The singer of the Spring Festival Gala Pu Opera is Zhao Zhen.

Pu Opera (also known as Puzhou Bangzi, Luantan Opera) is a local traditional drama in Linfen City and Yuncheng City, Shanxi Province, and one of the national intangible cultural heritages.

Pu Opera got its name from the ancient Puzhou area in southern Shanxi Province. During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, other provinces called it "Luantan", "Jin Opera", "Shanxi Bangzi Opera", etc.; after Jiaqing and Daoguang, It is also called "Shanxi Bangzi"; Shaanxi is called Donglu Opera, and northern and central Shanxi Province is called "South Road Opera"; in southern Shanxi, it is customary to call it "Daxi" or "Luantan".

Pu Opera was formed during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty. It is the oldest of the "Four Big Bangzi in Shanxi" and is popular in counties in southern Shanxi and parts of Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. In May 2006, Pu Opera was included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list in the traditional drama category, project number IV-19.

The singing tune of Pu Opera:

The singing tune of Pu Opera belongs to Banqiang style, which is high, fast and impassioned. The singing part is mainly based on plate changes, and there are also coloratura and miscellaneous parts. Coloratura includes Thirteen Bays, Coloratura, Two-tone Tune, and Three-Double Tune. These coloraturas, except for "Thirteen Bay" which is dedicated to special operas (such as the singing tune of Caiping in "Ming Yuezhu"), are all integrated with the Adagio and Erxing tune, and are used as extended phrases or additional phrases for various board styles. It cannot be an independent cavity.

In addition to the various banquets, there are also many miscellaneous tunes, which are absorbed from other dramas. Some only use suona for accompaniment, while Kunqiang is exclusively accompanied by flute.

The singing style of Pu Opera is in Zheng mode, which combines true and false voices, with a high starting pitch and a wide range. Before the founding of the People's Republic of China, "Eryan Tune" (equivalent to the tune of C) and "Plum Blossom Tune" (equivalent to the tune of C) were commonly used. Nowadays, the tune of G is mostly used. Because of its wide vocal range, large melody jumps, high and fast tone, ups and downs, and large melody jumps. Sometimes there is a jump of fourteen degrees in one beat. Therefore, it is good at expressing exciting and tragic emotions, and has the characteristics of boldness and unrestrainedness. Use both small and large voices when singing.

The ban style has the formal adagio, the formal two-nature, the rigid two-nature, the formal and indifferent flowing water, the tight and slow-singing tight flowing water, and the introductory board that rolls in vain. Board etc. A singing tune uses the original sound in the first half of the verse, the polyphonic sound in the middle, and the transition to the original sound at the end. Therefore, it gives people a high-pitched and exciting feeling. The accompaniment band in Fenwen, Wuchang and Wenchang uses banhu (dingxian la-mi) as the main string instrument, supplemented by flute, two-stringed string, three-stringed string, erhu, etc. There are drum boards, jujube bangs, horse gongs, cymbals, etc. in the martial arts field.