That Opera Lingtang Kei

Lingtang Kei is one of the twists in Sima Zhuang (司马庄), a traditional Shangdang Luzi (上党落子), a local theater of Lucheng and Licheng in Shanxi Province.

Shangdang Luzi, a traditional local theater of Lucheng and Licheng in Shanxi Province, and one of the national intangible cultural heritages, is a local play circulating in the Shangdang area of southeastern Shanxi Province, which was formed in the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty in the junction zone of Lixing and Lucheng on the west bank of the Touzhang River, and which is mainly popular in the counties of southeastern Jin.

Shangtang Luzi absorbed the art of Shangtang Opera, Pu Opera, Jin Opera, Hebei Opera, etc., and gradually formed a unique artistic style of rough and bold, hot and fiery, and three beams of "picking opera. With continuous improvement and innovation, Shangdang Luzi has added new features such as gentle and soft, melodious and mellow, and delicate performance on the basis of inheriting the traditional style of fiery and exuberant.

On June 7, 2008, the Shangdang Luzi was approved by the State Council of the People's Republic of China to be included in the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage list, and the declared area is Lucheng City and Licheng County of Shanxi Province, with the heritage number of Ⅳ-98.

Shangdang Luzi Historical Drama "Sima Zhuang" Plot Introduction:

During the Song Dynasty, King Zhao, after being relegated to Luoyang, has millions of troops in reserve in a vain attempt to seize the Song throne. One day, the King of Zhao went to Sima Zhuang to watch the lanterns with his men, and met a beautiful woman, who forced him to marry her. The woman refused and was beaten to death. Her husband, Dadong Ren, went to argue with her, and was beaten to death by the King of Zhao, who set Sima Zhuang on fire.

The old Zhang Yong justice, regardless of life and death to go to sue, Duke Bao impartial law enforcement, not afraid of power, and Mrs. Bao designed to assume that the spirit of the hall, the King of Zhao swindled to the house, with a tiger-head guillotine will be put to death, for the people to eliminate the injustice.

Reference to the above: Baidu Encyclopedia-Shangdang Drops