Wandong The Hongshan Play Study

This paper aims to study the HongShan drama, which is the local drama of the east of Anhui province and was popular among the local areas.HongShan drama originated from the Temple drama among the audiences and played a very important role in the development of Yang ju opera in Wu dialect-speaking areas. Instead of the previous sole study on the Temple opera ,Hongshan opera or Yang ju opera, this paper will give a holistic study on the Hongshan opera and string the three operas together so as to reveal the historical and cultural meanings of the Hongshan opera in detail.The theme of this paper consists of four chapters. The first chapter is about how the descriptions and categories of the various names of Hongshan opera came into being through lots of lexicographical books and reference materials. The second chapter deals with the kinship among the Hongshan opera and Temple opera, opera for religious ceremony, as well as Nuo vulgar through field research. The third chapter focuses on the concepts and knowledge of Chinese traditional drama in order to analyze the singing style of Hongshan opera and reveal the kinship between them by giving examples. The last chapter is about the visit paid to the nongovernmental association, researchers as well as the old performers who are closely related to the HongShan drama.The paper starts with a prolegomenon and an appendix after it. The appendix is mainly on the narration of the history when it was anti-Japnese war. It lists the names of the performers of HongShan drama.The intention of the reseach is to provide a valuable material for the study of the extinct form of art. It is of great value for the further systematic research into the HongShan drama.