Intangible cultural relics are called the living fossils of China's traditional operas.

The intangible cultural heritage of Kunqu Opera is called the living fossil of China Opera.

Kunqu Opera originated in Kunshan City, Jiangsu Province. It is one of the oldest traditional dramas in China. It combines singing, dancing and martial arts. It is famous for its elegant dictionary, euphemistic lines and exquisite performances. Known as the "living fossil" of China opera. 200 1 was selected as the first batch of "representative works of oral and intangible heritage of mankind".

Kunqu opera was listed as "representative works of human oral and intangible heritage" by UNESCO in 20001year, and was listed in the list of representative works of human intangible cultural heritage in 2008. In 2006, it was included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list. 20 18 12, the general office of the Ministry of Education announced that Peking University was the outstanding traditional culture heritage base of Kunqu opera in China.

Characteristics of Kunqu Opera

1, Kunqu opera performance is characterized by strong lyricism, delicate movements and ingenious and harmonious combination of song and dance. Kunqu opera is a comprehensive art in which singing, dancing, media, white opera and other performing means cooperate with each other. In the long-term performance history, the performance characteristics of singing and dancing have been formed, especially in the performance image of each role.

2. The traditional dance of Kunqu Opera has absorbed and inherited the traditions of ancient folk dance and court dance in many aspects. Through long-term stage performance practice, I have accumulated rich experience in the close combination of rap and dance, adapted to the needs of the performance venue for narrative scenery writing, and created many dance performances that emphasize description, and cooperated with "drama" to become a story-telling drama. Adapted to the needs of performance venues with strong lyricism and action, he created many lyric dance performances and became the main performance means of many single-fold lyric song and dance dramas.