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Hakka Opera
Also known as Hakka Tea-picking Opera, “Hakka Opera” is a special form of Taiwanese opera performed by the Hakka community. At the beginning, it was performed as “xiao-xi” (“small opera”) with “Three-role Tea -picking Opera,” but later it developed into “da-xi” (“big opera”), “Improved Hakka Opera,” combined with the music of “luantan”,“siping”, and “waijiang”. Today, most Hakka Opera troupes perform outdoors, while Rom Shing Hakka Opera Troupe, the most representative troupe of Hakka Opera, presents refined operas indoors.
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- Rom Shing Hakka Opera Troupe
The troupe was officially founded in 1988. It is named after Mr. Cheng Jung-hsing, who is the grandson of the famous Hakka Tea-picking opera actress C... (Read more)
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- A Fated Love Affair
This play is adapted from Marriage of Two Phoenixes by Zeng Xian-zhi, recipient of the Hakka Contribution Award. It tells the story of Sun Wen-hua and... (Read more)
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- Flirtation at a Public House
An early form of Hakka theater is a basic 「three character tea-picking play,」 with one chou (comic characters) clown and two dan (female characters) s... (Read more)
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- Exhortations from a Virtuous Wife to Her Husband
The main storyline of Exhortations from a Virtuous Wife to Her Husband is about how a gambling-addict spends his entire family wealth on gambling. How... (Read more)
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- Hegemon-King of Western Chu and Consort Yu
As a grand show to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Rom Shing Hakka Opera Troupe, Hegemon-King of Western Chu and Consort Yu bravely integrated e... (Read more)