Puppet Show

Yangzhou is known as the hometown of puppets. Its stick puppets are as famous as Quanzhou's string puppets and Zhangzhou's bag puppets. Yangzhou puppets originated in Taixing County and the liberation of There were more than 100 puppet troupes in the past. On this basis, the Taixing County Puppet Troupe was established, which is now the Yangzhou Puppet Troupe. Yangzhou's stick puppets are as famous as Quanzhou's string puppets and Zhangzhou's bag puppets, and are one of the three major puppet schools. Puppet show is also called puppet show. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, puppets were called figurines. The development from figurines to puppets went through a long stage. It was not until the Ming and Qing Dynasties that relatively complete performance forms such as string puppets, stick puppets, and bag puppets appeared. Yangzhou Puppetry is famous for its "combining of hardness and softness" and "delicacy and vividness".

Su Opera is a combination of Huagu Tanhuang, Southern Ci, and Kun Opera. It is popular in urban and rural areas in southern Jiangsu and northern Zhejiang. The style of Su Opera is unique, simple, delicate and focused on inner experience. Deeply influenced by Kun Opera, the music style of Su Opera is graceful, clear, delicate and moving, with a strong Jiangnan flavor. The accompaniment uses the erhu as the main instrument, and also uses Jiangnan silk and bamboo. The state attaches great importance to the protection of intangible cultural heritage. On May 20, 2006, Su Opera was approved by the State Council and included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage lists.