Selection of Shangdang Bangzi
Shangdang Bangzi is one of the four kinds of local operas in Shanxi Province, popular in the southeast of Shanxi. It was called Shangdang GongDiao in Daoguang period. Shangdang Bangzi mainly sings Bangzi opera, and also sings Kunqu Opera, Pihuang opera, Luoluo opera and Juan opera, commonly known as "kunbang Luojuan Huang". It was popular in the middle and late Qianlong period of Qing Dynasty. During the Jiaqing and Daoguang periods, there were numerous troupes, famous actors, dramas and schools, and it entered a period of vigorous development.