Mu Opera

One of the 365 operas in China, Mu Opera in Chun'an is a play performed by only one professional theatrical troupe. Originating from the popular Bamboo Horse Leaping in Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, Mu Opera was based on some minor plays for audience after the leaping performance was over. Performed by male and female roles at first, such show was known as Tri-Point Circus. Later on, a comic role joined for more popularity, thus known as Tri-Point Play. In the sixteenth year of Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty, a regular opera troupe called Xu Long Fu put on its performance in Chun'an, Suian and Kaihua, like the well-known traditional plays Growing Wheat on South Mountain and Watching Flower Lanterns. The troupe stuck on the lifestyle of “carrying a pole and walking all over Chun An on foot”, so it was given the nickname Carrying Pole Troupe by the Light Daily. The traditional Mu Opera portraits the real life, reflecting the local pattern in the neighborhood or househood. The key to its popularity is its free, bright, humorous, warm performance as well as full, sonorous and unrestrained voice.

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