On the Artistic Characteristics and Influences of the New Yangko Opera Xiongmei Kaihuang
Abstract: The Yangko Opera is one traditional cultural art popularized in folk. It is flooded with the climax creation of new yangko operas after the new yangko opera movement. The representative one is the opera Xiongmei Kaihuang. Based on the folk music of North of Shanxi province, the content of that opera reflects the great movement of the liberated area. The paper starts with the reasons for the rise of the new yangko opera, and focuses on the artistic characteristics of the opera Xiongmei Kaihuang, which is discussed from the nationality of its melodies, the simplicity of the lyrics, and the images of performance, etc. At the same time, the genre of this new yangko opera has arouse people’s notice and make them try to know more about it. Besides, the paper makes a summary of the influences of the opera Xiongmei Kaihuang in terms of several aspects, that is, the influences on the social politics and literary creation, the influences on the literary creation, and the influences on various forms of literary arts. Consequently, the research contributes to make a far-reaching influence the development and expansion of the traditional ethnic culture
Key words: the Yangko Opera Xiongmei Kaihuang; artistic characteristics; the new yangko opera
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