User talk:Chiuchow opera

Chiuchow Opera, or Chaozhou Opera, so named because formed in Chiuchow, commonly known as "Chiuchow Melody" and "Chiuchow sound play", actively prevailing in Zhaoan, Dongshan and ZhangPu, Nanjing and other region in both Fujian and Guangdong, which has been closely related to Liyuan Opera.

It is a branch of Nanxi ( Southern Opera )of Sung and Yuan Dynasties, gradually evolved from the Nanxi,is one ancient opera, mainly absorbed in yiyang, and other expertise, combined with the local folk art. Chiuchow music, together with Chiuchow embroidery, eventually formed their own distinctive art forms and styles. The Chiuchow Opera not only people's favorite in area of Chiuchow of Guangdong and many regions in Fujian, is also popular and has impact in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Southeast Asia, it being a representative of local opera, artistic charm of Opera and is an essential part of Chiuchow culture. Chiuchow Opera is one of the vivid examples of Chinese ancient operas survive to the stage, and is one of the excellent Chinese cultural expressions, has deep historic and aesthetic value.

Formed in the 12th century to 13th century Chinese Opera and Northern Zaju texts in the South. Developed on the basis of song and Yuan Dynasties's Northern opera. According to history, Chinese Opera achieved prosperity in the Yuan dynasty in the 12th century century, firstly developed in Wenzhou and Zhejiang Province. In Sung and Yuan more than 200 years of spread development in the Chinese Opera to Yangtze River basin and Southeast spread, and formed some local tune Operas, Generally there has two species situation, "one was Opera original of tunes spread to around zhī hòu, actors were to use dialects to localized the opera, making of constantly changes; another one was local folk music and some religious type of songs, constantly used in opera to enrich the original contents. These two factors form a number of different styles. "Artists copies of South Opera of Ming Dynasty excavated in Chiuchow, further proved that the Chiuchow area in Yuan and Ming dynasty had a thriving opera performances, historical corroboration of origin had been systematic.

One view about Chiuchow Opera: it was popular in the Southern Song dynasty on the southeast coast of operatic music in Chiuchow's Feng Tang tombs were excavated the handwritten script which the book of orthographical Liu Xi Nobile made in the years of 1432, the play tune cavity plate belonging to the ancient Chinese Opera system also absorbs some aspect of Northern opera, and indicated in the title of "official words". "official words " is the government pronunciation of words. The Chiuchow cavity used in Opera since Ming Dynasty, has been referred to the "accent-contributed texts" that evolved into today's Chiuchow Opera, and is so called "white words opera".

Another view: manuscripts unearthed in the script indicated in the title of "official words" which was the official pronunciation. Frequent turnover of Dynasties in ancient China that the official pronunciation ever-changing accordingly. Dialects of regions nearer to the Imperial city like Wenzhou experienced more changes. Regions in remote places such as Chiuchow and Chuenchow ( Quanzhou ) suffer less changes, and therfore maintain more archaic, so there is reason to believe that the Chiuchow, Chuenchow, and Min-nan dialects are closer to the original ancient official pronunciation. Therefore, Chiuchow Opera is not only archaic, the pronunciation is believed to be closer to the ancient official words. Other operas performed by regions located closer to the Imperial city might have more colorful and better looking due to enhancements, but perhaps not likely original.

Winds of worship very intense flashes, formerly frequent activities, held around the Festival. Ritual objects there probably two aspects: one is the surname lineage ancestors; another is the village deity (commonly known as "edge of God"), as well as other types of gods. Chiuchow cultural characteristics is "clans lived together", thus the ancestral hall and Temple was dotted with a different State, and the Festivals were organized. Previously during the worship in sung and Yuan Dynasty "play sound, thank God", were replaced by Chiuchow Opera after the Ming dynasty.

Chiuchow customs favor Operas, Lan Luzhou's "Customs examination of Chiuchow" during Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty: "Chiuchow operas performed almost everyday, recorded extent ran all through the day and night crowded ... " illustrate the frequency of the activity.