Lu Opera, also known as disguised dulcimer and Shaanxi Opera, is a national intangible cultural heritage. It is one of the eight major operas in China and the most representative local opera in Shandong. Popular in most areas of Shandong University and parts of Jiangsu, Anhui and Northeast provinces. It originated in the Yellow River Delta in the northeast of Shandong Province and evolved from Qin Shu, Shandong Province.

Its music belongs to banqiang, and it also sings Qupai. The main accompaniment instruments are harpsichord (main string), dulcimer, sanxian and pipa, which are collectively called "four major pieces of Lu Opera". Its simple and vivid language, beautiful and melodious singing and colorful musical vocabulary have won the love of the broad masses of the people.

In its heyday, there were nearly 100 professional Lu Opera troupes in China, which influenced Shandong, Jiangsu, Anhui, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Xinjiang and other provinces and cities. Coco Town, Binzhou City was named "China Green Pony Art Town" by the Ministry of Culture.

Classic repertoire

It is its basic gameplay; The other is Liantai drama, which is mostly adapted from drum words, novels and piano scripts, such as Golden Hoop, Golden Brace and Jade Ring, and Five Girls in the Tang Dynasty.

Traditional Chinese opera has a strong flavor of life, uses vivid popular language, is good at expressing different characters and is full of strong appeal. The melody of Lu Opera is simple, simple, beautiful and flexible, and easy to learn and sing. The basic tones are Siping and Baner, sometimes other tunes are used. The main accompaniment instruments are harpsichord, dulcimer, erhu and sanxian.

His early plays include Catch Feet, Wang Borrow, Little Lonely Fairy, A Trip to Suzhou, Legend of the White Snake and so on. The early class club was a Republican class established by Shidianyuan. Since then, some dulcimer clubs in disguised forms have appeared, such as Wen Ming Bookstore, Huangjiaban, Gaojiaban, Zhangjiaban, Cheliban and Shunheban, which have been active in towns and villages in Guangrao, Boxing, Lijin, Binxian, Huimin, Wudi, Yangxin, Zhangdian, Boshan, Zhangqiu, wei county and Jiaodong for a long time.

By performing on the same stage with other operas, I absorbed and learned some performance programs, gradually changed the singing style from Qupai combination to plate-type variation with Siping and Baner as the main part, and expanded the band's cooperation business, so that the disguised dulcimer could develop and improve rapidly.

The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Lu Opera.