五台山晉劇

China / Regional opera

Shanxi opera at Wutaishan

A brief, windswept glimpse of a Shanxi opera stage in the Buddhist mountain town of Wutaishan, recorded by Robin Dumont. Shanxi opera (晉劇, also called zhonglu bangzi) is one of the clapper-opera family of northern China.

Instruments
Voice 聲, Mixed ensemble 合奏
Length
0:52
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA · Robin Dumont, “Chinese Soundscape – Going to the Shanxi Opera”, CC BY-NC-SA 2.5 Canada
Source
Internet Archive
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