Sizhou Opera

Sizhou Opera

The Sizhou Opera, known as Lahun Tone, Lahu Tone, Siping Tone and Yixin Tone, is popular in Anhui, northern Jiangsu and southern Shandong. The representative plays are Fan Lihua Reviewing Soldiers and Yang Bajie Rescuing Her Brother. The Sizhou Opera, as a combination of the Liuqin Opera, Huaihai Opera and Taiping Tone, is characteristic of both the forthrightness of the northern dramas and the gracefulness of the southern dramas. It is rich in content and good at adapting and borrowing movements and melodies from local dramas. Therefore, it is well accepted by local people.