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What is the representative work of Yue Opera?

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Yue Opera (yuèjù in Chinese pinyin and Yue Opera in English), the second largest opera in China, is known as the second national opera and the "most popular local opera". Some people think it is "the biggest local opera". It is called "Chinese opera" abroad.

brief introduction

In terms of repertoire style, ditty is mostly the whole drama, and sometimes a life drama like "Iron Hood Barrel" is added before the drama. 19 17 From May to June 8, 13, Xiao Bangban entered Shanghai for the first time and performed several plays in the form of series, such as "Dragon and Phoenix Lock" and "Seven Beautiful Pictures" 1 3 books and 3 performances.

Since then, Liantai Opera has become a common repertoire in the period of Yue Opera. There are as many as 30 longest Liantai dramas, Xue Dongzheng and Han Guangwu's Revival of Nanyang, which can be performed for 30 consecutive performances. The repertoire rotates frequently, usually only one play is performed in a play, and all performances are "road scenes" (later called "curtain scenes", that is, before the performance, the host tells the story to the actors, and then the actors take the stage to improvise).