The artistic characteristics of Tongcheng Flower Drum Opera

"Singing" and "Nianbai" use Tongcheng dialect (written language) with a slight flavor of "Changsha Mandarin". Hunan Flower Drum Opera has been standardized into six opera types with different characteristics. Changsha Flower Drum Opera, Yueyang Flower Drum Opera, Shaoyang Flower Drum Opera, Hengzhou Flower Drum Opera, Changde Flower Drum Opera, Changsha Flower Drum Opera and Yueyang Flower Drum Opera are among the Hunan Flower Drum Operas that are most popular in areas, have relatively mature artistic development, and have great influence. A type of Flower Drum Opera, Changsha Flower Drum Opera is popular in Xiangxiang, Xinhua, Liuyang, Anhua and other places, and Yueyang Flower Drum Opera is popular in Yueyang, Miluo and Linxiang. The dialects and accents of the counties in these places are incomprehensible to each other, and the dialects of Yiyang, Ningxiang, Xiangtan and other cities are different. The four tones also vary widely, but once they perform on stage, the actors are required to speak standardized Changsha Mandarin.