Qinqinag opera(秦腔) is one of the oldest Chinese Han drama and it was starting from the western Zhou dynasty. On May 20, 2006, the State Council approved it in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage. Qinqiang opera is also called strum, popular in Chinese northwest province, such as Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, Xinjiang and other places.
Tianshui has a history of 8,000 years of civilization, and it is also the birthplace of Qinqiang Opera.There is a historical site called Muma Beach in Tianshui. It is the grazing place during the years of the Qin Dynasty and it is also a good place for the central Qin Imperial palace choose horse for the court. Tianshui is also was the patriarch of the Ancient Qin Shihuang. When Qin ancestors moved eastward, they also bring his own self-entertainment time singing to Shaanxi. Due to the stronger of Qin Dynasty, and affluence of people, people then just hit Fou for entertainment and sang songs. There is no stereotype of singing and recruit potential then.
The shaping and development of Qinqiang opera was happened in Tang Dynasty. Along with social stability and prosperity, people's spiritual needs is more and more abundant. Chang'an is an international city, the development of Qinqiang Opera will overemphasized.
As it is popular in different regions, Qinqiang opera has developed into different schools. The opera popular in the east of Guanzhong areas and south of Weihe River is called east road Qingqiang opera; popular in the west of Guanzhong areas is called west road Qinqiang opera; popular in Yang County, Chenggu and Mian County in the center of Guanzhong areas is called Han tune; popular in Qian County, Fuping, Jinyang and Lintong is called north road Qinqiang opera; popular in Xi’an is called center road Qinqiang opera.
The heyday of Qinqiang opera was in the years of Qing emperor Qianlong. At that time, there are many Qinqiang opera troupes all over the country. The excellent Qinqiang opera actor, in addition to the famous artist Wei Changsheng in Qing Dynasty, there are another famous artists: Wang xiangyun, Chen Meibi, Shen Xianglin of Weinan School, Luan Xiaohui of Tongzhou School, Tao Suo-er of Zhouzhi School and Yue Sezi of Chang’an School.
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