摘要
ALTHOUGH audiences forChina’s traditional opera aredwindling,certain local op-eras are still pulling in large num-bers of people.One of these is thehuagu(flower-drum)opera in Hun-an Province.In the past theee years local ar-tists in Hunan have created fouroutstanding modem huagu operas:AStory of Shiliuwan,Gong and Drum ina Village,A Field Hopes and PrivateSavings.These all reflect the livesand activities of farming people
