The origin of Yao Ju?

Yao Ju is a local opera in Yuyao and a wonderful flower of Zhejiang regional culture. Yao Ju was originally named "Yuyao Tanhuang". It is a folk song and dance and rap activity in Yuedi, with rich and colorful contents. "Yuyao Tanquan" enjoys a high reputation in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai, and is the most distinctive. The original Yao Bei area was the birthplace of Tan Yao.

Mr Yao, a scholar of Yi nationality, introduced in his book Yuyao: Tan Yao that folk songs and dances and rap gradually developed into a kind of folk opera, commonly known as "light class" or "light drama". "Lantern Festival" was mostly staged during the Lantern Festival, and later developed into other festivals. In the Qing Dynasty, professional lighting classes appeared, such as the "gifted scholar class" in the Qianlong period, which was large in scale and complete in roles. 1830 or so, professional lighting classes began to develop outward, with names such as "Chuanke", "Ancient Painting" and "Ying Ge". Ying Ge Class is famous for its long dialogues, oratorios and clever mouth.

Tsui Hark's "Clearing Money" mentioned that Chen Tongxiang, an artist of "Yuyao Lantern Class", went to Su Xichang to perform. During the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty, Chen Jicheng, a native of Zhu Xian Bridge (now Cixi) in New Territories, organized a beach spring team to perform in Yao Bei. In the early years of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty, artists such as Ma Nanmu entered Shanghai, interacted with Tanquan operas such as Sutan and Shanghai Beach, absorbed and digested some repertoires and music of foreign operas, and "Ying Ge Class" finally matured and formed its unique local flavor, which was called "Yuyao Tanquan".