The so-called tea-picking opera is a kind of opera popular in Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan, Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong and Guangxi provinces. In each province, popular areas are always different, and they are distinguished by local names. For example, tea-picking opera in northern Guangdong, Yangxin tea-picking opera in Hubei, Huangmei tea-picking opera, Qichun tea-picking opera and so on. This kind of drama, especially in Jiangxi, is more common, and there are many kinds of dramas. For example, Jiangxi tea-picking operas include Gannan tea-picking opera, Fuzhou tea-picking opera, Nanchang tea-picking opera, Gao 'an tea-picking opera, Wuning tea-picking opera, East Jiangxi tea-picking opera, Ji 'an tea-picking opera, Jingdezhen tea-picking opera and Ningdu tea-picking opera. Although these operas have various names, they were formed from the middle to the end of the Qing Dynasty.

Jiangxi tea-picking drama mainly originated in Xinfeng and Anyuan areas in southern Jiangxi, which is related to tea production. In the tea areas of southern Jiangxi, eastern Jiangxi and northern Jiangxi in the Ming Dynasty, during the Grain Rain season, working women went up the mountain to pick tea and sang folk songs to stimulate their labor enthusiasm. This folk song, which is popular in tea areas, is called "tea picking song". It developed from folk tea-picking songs and tea-picking lanterns, and later became a folk drama with characters and story lines. Because it usually has only two performances, one ugly or three performances, it is also called "triangle class". After the formation of tea-picking drama in southern Jiangxi, it developed outward several times and merged with local dialects and tunes, forming five schools of eastern Jiangxi, western Jiangxi, southern Jiangxi, northern Jiangxi and central Jiangxi, each with different local accents. The overall characteristics of Jiangxi tea-picking drama are: cheerful performance, humor, singing and dancing, strong comedy, strong local flavor, and popular among the masses.