The Most Popular Stories of Yu Opera

Yu Opera has clear enunciation and pronunciation, and is good at expressing the inner emotions of characters. Moreover, Yu Opera has a distinct and strong rhythm, sharp conflicts, and well-structured storylines.

Coupled with its humorous and lively tunes, Yu Opera is not only suitable for light-hearted comedies but also grand enough for large-scale scenes of emperors, generals, and ministers. If you want to watch a Yu Opera, the following Yu Opera stories are the most classic and popular ones, and they are still being staged in various Yu Opera theaters.

Mu Guiying Takes Command

The story goes that although Mu Guiying was over fifty years old, when the country was in need, she put on her armor again and took command to go to war. She had outstanding military wisdom and excellent martial arts skills. She joined the army and defeated the enemy. Thus, the story reflects the heroism of women.

Hua Mulan

It is about the border war was raging, and the conscription notice was sent to the Hua family. Her father was old and weak, and her brother was young. In order not to let her father suffer, Hua Mulan disguised herself as a man and joined the army instead of her father. She concealed her female identity and, with her wisdom and courage, achieved great military exploits. Twelve years later, Hua Mulan returned in triumph, refused the emperor's rewards, and only asked to return home to reunite with her family, showing her filial piety, patriotism and noble quality of not coveting wealth and honor.

The Matchmaker Hongniang

It is a classic short play of Yu Opera. It is about a scholar named Zhang Gong. He met Cui Yingying in the Pujiu Temple, and they fell in love quickly. But Cui Yingying was bound by feudal ethics and blocked by her mother, so she couldn't freely love Zhang Gong. Hong Niang was intelligent and clever. She understood the situation and arranged for a meeting between them with the utmost skill. She helped Zhang Gong deliver letters, gave ideas.

Chaoyang Valley

Yin Huan fell in love with Shannon Bo. She resolved to join Shannon, against her mother's advice, to engage in Chao Yang Gou's rural labor. From the beginning adjustments to rural living, in the countryside, she gradually adapted to it. And as time went by, with the help of villagers and through her own efforts in collaboration, she obtained knowledge about agricultural production and grappled with life's difficulties and ideological confusion.

The Seventh-Rank Sesame-Level Official

Cheng Xi Niu was the son of a powerful official who seized a civilian girl named Lin Xiu Ying on the street and killed Lin's brother. Lin Xiu Ying pleaded her case. Later, Tang Cheng came to know the case. He was lowly in position, but that was not in the way of opposing power. He cleverly handled the powerful Yan family and succeeded in punishing Cheng Xi Niu, thus seeking justice for the common people, a show of integrity and intelligence from a junior official against the powerful.

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