When talking about Leizhou dialect, it is necessary to talk about Lei opera. Lei Opera, formerly known as Leizhou Song, was formed in Haikang County, Leizhou Prefecture in the mid-Ming Dynasty.

Its singing music and gong and drum music are unique. In the early days, Leizhou folk tune was the main tune. Later, dozens of new tunes were created based on the original tune. According to their system, they can be divided into "Gaotai" and "Leiyu".

Lei opera is one of the three major opera types in Guangdong. It was developed on the basis of Leizhou songs and has a history of more than 500 years. four historical stages.

Until 2013, every Spring Festival, a girls’ song competition was held in the Leizhou Peninsula area, with government officials and ordinary people participating enthusiastically. In fact, this is a manifestation of love for local language and culture.

Leizhou culture is vividly reflected in Lei Opera, and its expression is simply through the simple and easy-to-understand Leizhou dialect.

For example, in the play "Capturing the Eunuch Village Chief", there is such a dialogue: The mother of the moon is bright, the mother of the moon is round, and the four garlands are placed beside the court. The mother of the moon is the moon, and the garbu is the moon. Weaving, the courtyard is the courtyard, the moon is bright and round, the four girls are weaving in the courtyard, here are just a few examples of Leizhou dialect. The Leizhou Girl's Song was formed in today's Leizhou City (formerly Haikang County) during the Han Dynasty and became popular in the Leizhou Peninsula. It is one of the four major dialect songs in Guangdong and one of the 131 song types in China.

The rhythm is strict, with four sentences in each sentence and seven characters in each sentence. The last words of the first, second and fourth sentences rhyme, the fourth character of the second sentence, the fourth character and the last word of the fourth sentence rhyme. They all use Yangping tone, and the last word of the second sentence uses Yinping tone. Two or three words can be added to the capital of each sentence, which is called "song pad".

Its expression techniques include more than 10 kinds of expressions, such as Fu, comparison, Xing, pun, overlap, continuation and inversion. Singing forms include solo singing, duet singing, etc.

Folks, men, women, old and young can sing. They sing casually when they are in trouble, and the songs become songs out of their mouths. Leizhou's folk instrumental music began in the Ming Dynasty and flourished in the Qing Dynasty, and became popular throughout the Leizhou Peninsula.

Leizhou music can be divided according to the performance form: general order, with a warm atmosphere and majestic momentum; small order, with smooth and graceful melody, lively and lively; gatehouse sitting, mostly used for celebrations, with musicians sitting under the gatehouse ( Performed at the gate);

The opera set is the atmosphere music between Leizhou Opera and Li Opera (Leizhou Puppet Show), and is also used in daily life.