Open AccessLiuqin Drama’s Origin and Early Development
Author(s) -
Zhen Wang
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
european scientific journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1857-7881
pISSN - 1857-7431
DOI - 10.19044/esj.2016.v12n26p211
Subject(s) - drama , soul , singing , history , literature , begging , art , philosophy , theology , management , economics
Liuqin Drama did not have a long history. It started from Qing Dynasty. It did not have a glorious background. It actually started from begging. Yet its singing is marvelous. Its early name was “Lahun” Tune, which literally meant “soul-pulling” Tune in Chinese. Its attraction is enormous, and with generations of accumulation of artistic culture, it has become one of the major genres of folk drama of Southern Shandong, Northern Jiangsu and Northeastern Anhui Province. This paper introduces the beginning and the later development of the Liuqin Drama.