, Drunken Princess, The West Chamber, Peony Pavilion, White-haired Girl and Butterfly.

1, thunderstorm

Thunderstorm is a drama created by playwright Cao Yu, published in the July issue of Literature Quarterly, 1934.

2. Farewell my concubine

Farewell My Concubine is a representative of Peking Opera in a period, which has a far-reaching influence on later generations. Later generations adapted many classic movies, songs, stage plays and novels of the same name based on this Peking Opera.

3. Legend of White Snake

The Legend of the White Snake is a famous drama of China, which is adapted from the China folk myth The Legend of the White Snake. The story was first seen in Feng Menglong's Records of the Warning (Volume 28) and The White Maiden's Yongzheng Leifeng Pagoda.

4. Liang Zhu

Due to the wide spread of the film version, it has become the most striking famous drama in this theme. 1952 The drama participated in the first national drama observation and performance conference and won the screenplay award, premiere award, music composition award and dance design award.

5. Teahouse

Teahouse is a drama written by the modern writer Lao She on 1956. There are nearly 50 characters in the script, many of whom have distinct personalities and can "recognize people by their voices" and "outline the characters in a few words".

6. Your Lady is Drunk

Drunkenness of the Imperial Lady, also known as Baihua Pavilion, is a one-fold drama based on the story of Yang Guifei, a historical figure in the Tang Dynasty in China. It is widely recognized by Mr. Mei Lanfang, a famous Peking Opera performer in China, and is one of the representative plays of Mei School.

7. The West Chamber

The Story of the West Chamber is one of the representative works of Yuan Zaju, which has a strong anti-feudal ethical color. The author writes about young people's longing for love, irresistible and legitimate feelings and desires, and the conflict between young people's own wishes and parents' wishes. Expressed the love concept of "May all living beings in the world become one family".

8. Peony Pavilion

The play tells the story that Du Liniang, the daughter of a government official, fell in love with the scholar Liu Mengmei in her dream, but died of injury. In reality, she turned into a soul looking for a lover, fell in love with a ghost, finally came back to life, and finally became one with Liu Mengmei forever.

9. White-haired girl

The white-haired girl originated from the hero "Xi 'er" in the folklore "White Haired Fairy" in the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Border Region. She became a young white-haired girl because of the persecution in the old society. As the name suggests, she is called "white-haired girl".

10, butterfly

Butterfly is a musical produced by Song Lei Group. Since its premiere, it has been invited by many domestic and foreign performers. It is called "the epic of China's musicals" because of its excellent integration of the essence of Chinese and Western cultures.