Traditional Repertoire. Xiang Opera Study

Xiang Opera, which is also known as the"Taiwan opera",was developed from Taiwanese opera. For the study of Xiang Opera, people mostly focus on the origins and discrimination of Xiang Opera,the explorations of music and the comparisons with Taiwanese opera,while people focus little on the study of the repertoires of Xiang Opera, especially on the traditional repertoires. Therefore, I am eager to make my own contribution to the expansion of Xiang Opera or the study of Taiwanese geographical culture and literature through the study of this paper. This paper is divided into three parts which are an introduction,the body and the conclusion.The introduction section outlines the motivation,the current situation,the meaning,the scope and the methodology of the study.The body section is divided into four parts to launch the discussion.Chapter One: Xiang Opera overview. This section briefly describes the emergence,evolution of Xiang Opera and other relevant knowledge about the music,profession etc to have a more complete understanding of Xiang Opera.Chapter Two: Traditional repertoires and the scripts of Xiang Opera repertoires. The traditional repertoires of text forms which are oral books,order books,literatures and screenplays are firstly introduced. Repertoires Collected are classified according to the subject matters.Chapter Three:The cultural analysis of the traditional repertoires of Xiang Opera. This chapter is the main part of this paper. The classical repertoires and scripts which have much information about Taiwanese culture are selected among a large number of productions. From these operas, the close associations between Southern culture and Xiang operas are deeply discussed.Chapter Four:The artistic characteristics of the traditional repertoires about Xiang Opera. Xiang Opera's literary aesthetic features of the traditional repertoires are illustrated from three aspects which are the dramatic language features of rich traditional repertoires in Southern Fujian,the shape of grass-roots characters and the heart breaking pathetic color .Conclusion: Summary.The cultural value and aesthetic value of Xiang Opera which has rich Southern Fujian cultural folk drama are affirmed. It has an important research value and a broad space for development as an important media of cross-strait cultural exchanges.