The interludes in the TV series "Dream of the Red Chamber" were composed according to the poems in the original novel, and the tunes are beautiful and sad, and most of them are played by ancient musical instruments, so they should be classical lyric music.
The "Singing Book on the Ground" originated in Sheng County, Zhejiang Province, is the predecessor of Yueju Opera, which was called "Shaoxing Literary Opera" in Shanghai in the 1940s, and was also referred to by those who disdained it as "begging for food". Later on, actors such as Shiao Dangui, Yuan Xuefen and Ma Zhanghua advanced with the times and created a space for art. At that time, the wives of prominent officials loved to watch Yueju Opera, and some people called it "Mrs. Opera". Song Meiling had invited Yuan Xuefen singing hall, but by the character of the rigid Yuan Xuefen refused: "or let her still come to the theater to see it."
Yueyang opera in the "Cultural Revolution" before the theater in Shanghai, many of the audience is the local old lady. The grannies were well-dressed, white and green, holding a silk handkerchief or a silk fan. While watching, when the time to smile and snicker, it is estimated to recall the charm of the young; a moment and sobbing and crying, silk handkerchiefs left and right hand back and forth to change, even wipe with a wipe, about to think of their own marriage back to bad luck, through all the hardships, it is very interesting.