As a kind of special opera, Baoding laodiao has the strong local feature and full-bodied country tinge. Its tone is unvarnished and healthy, strong and graceful. Laodiao is very popular in local mass, and the local people often sing the tone in the street. So it is said that cooking can't run short of the boiler, and listening to operas can't run short of laodiao. Laodiao has been four performances in Beijing, and gets lots of good praise from the capital people, leader and expert. The central leaders once encouraged that Baoding has its treasure that is laodiao. |