zaju

It was after long years of evolvement of Chinese local opera that zaju came into being in the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368 AD).

It shows that the writers for Zaju and Chuanqi, creative at the time of innovation, and still adhere to old standards.

Duanju (short plays) appeared on the stage as a new form of Zaju, absorbing multiple playwrights " work. "

Yang Zi, the composer of Chinese Yuan Zaju Yu Rang Swallowed Coals, served as a government official and famous dramatist.

Yu Zhuang absurdity in harmonic writing, comedy form, lyrical approach makes the mid-and late Ming Dynasty Zaju different creative past.

General All the above writers to uneven hair Shu creative attitude was reflected in the Medium Zaju relatively clear-cut.

Some of the music used in the zaju was taken directly from the Song Daqu, and some originated in popular folk tunes.

However, seldom special works or monographs focused on the dramatis props research in Yuan ZaJu.

There existed many evil women in Zaju in Yuan Dynasty that had symbolic meanings because of their routinizations.

The Evolution of Yuan Zaju's Spoken parts from the Yuan's Publication to the Ming's Publications

The Chinese opera which appeared first as the zaju in the Song Dynasty, developed into the yuan qu of the Yuan Dynasty(1271-1368)

The Formation of Zaju's Narrative Structure of the Yuan Dynasty