Source Qiong Opera appeared in the Ming Dynasty. It is based on the popular Zaju in Hainan (originating from Yiyang Opera), absorbing Minnan Opera, Hui Diao, Kun Opera, Chaozhou Zhengyin Opera, Baizi Opera (Chao Opera), Guangdong Bang Opera Huang, Hainan folk songs, eight-tone singing and dancing, puppet plays, Taoist music, etc. gradually formed a local drama branch of the Yiyang dialect. Qiong Opera was once popular in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, etc. in Southeast Asia, and was also known as the "Red Coral of the South China Sea." Qiong Opera is sung in Hainan dialect (commonly known as Hainanese. It belongs to the Minnan language family). It was commonly known as "Tu Opera" in the Qing Dynasty, and Qiongshan and Haikou areas were commonly known as "Zhai". It was also called "Hainan Opera" in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. Because it was formed in Qiongzhou, which was called Qiongzhou in ancient times. It is located in Qiongshan, so overseas Chinese from Qiongzhou call it "Qiongzhou Opera" and "Qiongyin". The name "Qiong Opera" began before 1932, and was generally used after the founding of the People's Republic of China. As a large number of Qiong Opera artists went abroad, Qiong Opera also spread to Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia, Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines, Brunei and other places. There are still Qiong Opera club activities in Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Hong Kong and other places

Characteristics Qiong Opera's music singing can be divided into two categories: in the early stage, it is "qupai style" and has helper singing. For example, in some plays such as "The Story of Pipa", "The Story of Huaiyin", "Peach Banquet", "Eight Immortals' Birthday" and other plays, the lyrics have brand names, and some also use some big-character brand names and ditty. Later it evolved into a "plate cavity". The original Qupai style and Bangqiang are gradually being eliminated, and now traces can only be found in some operas or Banqiang such as "Chengtu" and Zhongban. There are five types of plate cavity: medium plate, Chengtu, bitter plate, cavity type and special cavity type. There is also a special kind of gong and drum score for playing on the stage (that is, making a scene). In addition, it also absorbs Hainan Taoist music such as "Furong", "Zhigao", "Golden Thread", "Jinzi Ke", "Ling Baoke" and other tunes as well as other folk music, song and dance music. The core of the singing tune is the middle board (including Sanqi Zhongban). This singing tune evolved from the seven-character board (also called "seven flat boards") that supports the tune. There are medium, slow, fast, loose, positive line, and reverse line. , outside lines, inside lines and other different plate types. Has greater adaptability. Regardless of the roles of raw, dead, pure, ugly, or miscellaneous, it can be used when performing different emotional changes of joy, anger, sorrow, and joy. It is an older singing style of Qiong Opera. Qiong Opera's martial arts belongs to the southern school, Shaolin Boxing School. It used real swords and guns, and also performed acrobatics. In the late Qing Dynasty, there were many famous martial arts masters who could use more than a dozen weapons and had special skills such as flying swords through pillars, knife circles, and fire dances. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, they also learned northern martial arts. In the earliest years, all classes in Taichung would hang a white cloth with a picture of the musicians (gongs, drums, suona musicians and musical instruments). The musicians in the literary and martial arts fields are placed on the left and right sides respectively. In the late Qing Dynasty, it was changed to black or floral curtains, with colorful banners presented by the audience hanging on both sides. After the May 4th Movement, colorful and embroidered velvet curtains began to be used, and then various painted settings (such as halls, palaces, pavilions, landscapes, etc.) were used, and the scenes rose and fell according to the sequence of the script. Clothing originally only used the crown clothes of the Han and Ming dynasties. Official uniforms and robes are all embroidered with velvet, while scholars, village girls, and bandits only use white, black, blue, red and other colors of city shirts, skirts, and robe covers. Boots and shoes are all thin-soled; soldiers and bandits wear straw shoes. Reforms began around the founding of the People's Republic of China, and crown uniforms were designed according to the needs of the script. Originally, the only accompaniment instruments were gongs, drums, and flutes (i.e. suona), which was called "gong, drum, and flute". Now there are Zhuhu (high-tuned strings), Erxian, Erhu, Coconut Hu, fiddle, Sanxian, Yueqin, Qinqin, Pipa, Yangqin, large suona, small suona, horizontal Xiao, dongxiao, large throat pipe, long pipe, short pipe , flower drums, war drums, group drums, sub-drums, double-sided drums, bang boards, high-sided gongs, Wen gongs, Su gongs, table tennis gongs, small circle gongs, Beijing gongs, bells, cymbals, Beijing cymbals, etc. kind. The main instruments are bamboo Hu, erhu, erxian, big suona, small suona, big throat pipe and short pipe.

Zhou Xianu, Han nationality

Born in October 1960 , a native of Wenchang City, Hainan Province, is a national second-level actor and a member of the Hainan Provincial Drama Association. During his more than 20 years of Qiong Opera stage career, he has performed in "The Wrong Wife", "Smiling Flowers", "Hong Kong Tycoon", "Looking for a Man", "Lifetime Events", "Yubi Mandarin Duck", "Grudges", "Jin Gong" She has starred in dozens of plays such as "Love and Resentment", "Tai'a Sword", "Zhuangyuan Bridge", "Salesman", "Qin Xianglian", "Meng Lijun" etc.

Cao Qiuju is a native of Wenchang City. Second-level actor, director of Hainan Drama Association. In 1973, he was admitted to the Guangdong Qiong Theater Company and first became famous when he played Yinhuan in the modern drama "Chaoyanggou".

Later, she starred in dozens of dramas such as "Taiwanese Dancer", "The Wandering Wife", "Two Butterflies", "One Family, Three Nobles", etc., and was well received by the audience. Her performance is dignified and beautiful, her behavior is quiet and elegant, her movements are clear and measured, and she has the characteristics of "pursuing simplicity without being artificial, being free and easy without being frivolous". She has won many performance awards in provincial Qiong Opera performances and competitions.

Zheng Changhe, male, originally named Jiafu, courtesy name Shouqing, was born in Yanggaolang Village, Qionghaita. Famous actor in Qiong Opera. A member of the Chinese Drama Association, he served as vice chairman of the Guangdong Branch of the Drama Association, a member of the All-China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, and a member of the Guangdong Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. . He has been an artist for more than 50 years, and has starred in more than 100 plays such as "Guangdong Kaike", "Lin Fangui", "Ji Wenlong", "Zhang Wenxiu", etc. The characters he plays have distinct images, outstanding personalities, and high-spirited singing. With twists and turns, he has become a unique The "long and harmonious accent" of her style is highly praised by the masses and is also learned by younger generations

Chen Suzhen, female, born in Ledong, Hainan in 1961, is a national first-class actress. He is currently the director of Haikou Qiong Opera Troupe, vice chairman of the Provincial Drama Association, and chairman of the Municipal Drama Association. She has successfully starred in more than 20 Qiong Opera plays such as "The Unruly Princess", "Feng Guan Meng" and "Jing Chai Ji". She has performed in Qiong Opera in Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan 17 times.