1. Expose social darkness and reflect people's sufferings.

2. Show heroism and praise the people's resistance.

3. Describe love and marriage, reflect women's tragic fate, and express women's wishes and pursuits.

4. Praise loyalty and punish traitors.

5. Reflect family ethics and social morality.

The formation of Yuan Zaju is the result of the development of various performing arts in the history of China, and it is also the product of the times. Yuan Zaju is also called North Zaju, North Qu and Yuan Qu. Under the direct influence of Jin Heqiang, Yuan Zaju is a complete drama form which combines various performing arts forms. He also created mature literary scripts on the basis of scripts, lyrics and aria literature since the Tang and Song Dynasties.

This can be said to be a qualitative change compared with the drama of joining the army or the drama of the Song Dynasty, which is mainly funny and ridiculous. As a mature drama, Yuan Zaju not only enriched the stories that have been sung in traditional folk songs for a long time, but also widely reflected the social reality at that time, and became one of the popular literary forms.

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Yuan Zaju, also known as North Zaju, is a traditional opera form sung in North Qu in Yuan Dynasty. It was formed at the end of Song Dynasty and flourished in Dade period of Yuan Dynasty (1the second half of 3rd century-14th century). The main representative writers are Guan Hanqing, Zheng Guangzu, Ma Zhiyuan and Bai Pu.

The main representative works are Dou E's Injustice, Away from the Soul, Autumn in the Han Palace, Wu Tongyu and so on.

Its content focuses on exposing social darkness and reflecting people's sufferings, combining realism with romanticism, with clear main lines and distinctive characters. Its structural characteristics are: four folds and one wedge, "one lead singer".

The roles of zaju are divided into Dan, Mei, Jing and Za.

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