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Is traditional drama a manifestation of traditional culture?

Traditional drama belongs to the expression form of traditional culture. China traditional opera has a long history and has always played an important role in the cultural creation of the Chinese nation. Although China's traditional drama was born and matured later than Song Dynasty, it soon became an outstanding representative of China culture and the favorite art and entertainment mode of all social strata.

After hundreds of years' development, China traditional opera has formed a unique expression technique with complete performance aesthetic characteristics. It has interacted with the audience for a long time in the actual performance, and established a close relationship with the people's emotional world. It has become an extremely important part of China culture and a very representative art form.

Drama theme

China's traditional operas have a wide range of themes, with heavy historical narratives and gentle love waves. From the pre-Qin period to the present age, almost all major events in the political and military fields in China history, from the replacement of King Wu, the dispute between Chu and Han, the rebellion of the Three Kingdoms, the water margin in Sui and Tang Dynasties to the social unrest in Ming and Qing Dynasties, are all within the narrative scope of traditional Chinese opera works. Sad love tragedies such as Romance of the West Chamber, Butterfly Lovers and Fairy Couples are masterpieces that span time and space.

Excellent traditional Chinese opera works are full of strange elegance. Liu Mengmei, the heroine of The Peony Pavilion, met in a dream and came to reality. Bao Gong's soul in Tanyin Mountain looked at her body from a distance, and Gui Ying, who committed suicide in anger in Detective, asked the judge to uphold justice for her ... These are amazing and unconstrained imagination.

Of course, there are humorous jokes in the opera, and there is a passionate "Once upon a time in America". Traditional operas in China have created many characters with distinctive personalities, which are important contents of national memory.

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