It was formed in the Song Dynasty and flourished during the Dade period of the Yuan Dynasty (65438+the second half of the 3rd century-65438+the 4th century). The main representative writers are Guan Hanqing, Zheng Guangzu, Ma Zhiyuan and Bai Pu. The main representative works are: Yuan, Lost Daughter, Autumn in Han Palace, Wu Tongyu, etc.
Its main content is to expose social darkness and reflect people's sufferings. Realism and romanticism are combined, and the main line is clear and the characters are distinct. Its structural characteristics are: four folds and one wedge, "one lead singer".
The roles of zaju are divided into Dan, Mei, Jing and Za. Dan includes Zheng Dan, Waidan, Xiao Dan, Dadan, Lao Dan and Chadan. Zheng Dan: Singing the heroine. A foreign actress or a little actress of a foreign actress. The end includes a positive end, a small end, an impact end and a secondary end. Zhengmo is the main actor in singing, while Waimo and Auxiliary Mo are the secondary actors. Chongmo is a debut actor. All actors with violent personalities.
Za is an actor outside the above three categories. There are Gu (an official), Jia (an emperor), Bohr (an old woman), Lyle (a page) and An (a scholar).
The lead singer Yuan Zaju is usually sung by a single lead singer or male and female lead singers. The role of the lead singer is either the end or the end. The lead singer is Dan Ben, such as the lead singer of Dou E in The Injustice of Dou E. The final lead singer is called the final version, such as Autumn Color in Han Palace and the lead singer of Emperor Han Yuan.
Generally speaking, it is a universal law that a person sings the leading role of a play to the end. But there are also several scripts, and the characters have changed with the development of the plot. For example, in Earning Express, Sean appeared at the end of the first discount, and Express appeared at the end of the second, third and fourth discounts. This led to the transformation of the lead singer.