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Shaoxing Opera, also called Yue Ju, is one of the Five Operas in China, just second to Peking Opera and has beeninto the first national non-material cultural heritages(遗产)in
2006. As the most popular local opera in the country, Shaoxing Operain Sheng County(嵊州), Zhengjiang in later Qing Dynasty(1636-1911), and became popular in shanghai in 1920s.
Shaoxing Opera is special in singing and good at showing feelings along with beautiful music, poetic lyrics and excellent performing. The main subject of Shaoxing opera is the love stories of talented young adults. Some of the stories arehistory books, but most of them are from famous folk tales. Besides, the main musical instrument is erhu with some otherChinese musical instruments like dizi, pipa and guzheng.
First performed by male(男性) farmer artists in the countryside, Shaoxing Opera wasdeveloped into a popular performance inwith other characteristics of Kunqu Opera, Shao Opera and modern drama. But nowadays almost all performerswomen. The classics of this opera are Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai, the White Snake and others.
Shaoxing Opera is an important part of Chinese culture. In china, itto be popular only among old people. , more and more young people are becoming interested in it nowadays. And people around the world are learning about its special singing and performing. As Chinese, we should all befor spreading it.
