Differences and Comparisons between Opera and Pop Songs

Opera is a traditional Chinese form of theater. It is a synthesis of various factors including literature, music, dance, fine arts, martial arts, acrobatics and performing arts. Its origin It has a long history, as early as in the primitive society song and dance has sprouted, in the long process of development, after more than 800 years of continuous enrichment, innovation and development, only gradually formed a relatively complete system of opera art. Although its origins come from three different art forms, namely folk song and dance, rap and burlesque, the biggest feature that distinguishes a type of opera is still shown in the musical chants from different vocal systems. These musical chants are based on the language, folk songs and folk music of the region where they are produced, as well as the music of other regions. Most of the characters in each type of opera are played by different characters with different faces, such as Sheng, Dan, Jing and Chou. The performances emphasize the use of programmed movements based on life, and virtual space processing. Paying attention to the art of singing, doing, reading and finding, the performance is transported and rich in dance, and the technicality is very high, which constitutes a complete system of opera art that distinguishes it from other dramas.

According to incomplete statistics, China's various ethnic regions of the opera genre, there are about three hundred and sixty kinds of traditional repertoire tens of thousands. After the founding of the People's Republic of China and the emergence of many adapted traditional repertoire, new historical drama and modern theater to express the themes of modern life, are warmly welcomed by the audience. The more popular and famous types of theater are: Beijing opera, Kunqu opera, Yueju opera, Yu opera, Xiang opera, Cantonese opera, Qinqiang, Sichuan opera, opera, Jin opera, Han opera, Chao opera, Min opera, Qi opera, Hebei opera, Anqing Huangmei opera, Hunan flower-drum opera ...... and so on more than fifty types of theater, especially the Beijing opera is the most popular, throughout the country, not limited by the region.

Ancient Chinese theater is called "opera" because it is mainly composed of "play" and "song". Chinese opera mainly includes Song and Yuan southern opera, Yuan and Ming miscellaneous dramas, legends and Ming and Qing sagas, but also includes the modern Beijing opera and other traditional repertoire of local opera, which is the general name of Chinese national theater culture.