Yu opera (simplified Chinese: 豫剧; traditional Chinese: 豫劇; pinyin: Yùjù), or Yuju opera, sometimes known as Henan bangzi [note 1] (河南梆子; Hénán Bāngzi), [1] is one of China's famous national opera forms, alongside Peking opera, Yue opera, Huangmei opera and Pingju.

The Yuju opera (Yu is the single-character abbreviation for Central China’s Henan province, where the opera originated), is one of the five major operas in China together with Peking opera, Pingju opera, Yueju opera, and Huangmei opera.

Yu Opera is the third most popular style of Chinese opera in the country, ranking just below Peking Opera and Yue Opera. The term “yu” is actually an abbreviated name for the province of Henan, which is unsurprisingly where this style of opera originates.

Yu Opera is one of the local operas that hold the most professional opera group and the largest number of Yu Opera employees. The old name of Yu Opera is "Henan Bangzi" or "Henan Gaodiao". "Yu Opera" generally means all kinds of operas in Henan Province.

Jan 12, 2017 · Have you ever had a chance to watch the Yu Opera performance? Yu opera (also ‘Henan Opera’), originating and developing in Henan Province a long time ago, is one of five famous Chinese operas, alongside Peking Opera and Shaoxing Opera.

Jan 20, 2025 · Yu Opera, a prominent form of Chinese opera originating in central China's Henan Province, is celebrated for its simplicity, inclusivity and vibrant local flavor. Often referred to as Henan bangzi, it is one of the five major types of Chinese opera and has been recognized as a national intangible cultural heritage.

Yu Opera is good at performing magnificent large-scale scenes, with a strong local flavor and closely related to the life of ordinary people. In the performance of Yu Opera, the main musical instruments used include those for the civil-music section and the martial-music section.

Yu Opera is the largest local opera genre in China. In 2006, statistics from the national cultural department, there were 167 state-owned professional Yu Opera troupes. It had the largest number of professional opera troupes and practitioners in the country after the 21st century.

Yu Opera is one of the five major types of Chinese opera, originating in Henan Province. With hundred years of heritage, it has absorbed musical elements from various regions and is recognized as a representative form of Chinese opera.

Yu Opera, together with Beijing Opera and Yue Opera, is one of the top three Chinese operas, with a history of hundreds of years. As early as during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, it had already become a very influential opera genre in Henan Province.