At the center of the open stage, a thangka portrait of Tang Dongjiebu, the founder of Tibetan opera, is hung. Actors dance and spin continuously on the stage, singing the Tibetan opera "Dunyue Dunzhu". During the Shelton Festival in early August, the annual Tibetan opera performance was held in Norbulingka, Lhasa. As one of the eight Tibetan operas, Dunyue Dunzhu is widely known in Xizang. Sang Jidongzhi, associate researcher of the Institute of National Arts of the Xizang Autonomous Region, said that the play told the story of two half sons who went through life and death and found happiness when they met again. It contains both religious elements and mythological elements. In addition to the Sheraton Festival, Wangguo Festival, Tibetan New Year and other traditional festivals in Xizang, Tibetan opera is an indispensable entertainment. In a long history of about 600 years, Tibetan opera has developed from Xizang and spread far to Tibetan inhabited areas in Qinghai, Gansu, Sichuan, etc. Tibetan opera has been defined by many scholars as square opera. At the beginning, the Tibetan opera actors appear one by one, forming a circle. During the performance, they need to stand in the middle of the circle and return to the circle formation after finishing. Although there are various singing styles, the instrument can control the entire venue with just one drum and one cymbal. Viewers can identify characters through masks, such as the white mask of the benevolent representing purity, and the red mask of the king representing majesty. Tibetan opera is an ordinary spiritual culture in the daily lives of Tibetan people Sangji Dongzhi said that the traditional Eight Great Tibetan Operas are the most frequently performed plays, with a rich story that can be performed for several days in a row. In 1960, the Tibetan Opera Troupe of the Xizang Autonomous Region was established. As a result, traditional Tibetan opera has evolved from square theater to stage theater. Later, the themes of Tibetan opera shifted from traditional religious and mythological colors to realism. For example, in the 1970s, Tibetan opera transplanted 'The Red Lantern' Sang Jidongzhi found that ticket enthusiasts have different opinions on newly compiled Tibetan opera, "but folk Tibetan opera is not static either. Culture always needs innovation to keep going. Nowadays, young Tibetan opera professionals have made new attempts at Tibetan opera themes. Suolang Quzhen, 35, is a young director of the Tibetan Opera Troupe of the Xizang Autonomous Region. As one of the first students majoring in Tibetan Opera at the China Academy of Drama, she studied at the Central Academy of Drama and became the first master of drama directing in the history of Chinese Tibetan opera directors. Coming from the academic school, she has bold creativity and adapted the famous Italian opera "Turandot" into Tibetan opera, which has been performed in small theaters in Beijing and Shanghai. The creation is based on selecting segments from the original play, but Sorang Quzhen stated that she still follows the traditional framework of Tibetan opera, which includes the opening scene of the play, the main scene of the play, and the auspicious blessing ceremony of Zaxi Jieba. The live performance is still one drum and one cymbal. In the drama, Liu'er (the maid of the Tatar king) made her first appearance and bowed to Prince Karaf after meeting him. That set of body movements is a fixed stage arrangement in traditional Tibetan opera But after the play, it absorbed and borrowed a lot of performance aesthetics from other Chinese operas such as "one table and two chairs", and also used Tibetan poetic recitation, with the background music following symphonic music. At present, Tibetan opera courses for children offered by the Xizang Autonomous Region Mass Art Museum are popular. This Tibetan opera public welfare training class has been established since 2015, and is taught by retired national first-class actors, among whom Basang is one of the teachers. She said, "Currently, all the students are Tibetan children, and parents like to send them over during holidays." After teaching for 9 years, Basang has produced 4 winners of the highest award in Chinese children's opera, the "Little Plum Blossom" award. "We will increase support for folk Tibetan opera teams and establish a database for the protection of Tibetan opera," said Gesang Wangza, a staff member of the Xizang Autonomous Region Group Art Museum (the regional intangible cultural heritage center). The reporter found that by searching the "Xizang Digital Culture Museum" online, Tibetan operas of different genres are well popularized. For seven consecutive days, the Norbulingka Tibetan Opera Grand Performance ended with one of the eight Tibetan operas, Longsavenbo. The actors have taken their curtain call, and both new and old fans are still unsatisfied. They are looking forward to the next Snow Festival Tibetan opera season. (New Society)