Yang opera is an authentic Tujia opera.
Formerly known as Yangliuliu, it is a performing art in which folk artists beg or prostitutes sing for a living. After the processing and transformation of artists, local operas with a full range of activities have been formed.
The performance of Yang Opera pays more attention to martial arts, and plays more literary dramas, family dramas and tragedies, with a strong flavor of life.
Danjiao ranks first in all walks of life in Yangxi.
The aria of Yangxi Opera is composed of two parts: positive and minor, and the tune is *** 17.
In Youyang County, Youshui River Basin, the "Yang" of the "Yang Opera" was named "Yang Opera" because it was said that Youyang was located in the north of Youshui River, because the mask was upward, and it was said that "Yanghualiu" was homophonic with "Yang", which was suspected of * * *.
Nuo Opera, which spread in Youyang Tujia and Miao Autonomous County of Chongqing, can be traced back to Shang Dynasty at the earliest, with a history of more than 3,000 years, and is called the living fossil of drama.
Nuo Opera, also known as "Nuo Opera" and "Nuo Opera", originated from the totem worship in primitive society and was a ritual ceremony held by Tujia ancestors to drive away ghosts and epidemics.
The main feature is that the characters wear wooden masks and pretend to be ghosts and gods.