Shao Opera is a local opera popular in Shaoxing and Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, which was formed in the late Ming Dynasty. With "357" and "Fan Er" as the main vocal cavity, he is good at martial arts in performance, and his style is rough and simple. Plays include Monkey King Thrice Defeats the Skeleton Demon, Long Hudou, Hanging Impermanence, etc.

China Traditional Drama:

Yue Opera is an important town of traditional opera art. It has a long tradition, rich operas and songs, rich vocals and vocals, exquisite repertoires and opera theories, and numerous writers and artists. It is an important part of Shaoxing culture and occupies an important position in the history of China opera.

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China opera is a kind of drama, which belongs to the category of drama in artistic classification. But drama, pantomime, opera and ballet are also dramas. What's the difference between them? As we know, the above various forms of drama can be roughly divided into two types: one is combined with music.

Opera and ballet are both musicals, and one is the most typical drama without combining with music, which can be called non-musicals. Although modern drama often uses music to set off the atmosphere, it can not only enrich the expressive force of drama, but also won't change the basic characteristics of drama art, because drama is still drama with or without this kind of music.

But for musicals, the situation is different, whether it is opera or ballet, once there is no music, they lose their meaning of existence. China traditional opera also belongs to this type of musical, but it is a China musical with national characteristics. It is inseparable from music, although it is obviously different from opera and ballet in expression form and artistic style.

How did this special art form of China Opera come into being? It is based on the combination of drama and music. The emergence of any art form does not come out of thin air. It always has a certain historical and traditional origin. The origin of China's traditional drama is the synthesis of three different art forms: ancient song and dance, rap and burlesque. This was originally an independent art form with its own performance.

However, with the development of history, these three art forms gradually merged together, thus forming China traditional opera. Song and dance didn't perform stories originally, and then they gradually joined the story: rap was originally told as a third party, and later it was put on the stage as a dramatist to perform stories; burlesque was originally performed by telling the truth and acting, and then it gradually joined the song and dance.

As a result of this convergence, a traditional art form integrating singing, dancing, reciting and drama performance has been formed, which is what we call traditional opera today. This process of convergence is a process in which singing, dancing and rap performances are gradually dramatized, while drama performances are gradually cabaretized. Thus, at the beginning of the formation of China opera, drama and music were inseparable.