October 18th of 1990 saw China’s first museum for Yue operaopen its door to aficionados.A three-story affair,the museum is setat the foot of a hill in Shengxian county where the third most influentialopera in China originated.Just like a huge history book,the museumfaithfully records the local opera’s evolution over the last 150 years orso.All the items on display show how a local opera came into being,went through hardships and inspirational changes,and became a wonderfultheater phenomenon fascinating the whole nation.So far morethan 100,000 people from all over the world have visited the museumto see the genesis and glories of Yue opera.No one knows exactly how and when the original form of the Yueopera started.According to historians,the Yue opera was only“stage-
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