A Study of Teochew Opera and Lau Yuan Jeng Shing Ban during the Japanese Occupation Period (1919-1929)

• Main Authors: Wang Yen Ting, 王妍婷
• Other Authors: Hsn Ya Hsing
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2010
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/43904922914800751158

碩士 === 國立臺灣藝術大學 === 表演藝術研究所 === 98 === Abstract Documented records of Teochew Opera’s performances in Taiwan are dated back to early Qing Dynasty's rule over Taiwan. The Teochew Opera toured around Taiwan along with a large number of other Chinese troupes after the Japanese occupation period and among these Teochew opera troupes, Lau Yuan Jeng Shing Ban has had the longest history and most extensive development and has the most profound influence on Teochew opera development in Taiwan. In May 1919, Lau Yuan Jeng Shing Ban staged its first performance in Tainan and toured in major cities and towns in Taiwan. By 1926, Hung Wu-jing, a Taiwanese of Teochew, Guangdong descent, took over Lau Yuan Jeng Shing Ban, making it the only Taiwanese-owned Teochew Opera. It was not until 1937 the Teochew Opera officially closed, putting an end to all performances. With over two decades of development in Taiwan, Lao Yuan Jeng Shing Ban in addition to suiting the aesthetic taste of the Taiwanese people also developed the artistic features of Teochew Opera that originated from Guangdong, China. Its contributions to the development of Taiwanese performing arts are evident; it introduced Teochew Opera music to Taiwan to enrich the repertoire resources of Taiwan performance arts and introduced new repertories to other forms of drama. This in turn changed the opera taste and aesthetic needs of the Taiwanese people. Long-term off-site development of a new drama type naturally involves exchanges and the need to blend into other forms of drama as it embodies the localized art forms or influence the development of the local performing arts. In this paper we aimed at sorting out and discuss Lau Yuan Jeng Shing Ban’s overseas dissemination, development in Taiwan, organizational operations, performance profiles, and other artistic features by tracing its history of development in Taiwan to gain an insight into its integral development and further explore the local exchanges that took place after Teochew Opera’s deep-rooted development in Taiwan and probe into the historical significance of it.