What dialect is the Taiwanese opera sung in?

Taiwanese opera is a local opera sung in Minnan dialect.

Taiwanese opera, also known as "hometown opera", is a local opera sung in Minnan dialect and one of the five major local operas in Fujian Province. With a history of about 100 years, it was listed in the first batch of intangible cultural heritage protection list in China in 2006.

Gezai Opera is a local traditional drama in Zhangzhou, Xiamen and other places in Fujian, and it is one of the national intangible cultural heritages. Taiwanese opera is a Taiwanese opera based on Taiwanese opera, which absorbs the nutrition of Liyuan Opera, Beiguan Opera, Gaojia Opera, Chaoju Opera and Beijing Opera. At the beginning of the 20th century, Taiwanese opera flourished on the island of Taiwan Province Province, and soon spread to Xiamen, and quickly spread to places where overseas Chinese live in southern Fujian and Southeast Asia.

Taiwanese opera is mainly written in classical Chinese, which exposed the public to elegant vocabulary or stories of loyalty, filial piety and benevolence, and became one of the important social entertainment activities in early Taiwan Province Province. The embryonic form of Taiwanese opera is the ground sweep in Yilan, which absorbs the elements such as the Yetaiwan Opera, which is still common in temple fairs in Taiwan Province province, and the Yetaiwan Opera drum array, which is still common in temple fairs in Taiwan Province province, and gradually develops into a small drama.

The origin of Taiwanese opera;

Gezi Opera is the only traditional opera that originated in Taiwan Province Province, and Gezi Opera originated in the mountains of Yilan.

The origin of Taiwanese opera has a history of more than one hundred years. According to legend, Gezi Opera is developed from the "Gezi" in Zhangzhou, Fujian Province, which combines the image of car inspiration with local ballads. "Gezi" was originally a kind of rap art, which spread in Zhangzhou from the Ming Dynasty. Jin songs are four folk songs (seven or five are one sentence). At first, they were just songs describing daily life, but later they developed into local stories.

"Car Drum" is a kind of song and dance drama, which is deeply loved by Fujian people. With the spread of immigrants, Gezi music and car drum play were introduced into Taiwan Province Province. At that time, the "Nanguan" sung in Quanzhou dialect was popular in Quanzhou immigrant areas such as Mengga, Lugang and Tainan, while about 93% of Lanyangping were Zhangzhou immigrants, so the "Gezi" and "Chegu" circulating in Zhangzhou merged into "local Gezi" in Yilan.

At first, local singers may just sit in the form of oratorio, and then add foot color drama and car drum movements to form a small musical with a little embryonic form of drama.