Yuan Zaju is a drama of the Yuan Dynasty. Zaju was originally a general term, meaning all kinds of dramas. Zaju began to be used in the late Tang Dynasty. Although Song and Jin Dynasties have the name of zaju, its contents, such as singing and dancing, funny performances, miscellaneous essentials and rap, are still not pure dramas.

In the Yuan Dynasty, it developed into a real Yuan Zaju on the basis of the previous Zaju. He flourished in the late13rd century, forming a wonder in the history of China literature and art ... Yuan Dynasty zaju is an art form of comprehensive performance, rap, music and dance.

Each book is usually 60% off, generally divided according to the beginning, development, climax and end of the plot. Sometimes, in order to meet the needs of the plot, wedges are added in addition to the 40% discount, some of which are interspersed in the middle of the script, which is equivalent to asking for a place in the drama, and some are placed at the beginning of the drama, which is equivalent to praising the drama.

At the end of each drama, there are two, four or eight poems, which sum up the content of the whole drama, which is called topic correction. The lyrics of Yuan Zaju account for a large proportion, and the requirements for music are strict. Each fold is composed of several songs with the same official tune. The tone of compromise remains unchanged.

The composition of a drama script includes three parts: singing (singing), dialogue (dialogue) and action (expression). Generally, the whole play is sung by one of the main actors, and the other characters have nothing to sing. The main character is usually "Zheng Dan" or "Kevin·Z", so the script is divided into "Woody" or "Wei Ben"

The roles of Yuan Zaju are generally divided into four categories: the end, the Dan, the clean and the miscellaneous. Play more middle-aged men at the end. The ending refers to the hero in the play. Dan plays the role of a woman. Zheng Dan refers to the heroine in the play. Play a scene with a strong or rough personality, commonly known as the painted face. Miscellaneous, play the role of handyman, etc.

Drama is a comprehensive art composed of literature, music, dance and artistic style. There are comedies, tragedies and dramas from the types of works. From the subject matter, there are historical dramas, modern dramas and dramas; Structurally, there are whole dramas and one-act dramas. For example, Thunderstorm is a tragedy, a modern play and a whole play.

Drama conflict is a concentrated and strong reflection of contradictions and conflicts in life. The characters and plots in drama are all expressed through dramatic conflicts. Drama language includes character language and object stage description. Character language is lines. Lines, dialogues and monologues. Drama language should be easy to understand and have subtext. The subtext is "hint" and "unfinished words." You should be good at understanding the subtext when you appreciate the drama.