Huaiju Opera of Jiangsu Opera

Huaiju opera, also known as Jianghuai opera, is popular in Jiangsu, Shanghai and parts of Anhui. In the middle of the Qing Dynasty, in Yancheng and Funing areas of Jiangsu Province, a kind of rap form was popularized, which was developed from the family folk's horn and the field song "Leilei Cavity" and "Cultivating Rice Planting Tune", and the form of the rap was sung by one person alone or by two people in pairs with the bamboo boards hitting the knots only. Later, it was combined with the incense play of the folk gods in the north of Jiangsu Province and became known as Jiangbei Xiao Opera. Afterwards, it was influenced by Huizhou Opera and Peking Opera, and gradually enriched its singing, performance and repertoire to form Huaiju Opera.