About 200 words are introduced about Huangmei Opera in Anhui.

The origin of Huangmei Opera can be traced back to the Tang Dynasty. According to historical records, as early as the Tang Dynasty, Huangmei tea-picking songs were very popular, and after the development of folk songs in the Song Dynasty and the influence of zaju in the Yuan Dynasty, the embryonic form of folk opera was gradually formed. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the opera style in Huangmei County was more prosperous [5].

Huangmei Opera was originally called tea picking tune, seed picking tune and Huangmei tune, and later called Huangmei Opera. The tune of picking tea in woodcutter's songs originated from Yinshan Mountain and Taibai Lake in Huangmei County, formed in Daoguang period of Qing Dynasty, and spread in the vast areas of Hubei, Anhui, Jiangxi, Jiangsu and other provinces in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. Xing Xiuniang, Yu and other artists have made outstanding contributions to the formation, development and dissemination of Huangmei Opera [6].

Huangmei county is located on the north bank of the Yangtze River. In the past, most of the terrain was lower than the river bank. There is a saying that "the river flows in the house and the people live in the middle". Natural disasters are frequent, and floods are more prominent. Frequent disasters forced Huangmei people to learn to sing Huangmei Opera one after another to meet the needs of escaping from water shortage, fighting in boxes and begging for survival in different places in disaster years. This greatly promoted the development of Huangmei Opera from mountainous areas to rivers and lakes and plains, and radiated to the adjacent areas of Hubei, Jiangxi and Anhui [7].

Yan Fengying and Wang Shaofang starred in the Huangmei opera film A Match Made in Heaven.

Huangmei Opera was in the early stage of development from the last years of Qing Qianlong to around the Revolution of 1911. Huangmei Opera, formerly known as Huangmeidiao or tea-picking opera, is a folk drama formed in the adjacent areas of Anhui, Hubei and Jiangxi provinces in the late18th century. One of them gradually moved eastward from Huaining County to Anqing, Anhui Province, and was called "Huaiqiang" or "Huaidiao". This is the predecessor of Huangmei Opera today. Huangmei Opera has experienced four historical stages from its emergence to its development: one-man show, three plays, three hits and seven songs, and orchestral accompaniment. The first three stages were completed in Huangmei, Hubei Province, which provided sufficient preconditions for the final formation of Huangmei Opera.

Huangmei Opera originated in Huangmei and developed in Anhui. Especially in 1950s, after the Huangmei Opera Troupe of Anhui Province adapted the traditional drama "Yong Dong whoring" into "The Fairy Couple" and put it on the screen, Huangmei Opera became one of the "five major operas" in China. 1920 "Annals of Susong County, Anhui Province" records that "the city is in the southwest, bordering Huangmei, which is good at picking tea, also known as Huangmei Opera." The entry about Huangmei Opera in China Opera Quyi Dictionary is: "Huangmei Opera, a kind of opera. Formerly known as Huangmeidiao. Popular in Anhui and parts of Jiangxi and Hubei, it originated from tea-picking songs in Huangmei, Hubei. " 1959, the Preface to Selected Works of Anhui Opera, compiled by Anhui Provincial Cultural Bureau and published by Anhui People's Publishing House, wrote: "Huangmei Opera originated from tea-picking songs in Huangmei County, Hubei Province, and flowed into Anqing area after Daoguang Qing." Zhou, a China opera historian and theorist, said in the Outline of the Development of China Opera History: "Huangmei Opera originated from tea-picking opera in Huangmei County, Hubei Province.