What is the classification of traditional operas in China?

There are many ways to classify traditional operas, which can be divided into yangko opera, ancient painting opera, lantern opera, duet and so on according to the performance form and content. According to popular regions, it can be divided into northern operas and southern operas; According to the singing system, it can be divided into Kunqu opera, Pi Huangqiang opera, Bangzi opera, Gaoqu opera and local opera.

Classify and introduce China's traditional dramas according to their performance forms and contents;

1, yangko

Yangko is a widely popular traditional opera art in China, mainly distributed in Shanxi, Hebei, Shaanxi, Inner Mongolia, Shandong and other places. It originated from the songs sung by the ancient working people in China when they were working in the fields, and then it was combined with Chinese folk dance, acrobatics, martial arts and other performing arts. It sings programs with storylines in the first month of each year, and gradually forms the form of opera.

2. Flower Drum Opera

Ancient painting drama, a local drama in China, is the most homophonic drama in China, usually referring to Hunan ancient painting drama. Hubei? Anhui? Jiangxi? Henan, Shaanxi and other provinces also have local operas with the same name.

3. Lantern Festival

Lantern Festival is a popular traditional folk art in China. Its outstanding feature is that the hand never leaves the fan and handkerchief, singing and dancing, and singing and doing are closely combined. Lantern Festival originated from folk lantern dance, which is a local opera form formed in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. In the process of popularity, due to the influence of local dialects, folk songs and customs, different singing and performance styles have been formed.

4. Table for two

Two-person platform is commonly known as two-person plug and two-person class. Originating in Shanxi and growing in Inner Mongolia, it is a traditional opera popular in the central and western Inner Mongolia and the northern regions of Shanxi, Shaanxi and Hebei.

The external form of drama is far from life.

The dialogue in China's traditional operas is musical, and the movements are dancing. However, the song and dance itself determines that its external form should be far away from life and mutate into life, so as to have the beauty of rhythm, rhythm, neat arrangement and harmony. China's traditional opera art is far away from life and more varied than ordinary songs and dances.

Performers' make-up clothes and action language have a feeling of "affectation and posturing", and this is done to strengthen, beautify and artistize ordinary language, daily actions and simple feelings.

Therefore, drama artists in China have been trying to figure out the performance skills and functions of speaking the vernacular, singing, dancing (pictures) and martial arts for a long time, and they have worked hard and enjoyed it. Over time, they created, summarized and accumulated a series of conspicuous, expressive, normative and fixed procedural actions.