Shanghai opera
Huju (simplified Chinese: 沪剧; traditional Chinese: 滬劇; pinyin: Hùjù), or Shanghai opera is a variety of Chinese opera from Shanghai. It is typically sung in the Shanghainese dialect.
It is particularly popular in Baihe, the oldest town in the Qingpu District of Shanghai.[1] There are eight to ten huju troupes in the town, and many local residents hire the troupes to perform for weddings and funerals.[2]
Huju is accompanied by an ensemble of traditional Chinese instruments, including dizi (transverse bamboo flute), erhu (two-stringed fiddle), pipa (pear-shaped lute), yangqin (hammered dulcimer), and percussion. The instrumentation and style are closely related to the instrumental genre of Jiangnan sizhu.
The famous Chinese composition "Purple Bamboo Melody" (紫竹调; 紫竹調) is adapted and used for huju.
References
- ↑ "Opera lover protects art form in Qingpu". Eastday/Shanghai Daily. 17 January 2005.
- ↑ "2005-01-17 Opera lover protects art form in Qingpu". Qingpu Shanghai Web Portal. Shanghai Qingpu Government. 6 June 2005.
- Stock, Jonathan P. J. (2003). Huju: Traditional Opera in Modern Shanghai. OUP/British Academy. ISBN 0-19-726273-2. ISBN 978-0-19-726273-3.
External links
- Article about huju
- Article about huju
- Article about American singing huju
- Article about the revival of huju
See also
- Shaoxing opera, opera from the Shaoxing region of northeastern Zhejiang Province
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