Shaanxi Local Opera Pictures

Shaanxi Local Opera (Qinqiang) is a kind of opera popular in northwest China. It mainly uses slit drum made of date tree as musical instrument, so it is also called Bangzi Opera. It has joyous sound and sad sound; the former shows merry and glad emotion, the latter expresses miserable and sorrowful emotion. It originated from the folk dance in the Shaanxi and Gansu provinces in the Qin Dynasty, gradually developed in Xi'an, the ancient capital of Han and Tang Dynasties and it achieved its height during the reign of Emperor Qianlong (1735-1796) in the Qing Dynasty.
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- Last updated on Jul. 23, 2017 -