Shaanxi Opera, also known as Luantan, originated from the western Shaanxi Opera and is popular in Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, Xinjiang and other places in northwest China. Because it uses jujube bangzi as a percussion instrument, it is also called "Bangzi Opera", commonly known as "Bangzi". At the end of Ming Dynasty, the legend of Lotus in a Bowl written by an anonymous person used the qupai of "Two Offenders in Western Qin Opera", so it was known that it originated in Gansu. Gansu was called Xiqin in ancient times, hence the name. When Kangxi was in the Qing Dynasty, Justin Cheung, a native of Jingyang, Shaanxi Province, looked forward to writing On Shaanxi Opera, which showed that Shaanxi Opera had developed to a mature stage. During the Qianlong period, Wei Changsheng went to Beijing to perform Shaanxi Opera, which caused a sensation in Beijing. It has a direct influence on the formation of Bangzi acoustic cavity in various places.

Shaanxi opera is a plate variant, which can be divided into two kinds: joyful sound and bitter sound. The former is good at expressing cheerful and joyful emotions. The latter is good at expressing grief and sadness. Choose to use it according to the plot and the needs of the characters in the play. There are flexible boards, 26, substitute boards, lifting boards, sharp boards, rolling boards, flower cavities and dragging cavities, which are particularly distinctive. The main musical instrument is banhu, with sharp and crisp pronunciation.

The performance of Shaanxi Opera is simple, rough, delicate and profound, touching and full of exaggeration. There are 13 characters in the role world, divided into four students, six Dan, two clean and one ugly, which is commonly known as the "Thirteen Nets". The performances are all good and not bad. After the Revolution of 1911, Yi Sushe was founded in Xi 'an, specializing in Shaanxi Opera, determined to reform, and absorbed the nutrition of Peking Opera and other operas. His singing changed from high-pitched and passionate to soft and beautiful, which not only retained the original style, but also incorporated new styles.