摘要
Origin of Xiang OperaXiang opera is one of the five major indigenous operatic forms of the southern province of Fujian and shares the same origin and tunes with Gezaixi, an opera genre popular in Taiwan. In the 17th century, Chinese general Zheng Chenggong recovered Taiwan Island from Netherlands colonialists and established a regional regime on the island. As many of Zheng＇s soldiers were natives of southern Fujian and a large number of ordinary people from southern Fujian immigrated to Taiwan together with Zheng＇s troops, dialects, ballads, traditions and customs of southern Fujian formed the dominant culture of Taiwan. And Gezaixi is one of the local Taiwan Residents operas developed out of ballad singing in southern Fujian.
