Kunqu Opera, formerly known as "Kunqu Opera" (referred to as "Kunqu Opera" for short), is an ancient opera tune and genre in China, and now it is also called "Kunqu Opera". Kunqu Opera is one of the oldest traditional operas of the Han nationality, and it is also a treasure in the traditional culture and art of the Han nationality in China, especially in the art of opera. It is called "Orchid in a Hundred Flowers Garden". ?

Kunqu Opera originated in Kunshan, Suzhou, China in the14th century, and was later improved by Wei Liangfu and others and spread to the whole country. Since the middle of Ming Dynasty, it has dominated China's drama for nearly 300 years.

Kunqu Opera, which combines song and dance with martial arts, is famous for its elegant rhetoric, euphemistic lines and superb performances. It is one of the operas under the southern opera system and is known as the "ancestor of 100 operas". In Kunqu Opera, drums and banquets control the singing rhythm. Qu Di and Sanxian are the main accompaniment instruments, and their singing pronunciation is "Zhongzhou Rhyme".

Kunqu Opera was listed as "representative works of human oral and intangible heritage" by UNESCO in 20001year (it was listed in the List of Representative Works of Human Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2008). In 2006, it was included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list. 20 18 12, the general office of the Ministry of Education announced that Peking University was the outstanding traditional culture heritage base of Kunqu opera in China.

Characteristics of kunshan cavity

Kunshan Opera combines northern opera, Yiyang opera and Haiyan opera in one furnace and refines them, and its musical artistic achievements are unprecedented. In terms of rhythm, in addition to the usual one board, three eyes, one board and one eye, there is also a gift board, which increases the space and diversity of music layout, and its lingering and feminine characteristics are becoming more and more prominent.

In singing skills, we pay attention to the control of voice, the rhythm and speed of Ji Xu, the pronunciation of articulation, the distinction between "gap", "overlap", "sigh" and "wow" and the individual singing of various roles.