Huai Opera, also known as Jianghuai Opera, Huai Opera and so on. , an ancient local opera, originated in Huai 'an City, Jiangsu Province, and He Lixia City, Yancheng City, and originated in modern Shanghai. It is now popular in Jiangsu Province, Shanghai City and parts of Anhui Province.

Huai Opera speaks Jianhu dialect and sings Jianhu tune. Jianhu county is the hometown of Huai Opera in China. 1950165438+10. In October, the famous Huai Opera actor Tong played the standard "Huai Opera" for the first time on the play list. As a result, various appellations such as "Jiangbei Opera" and "Jianghuai Opera" gradually unified into "Huai Opera".

1952 10, Shanghai People's Huai Opera Troupe participated in the first national opera viewing and performance conference, and its name was officially recorded in the national archives. 1953, at the suggestion of Premier Zhou Enlai, the state officially named the drama Huai Opera.

Main schools:

There are eight schools of modern Huai Opera, namely Xiao, He Jiaotian, Zhou, Tong, Zhou, Yang and Li.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Huai Opera