Yue Opera, originated in the area of Sheng County in Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province in the early period of the century, is a rapidly developed local opera with a short history in China.
Yue Opera is a relatively new local Chinese opera popular in the southern regions of the Yangtze River. It originated in Shenxian County, Zhejiang Province, which belonged to the Yue State in ancient times, so it was popularly known as Yue Opera.
If you want to have a comfort travel tours in Zhejiang Province,go to have a watch Yue Opera,you may feel how deep the China special culture own.
Yue opera - also called the Shaoxing opera - is a newcomer among the Chinese local operas. It was originated in the beginning of the 1900s near Shanghai in a place called Shaoxing from local musical plays, which used only the ban-clapper in accompaniment of the play. The popularity of this art form began to grow in 1916, when it was performed in Shanghai to large audiences of Shaoxing origin.
Yue opera have a list of synopses of famous plays
Such as Butterfly Lovers, Carp Fairy, Dream of Red Mansions, Jade Fan Pendant, Peacock Flying to the Southeast, Widow Xianglin, Truth Revealed and so on.they are well know by all yue opera fans.
The "Xiaobaihua" Performing Group of the Zhejiang Yue Opera Troupe is best known in Hangzhou and very influential across the country, and in Hong Kong and Macao. Yue Opera lovers coming to Hangzhou may have the fullest chance to enjoy various performances and Yue Opera styles given by different Yue Opera schools in the city.
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