The origin of Chaozhou opera?

Chaozhou Opera is a branch of Southern Opera in Song and Yuan Dynasties, which evolved gradually from Southern Opera in Song and Yuan Dynasties. This is an ancient drama with a history of more than 4 4 0 years. It mainly absorbed the characteristics of Yiyang Opera, Kunqu Opera, Bangzi and Pihuang, and combined with local Han folk arts such as Chaozhou dialect, Chaozhou music, Chaozhou songs and Chaozhou embroidery, and finally formed its own unique artistic form and style.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, literature and art were valued and Chaozhou Opera was revived. In the past, Chaozhou Opera always practiced children's drama system, and Xiao Sheng, Tsing Yi and Hua Dan were all played by children artists. When these artists grew up, their voices changed and they were eliminated, which seriously hindered the development of Chaozhou Opera.

After the founding of New China, the children's drama system was abolished, various reforms were carried out, and a large number of outstanding actors were trained, which made the ancient art of Chaozhou opera glow with new brilliance. In the golden age of 1950s and 1960s, there were nearly 200 professional and amateur Chaozhou opera troupes, and the first generation of "Five Golden Flowers" was widely praised. He has performed in Beijing twice and received rave reviews from all sides.

Chaozhou Opera, named after its formation in Chaoshan area of Guangdong Province, is commonly known as "Chaodiao", "Yin Chao Opera" and "White Snake Opera". In the late Ming Dynasty, it was widely circulated in Zhao 'an, Xiao Yun, Pinghe, Dongshan, Zhangpu and Nanjing in southern Fujian, and was closely related to Liyuan Opera. In the forty-five years of Jiajing in Ming Dynasty (1566), Li Jingji, a play published by Jianyang Masha, was sung in the style of "spring tide" and absorbed the music tunes of Nanyin. In 2006, it was selected into the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.