Among them, Urging Rent, Sacrificing to the Tang Dynasty, and Pi Xiuying's Four Petitions are transplanted from brother operas such as Yue Opera, xiang opera Opera, Guizhou Opera, Cantonese Opera, Pingju Opera and Huangmei Opera.
At the same time, a large number of modern plays were created, among which "Sister-in-law Looking at Paintings", "Borrowing Donkeys" and "Flowers on the Sea" were more influential among the masses.
Huaihai Opera has long been rooted in the folk, which can not only adapt to stage performances, but also set up stalls in the streets and villages.
Its musical vocals are very rich and have strong local characteristics, which are deeply loved by the masses. People in urban and rural areas should hum Huaihai Opera on the road, at work and at rest, which has become an indispensable part of local people's cultural life.
Its performance art has extremely strong local flavor and strong folk color, and has unique artistic value, such as pig hanging waist, chicken digging pond, pheasant walking, snowballing, dog greeting, turtle crawling, tiptoe walking, knee walking, nonsense, wearing eight characters, short steps and so on, which is extremely vivid and interesting.
The singing of Huaihai Opera is generally in the same tune with men and women, and the main melody of men and women is oriental harmony and good scenery. This kind of tune has great plasticity and strong style, and each has its own function and sings for all walks of life. When composing a tune, there are various singing methods of good scenery, which can form large and small aria.
In the Oriental tune, the number of songs is free, which can change many feelings and form complete aria with different lengths. Other auxiliary tunes are Erpan, Color Tone and Golden Wind. They have their own personalities and distinctive styles, and express their feelings such as narration, lyricism, sadness and joy, and each has his own strengths.
Huaihai Opera is lively and bold, with a strong local flavor. Sing mainly on the board and sing some folk tunes. In addition, there are various forms of playing and singing, such as Pan Zi, Cross String, Shuang Sheng, Colorful, Eight Sentences, Golden Melody, Longmen Tune and Clown Tune.
The accompaniment instruments of Huaihai Opera are mainly semi-sanxian and Huaihai Gao Hu. The band has added instruments such as pipa, banhu, suona, bangu, drum and tanggu.
Industries are divided into Zheng Dan, Xiao Dan, Cai Dan, Lao Dan, Beijing Opera Blues, Laosheng, Zheng Sheng, Xiao Sheng, Wusheng, Laochou, Daichou, Chou Xiao, Naichou, Wuchou, Dahua, Heihua and Honghua.
In the early stage, the performance form of Huaihai Opera was relatively simple. There are no colorful lights, gorgeous costumes, and bands with complete voices. It is common to put a reed mat on the ground as a stage, with the bench band sitting and the audience around.
During a performance, a person can play several roles. Towels and fans are props, women wear long skirts, men wear robes and grow homemade beards, which are all actors' costumes; The band has only three strings and a big gong.
After the founding of New China, according to the needs of drama, lighting, scenery and props were made, and the performance gradually got on the right track.
There are many traditional repertoires in Huaihai Opera, such as Fan Lihua, Pi Xiuying's Four Reports, Daikin Bracelet, etc., and there are 64 single editions such as Scolding Chicken and Urging Rent. Modern plays include Sunflower Road, Sun Zhi Ming and Crescent Tower.
Since the reform and opening up, Huaihai drama has been active and brilliant. Many Huaihai Opera Troupes have created many modern Huaihai operas that reflect the new things of modern civilization, and their performance areas have also been expanding, reaching Zhucheng and Linyi in Shandong Province in the north and Wuxi, Suzhou and Shanghai in the south, which have had a great influence on the audience.