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Which is your favorite Chinese opera?

Kunqu Opera

With its magnificent singing, elegant recitation, delicate performance and elegant dance, as well as the perfect stage setting, Kunqu Opera can be said to have reached the highest level in all aspects of opera performance. Because of this, many local operas, such as Jin Opera, Pu Opera, Xiang Opera, Sichuan Opera, Gan Opera, Gui Opera, Yue Opera, and Min Opera, have been nurtured and nourished by the art of Kun Opera in many ways. Many of the plays in Kunqu, such as The Peony Pavilion, The Palace of Eternal Youth, and The Peach Blossom Fan, are monumental works of ancient opera literature. The texts of the Kunqu pieces follow the literary traditions of Tang poetry, Song lyrics and Yuan operas, while many of the pieces are identical to Song lyrics and Yuan operas. This laid a good cultural foundation for the development of kunqu, and at the same time created a large number of kunqu writers and musicians, among which Liang Chenyu, Tang Xianzu, Hong Sheng, Kong Shangren, Li Yu, Li Yu, Ye Ya, etc. are outstanding representatives in the history of Chinese opera and literature.