Taiwanese opera

Taiwanese opera (Chinese: 歌仔戲; pinyin: gēzǎixì; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koa-á-hì; lit. 'Song Drama') commonly known as Ke-Tse opera or Hokkien opera, is a form of traditional drama originating in Taiwan.^[1] Taiwanese opera uses a stylised combination of both the literary and colloquial registers of Taiwanese Hokkien. Its earliest form adopted elements of folk songs from Zhangzhou, Fujian, China. The plots are traditionally drawn from folk tales of the southern Fujian region, though in recent years stories are increasingly set in Taiwan itself. Taiwanese opera was later exported to other Hokkien-speaking areas, such as Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Fujian, China.

Taiwanese opera is considered as the embodiment of Taiwanese history and tradition because the political identity crisis of Taiwan shaped its development.^[2]

^ Wang, Ying-fen (2002). "Music and Chinese Society: Contemporary Taiwan". In Provine, Robert C; Tokumaru, Yosihiko; Witzleben, J. Lawrence (eds.). The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, Vol. 7. New York: Garland. p. 436. ISBN 9780824060411.
^ Chang, Huei-Yuan Belinda (1997). "A Theatre of Taiwaneseness: Politics, Ideologies, and Gezaixi". TDR. 41 (2): 111–129. doi:10.2307/1146628. JSTOR 1146628.

[1] Wang, Ying-fen (2002). "Music and Chinese Society: Contemporary Taiwan". In Provine, Robert C; Tokumaru, Yosihiko; Witzleben, J. Lawrence (eds.). The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, Vol. 7. New York: Garland. p. 436. ISBN 9780824060411.

[2] Chang, Huei-Yuan Belinda (1997). "A Theatre of Taiwaneseness: Politics, Ideologies, and Gezaixi". TDR. 41 (2): 111–129. doi:10.2307/1146628. JSTOR 1146628.

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