Looking for the characteristics of Xuzhou - Liuqin Opera

Jiangsu Liuqin Opera, also known as "Lahunqiang", is the most distinctive local drama in Xuzhou area. There is a folk saying that "if you don't listen to Lasoulqiong for three days, eating and sleeping will not be fragrant". With the diversification of entertainment life, this ancient art is facing great challenges. At present, Jiangsu Liuqin Theater has only 22 professional Liuqin opera performers, and they are too old.

In 2020, the rematch of the 2nd Huaihai Economic Zone Youth Liuqin Opera Invitational Tournament of "La Soul Tunes·Canal Love" came to a successful conclusion. The large number of participants in this event shows that people's interest in traditional opera has not disappeared, and it is also for future Sustained development laid the foundation.

With the emphasis on intangible cultural heritage projects in recent years, Liuqin Opera has also shown new vitality. In just a few months, "Spring Dawn", "Ginkgo Lakeside", "Spring Behind the Mask", "Red Shirt", etc. A series of excellent works came out one after another, and the Liuqin Opera Troupe in Pizhou City created a modern large-scale Liuqin Opera every year, conveying the positive energy of great love for Pizhou in the form of art, and digging deeply into the governance of public space, the construction of four rights at the village level, and the transfer of rural land. Based on realistic themes, he has created works of literature and art with distinctive regional characteristics and strong spirit of the times, such as "Love in Big Elm Street", "Ginkgo Bay" and "Man in Qiaotou Village".

Liuqin Opera has never disappeared in Xuzhou.