Sichuan opera

Sichuan opera (; Sichuanese Pinyin: Cuan1ju4; ) is a type of Chinese opera originating in China's Sichuan province around 1700. Today's Sichuan opera is a relatively recent synthesis of 5 historic melodic styles. Regionally Chengdu remains to be the main home of Sichuan opera, while other influential locales include Chongqing, Guizhou, Yunnan, Hubei and Taiwan. Sichuan Opera was listed in the first batch of 518 national intangible cultural heritage list announced on May 20, 2006. Initially, there were 5 distinct opera styles. The history of each style varies greatly. The origin of Sichuan Opera can be traced back to the pre-Qin period and even earlier, and the Jiaodian opera of the later Han Dynasty laid the foundation for the early Sichuan opera. "Song Yu Asks the King of Chu", a famous poem of the Warring States States that "they are Xialiba people, and there are thousands of people in the country who belong to harmony". The so-called "Xialiba people" is the name of Sichuan folk songs and dances or singers and dancers. According to the records of Taiping Guang Ji and Tares History Compilation, there was a play of Bullfighting since Li Bing, the governor of Shu County. In The Three Kingdoms Period, the first satirical comedy appeared in Sichuan, which can be regarded as the originator of Sichuan opera comedy. From the Tang Dynasty to the Five Dynasties, the popular drama of Sichuan reached its peak, and there appeared the situation of "Shu skills leading the world". Frequently performed plays in this period included Liu Bijimai, Maixiu Liangqi and Guankou God. And appeared the earliest troupe in the history of Chinese opera so far, namely Qian Manchuan, Bai Jia, Ye Si, Zhang Mei and Zhang Ao in "Youyang Zazu". In the Song and Yuan Dynasties, Southern opera and Szechuan Zaju were popular in Sichuan, and the famous song was "Jiu Se Cai Qi". Jin Guanger's class of "Sichuan Opera" in the Ming Dynasty once went to Jiangsu and caused a stir in Nanjing, forming a competitive situation with the Southern Opera.