Wuju (), also known as Jinhua opera, is a form of
Chinese opera from
Jinhua, in the eastern province of
Zhejiang
Zhejiang ( or , ; , Chinese postal romanization, also romanized as Chekiang) is an East China, eastern, coastal Provinces of China, province of the People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Hangzhou, and other notable citie ...
,
China. It is also performed in
Lishui,
Linhai,
Jiande
is a county-level city of Zhejiang Province, East China, it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Hangzhou.
History
During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Jiande was the capital of Yanzhou Prefecture. On account of this, Jian ...
,
Chun'an, Zhejiang, as well as in northeastern
Jiangxi
Jiangxi (; ; formerly romanized as Kiangsi or Chianghsi) is a landlocked province in the east of the People's Republic of China. Its major cities include Nanchang and Jiujiang. Spanning from the banks of the Yangtze river in the north int ...
province, in cities such as
Yushan,
Shangrao,
Guixi
Guixi () is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Yingtan, Jiangxi Province, China, bordering Fujian Province to the southeast.
The city covers two-thirds of the land area in the municipal region. Like Yuehu Di ...
,
Boyang
Boyang ({{zh, s=播扬 , t=播揚 , p=Bōyáng) is a town in southwestern Guangdong province, People's Republic of China, located near the border with Guangxi. It is under the administration of Huazhou City
Huazhou (), formerly romanized as ...
, and
Jingdezhen
Jingdezhen is a prefecture-level city, in northeastern Jiangxi province, with a total population of 1,669,057 (2018), bordering Anhui to the north. It is known as the " Porcelain Capital" because it has been producing Chinese ceramics for at le ...
. It is named for Wuzhou (), an ancient name for Jinhua.
There are eleven ''Wuju'' troupes in eastern China.
References
External links
Introduction to ''Wuju'' operaon
Quzhou government web site
Chinese opera
Culture in Zhejiang
Jinhua
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