Wu opera

Wu opera
Legend of the White Snake, Nanjing, 3 October 2019
Native name	Wuju
Other names	Jinhua opera
Traditional Chinese	金華戲
Simplified Chinese	金华戏
Hanyu Pinyin	Jīnhuáxì
Origin	Qing dynasty
Major region	Central Zhejiang, Northeastern Jiangxi
Typical instruments	Dizi Suona Banhu Drum
Topolect	Wu Chinese (Jinhua dialect)
Tune system	Yiyangqiang
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	婺劇
Simplified Chinese	婺剧
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Wùjù

Wuju (Chinese: 婺剧; pinyin: Wùjù), also known as Jinhua opera, is a form of Chinese opera from Jinhua, in the eastern province of Zhejiang, China. It is also performed in Lishui, Linhai, Jiande, Chun'an, Zhejiang, as well as in northeastern Jiangxi province, in cities such as Yushan, Shangrao, Guixi, Boyang, and Jingdezhen.^[1] It is named for Wuzhou (婺州), an ancient name for Jinhua.

There are eleven Wuju troupes in eastern China.^[2][3]

References

1. "Wuju Opera". Archived from the original on April 14, 2011.
2. "Wujiang opera comes to Beijing". eBeijing. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011.
3. "Wujiang opera comes to Beijing". CCTV International. July 28, 2009. Retrieved December 8, 2020.

External links

• Introduction to Wuju opera on Quzhou government web site