The Modern Revitalization And Development Of Xiang Opera

Popular in Zhangzhou, Fujian Xiang River area of drama, its predecessor was passed in the1920s mainland Taiwanese opera, and Taiwanese opera is the seventeenth century, moved to Taiwan in Zhangzhou, Quanzhou Jin in the public area of the original Zhangzhou foundation and tea-picking opera song on the absorption of the incoming Taiwan Yiyangqiang later, white opera, puppet theater play, drama and opera Siping and other art forms created. Due to the mainland Taiwanese opera returns main geographical spread in Zhangzhou Xiangjiang center, it is called "Xiang Opera." It can be said Xiang drama and opera in Taiwan is the same root, with the same title but different operas kinship. Currently, Xiang Opera popular in southern Fujian, Taiwan and Southeast Asian areas inhabited.The same as the local theater, opera and traceability development process Xiang drama, we can find, both are about a hundred years of history, belong to the Chinese local opera drama is relatively young, so there are quite a few comparable. However, their centuries of development path, there is a great difference. Under the general downturn in the development of traditional drama premise, as the country’s second-largest opera drama, remained fairly strong vitality; while Xiang Opera Although more popular in Taiwan, but in China it is a fan obvious depression scene, in addition to the southern area will be used toward the thanksgiving ceremony outside known. On the protection of intangible cultural heritage, such a situation, it is very worthy of our serious reflection. Therefore, this paper attempts a comparative analysis of the survival of the state opera and drama Xiang and development prospects Unravel the successful experience of opera, and to the learn, for Xiang Opera in rehabilitation and development of the current word, express some opinions.