Shengzhou Yue Opera Museum

Shengzhou is the hometown of Yue opera. Shengzhou Yue Opera Museum is the first professional Opera Museum in China, focusing on the history of Yue opera development.

The Yueju Opera Museum was opened on October 18, 1990. Located at the foot of Lutai mountain, Yueju museum is a simple and elegant three story building, adjacent to the first floor of Xishan in the West and "Yueju home" in the north. Shengzhou not only has the glory of ancient civilization, but also is "the hometown of Yue Opera". Famous Yue opera performing artists yuan Xuefen and Wang Wenjuan are all from Shengzhou.

The "home of Yue Opera" built in 1962 has cultivated hundreds of new talents of Yue opera, which have been transported to the Yue Opera groups all over the country. The first museum of Yue Opera built here displays precious historical materials about the development of Yue Opera in the past 80 years, which is a rare wealth in the history of studying the development of Yue Opera in China. After years of improvement, the Museum of Yue opera has collected, arranged, displayed and collected tens of thousands of historical materials and cultural relics of the development of Yue opera, providing detailed, complete and systematic information for the study of the history of Yue Opera and the promotion of its development.

The Museum of Yue opera has more than 140 pages, nearly 800 photos and more than 300 objects. It systematically and concretely reflects the development of Yue opera, shows the ups and downs of Yue Opera and the course of its prosperity. Its three exhibition halls reflect the three periods of Yue opera. The first is the period of singing books, singing songs and Shaoxing opera for men; the second is the period of Shaoxing opera for women and Shaoxing opera for women; the third is the period of prosperity after the founding of the people's Republic of China.

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Shengzhou Yue Opera Museum generally refers to Yue Opera Museum

Yueju Opera Museum, located at the foot of Lutai mountain, Chengguan, Shengzhou, with a construction area of more than 2253 square meters, is the first professional drama Museum in China. Under the care and attention of the central Ministry of culture, the State Administration of cultural relics, Zhejiang Provincial Department of culture and bureau of cultural relics, Shengzhou Municipal People's government, it was completed and opened on October 18, 1990.

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The first exhibition hall. This exhibition hall is the origin period of Yueju Opera, which is divided into three stages: Book singing, song class and Shaoxing men's class. "Singing book on the ground" is a folk art form of rap in Yeshi County in the middle of the 19th century. It often rap in the field when working or resting, and later developed to rap along the door. At the beginning of the 20th century, the book on the ground became the book on the stage. In 1906, he began to perform on stage, which is also called "DIDU class". The third day of March of this year was designated as the birth day of Yue opera. In 1922, Xiaoge troupe performed in Shanghai "big world". The advertisement of Shanghai "Shen Bao" used the name of "Shaoxing Wenxi". Therefore, Shaoxing opera was also called "Shaoxing Wenxi". Because it was full of actors at that time, it was also called "Shaoxing Wenxi men's Troupe". Here are the props and cosmetics used by the "actors" in the origin of Yue opera. The rouge is replaced by ordinary red paper, and the eyebrow pen is replaced by the cinder on the kerosene wick. The performance stage is covered with two rice barrels at the bottom, several wooden bars at the top, and a few door panels to form a "small grass platform". There is also a shocking "Guanshu" on display, which reads: "three years of apprenticeship, one year of helping teachers, violating class rules, regardless of fighting and killing, life, old age, illness and death, leave to fate." Guan Shu reveals the difficulties of learning opera in the old society, and reflects the tragic fate of the opera from one side.

The second exhibition hall. This paper introduces the development of Shaoxing opera, which is divided into two stages: Shaoxing Wenxi women's class and women's Shaoxing opera. In the early 1920s, women's singing classes were organized and performed in Shanghai in the name of "Shaoxing Wenxi Wenwu women's class". In the mid-1930s, "Shaoxing Wenxi women's Troupe" was often called "women's Yueju Opera". This is the origin of the name of Yueju Opera. Various photos of "Xiaobai Yumei", "Sanhua Yijuan" and "ten sisters on stage" are displayed here. It also introduces the reform of "new Yue Opera" represented by Yuan Xuefen in Shanghai "snow sound" troupe, including the reform of "Xianglinsao"

The performance marks a great breakthrough in the content of Yue opera reform. It also shows the reform of "DIDU opera" in Simingshan revolutionary base area under the direct leadership of the Communist Party of China from 1943 to 1945. In the old society, the fate of "actors" was tragic. The exhibition introduces Xiao Dangui, a 27 year old "Queen of Yue Opera", who committed suicide on October 13, 1942 because he could not bear the humiliation of Zhang Chunfan. Ma Zhanghua, a 21-year-old boy, was surrounded by the dark forces, oppressed, exhausted, and died of depression. These relics and portraits give people deep stimulation.

The third exhibition hall and gallery. Here is a picture of the heyday of Yue opera after liberation. Once in the exhibition hall, the photos of the party and state leaders Chairman Mao Zedong, Premier Zhou Enlai and others who met with the actors of the Shaoxing opera were displayed in an eye-catching place. From here, we know that under the care of the Party Central Committee, the art of Yue Opera flourished rapidly and became more and more popular Yue opera has also gradually formed a delicate and true, beautiful and elegant, beautiful lyric, Qingyue soft artistic style, which makes Yue Opera from Shengzhou to Shanghai, to the whole country, and become the second largest drama after Beijing opera.

Development history

The total construction area is 2253.06 square meters. It is located at the foot of Lutai mountain, Shengzhou City, Zhejiang Province, the birthplace of Yueju Opera. It is adjacent to the first floor of Xishan, a famous scenic spot in Shanxi, and connected with Yueju Opera home, which is known as the cradle of Yueju opera artists. Lushan, with its spring like seasons, simple and elegant buildings and melodious yuequ, has become another tourist attraction.

There is an exhibition on the history of Yue Opera in the Museum of Yue opera. The exhibition is divided into three halls and one gallery, with a total of 140 pages, 758 life photos and stills of celebrities of different times, and 327 objects. It systematically reflects the development of Yue opera, and shows the ups and downs of Yue Opera in its formation and development and the process of continuous reform and innovation towards prosperity. The first exhibition hall consists of three periods, namely, singing books, singing songs and Shaoxing opera men's class; the second exhibition hall consists of Shaoxing opera women's class and Shaoxing opera women's class; the third exhibition hall consists of the post liberation period of prosperity and development; the exhibition gallery introduces the art exchange and singing characteristics.

The museum will continue to collect historical materials and objects of Yue Opera in order to continuously improve and improve it. It will also hold seminars on Yue Opera Art in good time to further play its role and make due contributions to the revitalization and development of Yue Opera and the construction of four modernizations. From preparation to completion and opening up, the responsible persons are Ding Yi, Ying Haimin and Qian Yonglin. In January 1994, Gao Yueying was officially appointed as deputy curator.

Address: No.8, baibujie, Shengzhou, Shaoxing

Longitude: 120.82702417491

Latitude: 29.607683397609

Tel: 0575-3022152

Ticket information: Free

Opening hours: 8:30-16:00 in off season; 8:00-16:30 in peak season

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