Where did Huangmei Opera originate?

Huangmei Opera originated in Huangmei County, Hubei Province.

Huangmei Opera is the main local opera in Anhui Province. Huangmei county itself is in Hubei, but it is at the junction of Hubei, Anhui and Jiangxi provinces. More than a hundred years ago, Huangmei tune was popular here, also called "tea-picking drama". A tribe in this little play gradually moved eastward and became a climate in Anqing, Anhui Province, forming the later Huangmei Opera.

The origin of Huangmei Opera can be traced back to the Tang Dynasty. According to historical records, as early as the Tang Dynasty, Huangmei tea-picking songs were very popular, and after the development of folk songs in the Song Dynasty and the influence of zaju in the Yuan Dynasty, the embryonic form of folk opera was gradually formed. By the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the opera style in Huangmei County was more prosperous.

Extended data:

Judging from the formation environment, Huangmei Opera was originally bred in the border areas of Hubei, Anhui and Jiangxi provinces. Later, it was formed in Anqing, Anhui Province, and quickly expanded to the whole country. This area is precisely the area where Qingyang Tune and Huizhou Tune grew in those years.

This area is the intersection of Jingchu culture, Central Plains culture and Wuyue culture, with rich folk art treasures, long-term exchanges between North and South arts and profound cultural and artistic traditions. It provides a eugenic environment for the gestation and growth of Huangmei Opera.

Nuo Opera and Mulian Opera, known as the living fossils of traditional operas, have a long history in this land. Qingyang Opera and Huizhou Opera, which had a great influence on the development of China opera art, also spread to all parts of the country from here. As the saying goes, one side's soil and water nurture one side's people and create one side's art, which is extremely rich in artistic nutrition, providing unique conditions for the gestation and growth of Huangmei Opera art?

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Huangmei Opera