The lantern opera in Zhangjiajie

Xiangxi lantern opera in Zhangjiajie is popular in Xiangxi. The folk called the Mayang lantern, Sangzhi lantern, Baojing lantern, etc. It combined Yang Drama and Nuo opera to develop into the lantern opera. After the lantern formed the formation of the now singing, now dancing, artists process the various movements and the folk martial arts of the life and created and developed a different style of civil lantern and military lantern. Civil lantern is beautiful and free, but military lantern is strong and vigorous. Lantern opera is from the folk, its play has fewer characters, the plot is simple, song lyrics and spoken parts are easy to understand. Its singing absorbs characteristics of folk songs, so it is cheerful and bright, performances are lively and humorous and it is full of strong flavor song and dance. The performance is mainly comedy and it is full of the fragrance of the soil.