What's the difference between Cantonese opera, Huangmei opera, ancient painting opera and Tibetan opera?

Cantonese opera performance venues are generally divided into temporary theaters and permanent stages. In the Ming dynasty, when people were rich, big families would set up their own stage and recruit private theatrical troupes. 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. His origin can be traced back to the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, but it was not until modern times that a complete drama was formed. During this period, he absorbed the essence of many sister arts, such as Han opera, Chu opera, Gao Qiang, tea-picking opera and Beijing opera, and gradually improved himself and became a famous drama. When talking about this famous drama, we can't help but notice that the group performing this drama has also experienced such a long development process. It is also gradually improved from scratch, from small to large, from simple to complex. It can also be said that the formation and development of Huangmei Opera and his performing groups are complementary. Throughout the performance activities of Huangmei Opera, from amateur to professional, it can be roughly divided into four stages. Ancient painting opera is the general name of ancient painting opera, tea picking opera, lantern opera and Yangliuqiu opera in Hunan, Hubei, Anhui and Guangdong. The main tunes come from folk tunes, such as coloratura, gong, chuan, kouzi and bobbin. There are more than 400 ancient painting dramas in Hunan, and there are 36 big ones and 72 small ones in Hubei, which mostly reflect people's labor, love between men and women and family conflicts, such as Hunting Birds, Pan Hua, Xue Meijiao, Whipping Reed Flowers, Embroidering a Pocket, Catching Children on the Road, and Chopping firewood with Liu Hai. There are also some dramas featuring Yu Laosi and Zhang Dehe, which all reflect local customs and have a strong local flavor. Therefore, ancient paintings and operas are closely related to the lives of local people. In addition, due to different languages, different teachers and schools, each region's ancient painting opera has its own style and characteristics, so the types of ancient painting opera are also diverse.

Tibetan opera is

give a performance

Tibetan opera has gradually formed a relatively fixed program in hundreds of years of performance practice.

The performances of Tibetan operas are generally square operas, and a few also have stage performances. Make-up during the performance is relatively simple, except wearing a mask, others are ordinary powder and red grease, and there is no complicated facial makeup.

Musical instruments are also relatively simple. Percussion is just drums and cymbals. During the performance, a person introduced the development of the story to the audience with Allegro. There is little humanity in the play, and the actors are all absorbed in singing. Because of the performance in the square, the voices of the actors are high and loud, showing a rough and powerful character. Generally, there are exclamations backstage, which are similar in form to Sichuan opera.

Basic mask color

The mask of kindness-white (white stands for purity)

The king's mask-red (red stands for majesty)

Princess's mask-green (green stands for softness and freshness)

The mask of the living Buddha-yellow (yellow stands for auspiciousness)

The mask of the peasant old man-white or yellow, with a hole in his eyes and mouth (representing the simplicity and sincerity of the peasant old man)

The witch's mask-half black and half white (symbolizing her duplicity)

The monster's mask-green fangs (indicating depression and terror)