Liyuan Opera : The Change of Perspectives from stage to new media in China

Abstract

This qualitative research aims to 1）Study the development of Liyuan Opera in the new media in China. and 2）To study and analysis of Chinese's Perspectives on the transformation of Liyuan Opera to Douyin platform. All information research is conducted through research methods such as Documentaries related, independent interviews, questionnaires, and observations. The population and sampling group were composed of Liyuan opera inheritors 1, performers7, musicians3, Douyiners4, and audiences40. The result is this descriptive analysis.

The research found that Liyuan Opera in the 2019-2023, due to the dual factors of COVID-19 and new media in China has developed from the traditional stage performance to street roadshow and Douyin platform since 2019. For the Chinese’s Perspectives, the practitioners and audiences of Liyuan Opera believed that The development of Douyin platform has providing diverse communication styles, expanding, breaking through the space-time constraints of the opera stage and traditional interpersonal communication forms, and promoting the dissemination of Liyuan Opera to develop in depth.

In Conclude, by changing the traditional performance space between stage and new media platform, The Chinese’s audience aesthetic fatigue has been alleviated, giving the audience a new viewing experience, and allowing the audience to learn, grateful and cherished the Chinese traditional performing art

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