The Evolution And Protection Of Tanhuang In Zhejiang

Tanhuang is a traditional opera art that evoluted from Quyi of Yangtze River Delta called by the local people, can be divided into Nanci Tanhuang and Changshuo Tanhuang, each of them has different characteristics in the aspects of text, music, performance and so on. As big province of traditional opera, Zhejiang’s existing types of Tanhuang are Yuyao Tanhuang, Ningbo Tanhuang, Shaoxing Tanhuang, Huzhou Tanhuang, Hangzhou Tanhuang, Lanxi Tanhuang, Quzhou Tanhuang and so on. After shared the common experience of evoluted from Quyi to traditional oprea, each of them formed their own unique style. Face of the variety of Tanhuang, protection units like culture sectors and theaters, and inheritors all over Zhejiang are taking all kinds of inherit and protection measures, and achieved good results. However, due to various subjective and objective reasons, there are still many problems in the work of inheritance and protection, which needs to be solved through the joint efforts of all sectors of the society.