Where did Huangmei Opera originate?

Huangmei Opera, formerly known as Huangmeidiao and tea-picking opera, originated in Huangmei, Hubei Province and developed in Anqing, Anhui Province.

Huangmei Opera and Peking Opera, Yue Opera and Pingju Opera? Henan Opera, also known as "the five major operas in China", is also the main local opera in Anhui Province. Hubei, Jiangxi, Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Hongkong and Taiwan Province provinces also have professional or amateur Huangmei Opera performance groups, which are widely welcomed.

Huangmei Opera is a kind of drama gradually formed and developed from folk songs, yangko, tea songs, tea-picking lanterns and Hua Gutiao, from rural areas to cities. It has absorbed the factors of Han Opera, Chu Opera, Gao Qiang, tea-picking opera, Beijing Opera and many other operas, and gradually formed its own artistic characteristics.

Huangmei opera is simple and fluent in singing, good at lively lyricism and rich in expressive force; The performance is simple and meticulous, and it is famous for its truthfulness and vividness. A song "The Match of Heaven and Fairy" has made Huangmei Opera popular all over the country and has a high reputation overseas.

Introduction to drama:

Huangmei Opera, formerly known as Huangmei Tune or Tea-picking Opera, is one of the five major operas in China, and also one of the Han operas, with the same fame as Beijing Opera, Yue Opera, Pingju Opera and Henan Opera. Huangmei Opera is simple and fluent in singing, good at lively lyricism and rich in expressive force. Approved by the State Council on May 20, 2006, it was included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list. Huangmei Opera originated in Huangmei, Hubei Province, formerly known as Huangmeidiao and tea-picking opera, and is now distributed in Anqing City, Anhui Province and Huangmei County, Hubei Province.