China intangible culture Heritage

Hunan Province is also known as 'Xiang'. . The Xiang Opera, a major local opera in Hunan Province, formed during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) and is popular in parts of Hunan and Guangdong rovinces in southern China. The opera was based in the capital Changsha and in Xiangtan, hence the name Changsha Xiang Opera.
Kunqu Opera is one of the oldest forms of opera that still exists in China, with origins dating back to the Yuan dynasty (1271-1368). It is distinguished by the virtuosity of its rhythmic patterns (called changqiang) and has exerted a dominant influence on all the more recent forms of opera in China, including Sichuan and Beijing operas.