Sandy Land Culture in Zhejiang Province

Shao Opera was once called "Shaoxing's random bombs", and Zhejiang was once "the world of random bombs". Before liberation, there were indiscriminate bombings in Taizhou, Shaoxing, Pujiang and Wenzhou. The joint performance of Pujiang and Huiban is called Wu Opera, and the literary opera is called Ou Opera. Now Shaoxing Luantan has been renamed Shao Opera. 1955, Shao Opera was listed as one of the national 3 17 local operas by the Ministry of Culture.

Shao Opera is famous for its rough and unconstrained style, which can show the rebellious spirit of the characters. For a long time, the people in sandy land have been in the position of being ruled and oppressed, and their repressed spiritual desires have been released because of Shao's dramas. Shao Opera is full of folk language and local phonology, which is easy to understand and unique. The language of the sand area belongs to Shaoxing dialect, and its geographical location is close to Shaoxing, so Shao Opera is deeply loved by the sand people. In the past, Xue Gang's anti-Tang Dynasty, Houcinnabar, Long Hudou, Wild Pig Forest and Monkey King Thrice Defeats the Skeleton Demon were staged in the sand. In order to cooperate with the class struggle during the "four clean-ups", blood and tears were staged.

"gongs and drums are ringing, and the soles of your feet itch." Shao Opera is good at attracting audiences with gongs and drums. People from all directions and neighbors call friends, old people and young people from every household. The sand table stage is temporary. There are many skilled craftsmen in the sand. They can build their own huts or even hundreds of sheds for communication in one day. Setting up the stage is a piece of cake. Door panels and bamboo are both materials for building a stage.