The Realm of Art Full of The Beauty of Spring

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In Fujian, there are various local operas with their own performance styles, including five types of? Fuzhou opera, Putian-Xiayou opera, Liyuan Opera, Gaojia opera and Xiang opera. Besides, there are 20-odd folk performances spreading all over coastal and mountainous areas like puppet show, Beilu drama, Meilin drama, folk song drama, Nanyin (an ancient musical performance widespread in Southern Fujian Area), Pinghua (monologue story telling in Fuzhou dialect), and some other like acrobatic shows and regional dances, etc.

The arts and crafts in Fujian can be traced back to ancient times. There are a good variety of elegant and exquisite handicrafts bearing their unique and strong local colors, such as Fuzhou bodiless lacquerware, Shoushan stone carvings, cork pictures, Xiamen glass beaded embroidery, Quanzhou puppets, Hui'an store carvings, Dehua ivory-white ware, Pingtan shell carvings, etc.

jian4.gif (2098 bytes) "The Ballads of the Grand River", Gaojia Opera ..............................(41K)
jian4.gif (2098 bytes) "A Drama Soul", Xiang Opera .........(28K)
jian4.gif (2098 bytes) "Dongsheng and Sister Li", Liyuan Opera .........(31K)
jian4.gif (2098 bytes) Ancient Southern Fujian Musical Instruments .........(70K)
jian4.gif (2098 bytes) Marionettes .........................(39K)
jian4.gif (2098 bytes) No Lack of Successors to Nanyin ......(38K)
jian4.gif (2098 bytes) "Paying Homage to the Elder Generation", the Rite of Nanyin .................(40K) new (2848 bytes)

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COMPILED BY THE EDITORIAL BORARD OF FUJIAN
HAICHAO PHOTOGRAPHY PUBLISHING HOUSE

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