In the early years of the Republic of China, there were many class societies and yangko flourished. Well-known class clubs include the official yangko improvement class, Tianyi class, Sanyuan class, Tiancheng class, Fuban class, Yueban class and Banban, Banban, Yongle class, Banban, Yuanluoyi, the happiness class who settled in Wuxiang, and the happiness of the eldest son.
Wu Xiang Yangko has 130 traditional repertoires. Xiangyuan government-run reform class has tried to rehearse fashion dramas such as Quit Smoking (Smoking Opium), Don't Gamble, Suck So, One Yuan, Night in the Mirror, etc. During this period, the first generation of actresses Li Xuee and Lu Xiaomei stepped onto the Yangko stage.
In the 27th year of the Republic of China (1938), Xiang Yuan returned to the village to organize an anti-Japanese rural troupe to sing yangko. The following year, Xiangyuan county absorbed a group of young students to learn to sing yangko, and set up an anti-Japanese national salvation propaganda team, which was later renamed the anti-Japanese theater.
In 29 years, Xiangyuan Anti-Japanese National Salvation Propaganda Team and Anti-Japanese Rural Troupe merged into a mass troupe; In 33, it was renamed the Agricultural Troupe; 1946 transferred to Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan border region; In the same year, it was renamed Taihang People's Theatre; In 37 years of the Republic of China, it merged with the original Wuxiang Guangming Troupe directly led by the Taihang Administrative Office to form the Taihang Literary and Art Working Group.
During this period, the 385th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army 129 Division set up the Outpost Theatre, Wuxiang County set up the Guangming Theatre, Taiyue District and County set up the second sub-group, Tunliu County set up the Mass Theatre, Yuan Theatre and Qinxian County set up the Zhanghe Theatre. He created and performed modern dramas, such as Changing Your Brain, Playing Dragon Tactics, Watching the Night, Natural and Man-made Disasters, Fulai Couple, Li Youcai Banhua, rosary, Changing Old Style, Marriage of Little Black Boys, Playing Peach Blossoms, Li Laicheng Family and Vientiane Tower, etc.
In the 32nd year of the Republic of China (1943) 65438+February, Peng Wei, Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Eighth Route Army, wrote an inscription: "Model of Anti-Japanese Rural Troupe". The following year, Wuxiang Guangming Troupe was awarded the banner of "Advance by leaps and bounds" by Taihang Literary Federation for its compilation and performance of "Change the Old Style" and "Volunteer Care Team".
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Xiangyuan County set up a professional yangko team, which reformed the musical singing and artistic performance, and produced new dramas such as Bridal Chamber Pretending to be Crazy, Jade Phoenix Match, Zhao Lanying Going to Beijing, Loyalty and Justice, and Book in the Play, and made gratifying progress. From 2065438 to June 2005, Fa Xian, a Yuan zaju adapted from Fa Xian The Journey to the West in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, was staged. The drama truly reproduces the touching story of 62-year-old Fa Xian's journey to more than 30 countries 14, and finally gets back the true precept.