Ping Opera, local opera of north China, is very popular in the huabei area. It is one of the operas which people most like.
Ping Opera roots “lianhualao” whose old name called “pingqiang bangzi opera”, most people called it “Tangshan laozi ” or “BengBeng opera”, and in some areas people calls it “FengTiaolaozi”. “lianhualao” as an folk say-and-sing art, has a long history.
Ping Opera originate from the country of Luan County which located in east Hebei, and formed in Tangshan in 1910. The BengBeng Opera rename Ping Opera when it performed in Shanghai in 1935. |