Origin of Opera in China

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Origin of Opera in China
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Operas originated from the ancient social dances, experienced a lengthy evolution process and was not well established until the Song and Yuan Dynasties. Operas also evolved from comedies and story telling.

The songs and dances of ancient society often compensated each other. It began as a ritual ceremonies which evolved continuously by adding various contents, like sacrificing to gods and ghosts, prayers to ancestors, celebrations of harvest, and love between opposite sexes. The formality of these plays soon evolved into stage shows with story contents. During early Han Dynasty, a type of play known as Jiao Di Shi became popular. It involved two people wrestling each other in a dramatized fashion.

To be continued

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