Shanxi Datong traditional drama name

Hokuriku Bangzi-Hokuriku Bangzi, also known as "Shang Lu Opera", is also called the four major Bangzi in Shanxi with Zhonglu Bangzi (Shanxi Opera), Shangdang Bangzi and Zhou Pu Bangzi. It is one of the most influential operas in northern China. Comrade Guo Moruo once praised Beibangzi with the poem "Listen to Nanbangzi and Beibangzi with passion".

Hokuriku Bangzi was formed in the middle of16th century and matured in Jiaqing and Daoguang years of Qing Dynasty in the early of19th century. Shanshan Bangzi, which was formed in Tongzhou, Shaanxi and Zhou Pu, Shanxi, with "Xiqin" and Bangzi as the main accompaniment instruments, began to spread around and evolved into a complex and powerful northern Bangzi system. The North Road of Shanshan Bangzi degenerated into a new drama of Beilu Bangzi. For more than 300 years, Hokuriku Bangzi has been popular in Jinbei, Inner Mongolia, Zhangjiakou, Baotou and Hohhot with its impassioned frontier style. Deeply loved by working people in urban and rural areas.