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Jin Opera (Shanxi Opera)
Shanxi bangzi plays with flowing, lyrical singing, the grand opera of the old merchant heartland.
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Mural guide
On the stage a performer playing Guo Ai, in a black gauze official's hat with quivering wings, turns and strikes a pose, while four musicians sit side by side with the jinhu, erxian, sanxian and sixian.
Central Shanxi's Zhonglu clapper opera
