The splendid and elegant opera arts of Suzhou date back a long time ago. Kunqu Opera is regarded as the ancestor of operas and Pingtan Opera is one of the Four National Operas.
Kunqu Opera was proclaimed as a representative of Human Oral and Intangible Cultural Heritage by UNESCO in 2001.
Pingtan Opera and Suju Opera were listed into the first Nationallevel Intangible Cultural Heritage Catalogue by the State Council in 2006.
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