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Thread: Shao Xing Opera from Zhe Jiang Province
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[quote=MARRIE,384906]Currently, Yue operas are shown on television almost every night, at least in Zhejiang Province, particularly on two Hangzhou channels, HTV4 & HTV6 (often about 6-7 pm). The televised operas are almost always romances in which both male and female roles are played by women. The male characters wear thick-soled shoes similar to those worn in ancient Greek drama: kothurnos (see buskin). In Hangzhou, groups of four or five people singing & playing the music of the operas perform in parks and attract small crowds of both local people and Chinese tourists. One park on the eastern side of West Lake usually has several such groups. A history of how Yue opera emerged as Shanghai's most popular opera is documented in the book Women Playing Men by Jin Jiang (University of Washington Press, 2009). a piece of Shao Xing Opera [flash][/flash][/quote]
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