Kunqu opera is one of the oldest surviving chinese opera genres, originating in the Ming Dynasty (14th-17th centuries AD), and the traditional repertoire includes "Peony Pavilion" and "Hall of Eternal Life". Its singing voice has a strong artistic nature, and has a huge influence on all kinds of drama in modern China, such as Sichuan opera and Peking Opera. KunLu and its dramatic structure (dan, ugly, sheng, etc.) have also been borrowed from other genres.
Kunqu opera performances include singing, reading, doing, playing, dancing, etc., which are also the basic subjects for training Peking Opera actors; the accompaniment is accompanied by orchestral and percussion instruments such as flutes, flutes, sheng, pipas, gongs and drums. In the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list announced in 2006, Kunqu opera was listed as a new project, and Northern Kunqu Opera, Shanghai Kunqu Opera Troupe, Jiangsu Performing Arts Group Co., Ltd., Suzhou Kunqu Opera troupe of Jiangsu Province, Yongjia Kunqu Opera Troupe (Zhejiang Yongjia Kunqu Transmission Institute), Hunan Kunqu Troupe, China Academy of Arts, etc. were listed as protection units; in the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage list announced in 2008, Shiban Music (Suichang Kunqu Juban) was listed as an extension project of Kunqu. Suichang County Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center was listed as a protection unit. In the same year, Kunqu opera was inscribed on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List (Roster).
Source: Voice of Cultural Tourism