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Hunan Opera

2022-05-26
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Hunan Opera is a kind of local drama of Hunan Province. It is widely spread in central and eastern Hunan and western Jiangxi. Normally sung in Zhongzhou rhyme and the official language of Changsha, it was originally called "Changsha Troupe" or “Xiangtan Troupe”.


Hunan Opera has four main tunes, namely, gaoqiang, dipaizi, kunqiang, tanqiang. The performing patterns are rigorous, and their costumes and facial makeup are featured with strong Hunan local characteristics.


Hunan opera has very abundant contents, the number of which reached more than 1,000 in the reign of Emperor Daoguang and Emperor Xianfeng of Qing Dynasty. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, there still existed 682 traditional theatrical pieces.