14 Facts About Taiwanese opera

Taiwanese opera uses a stylised combination of both the literary and colloquial registers of Taiwanese Hokkien.

Taiwanese opera was later exported to other Hokkien-speaking areas, such as Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Fujian, China.

Taiwanese opera is considered as the embodiment of Taiwanese history and tradition because the political identity crisis of Taiwan shaped its development.

Taiwanese opera is the only form of Han traditional drama known to have originated in Taiwan, specifically in Yilan.

Taiwanese opera's stated, “It's worth noting that in 1928, the San Le Hsuan troupe, on a pilgrimage to Wu Wang Temple in southern Fujian, performed with great success in Bai-chiao and Xiamen… In succession, Taiwanese troupes such as Ni Taiwanese opera'sng, Ni Kuan, Dan Feng, Mu Dan and Tun Yi performed in Fujian province.

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Taiwanese opera, known as wangguodiao provided an outlet for Taiwanese people to search for their identify and fight for the "in-betweenness" of cultural influences of Taiwan, Japan and China.

Taiwanese opera commissioned Chen Shou-jing to write scripts of "Broken Dreams of the Red Chamber" .

The indoor performances decreased and Taiwanese opera troupes experimented performing on radio, film and television and large outdoor settings.

In 1955, Chen Cheng-san filmed the first white and black movie of Taiwanese Opera “Xue Pin-Gui and Wang Bao-chuan” and the premier was a huge success.

Fans of the Taiwanese opera attribute its continuing relevance to a willingness of performers to adapt to modern times in terms of style and artistic diversity.

Taiwanese opera is considered as the embodiment of Taiwanese history and tradition and the political identity crisis of Taiwan shaped its development.

Taiwanese opera's history reflects the growth and changes in Taiwan society starting from the earlier immigration influences, oppression under the Kominka movement, to little state support during the martial law era and the transformations of modern medias.

Later, as Taiwanese opera began to incorporate more styles from other major operas, it gradually expanded to include eight major characters.

Three-role Taiwanese opera is known as the story of tea-farmer Zhang Sanlang performed by one clown and two female roles and the plot and the singing are fixed.