
The image is a photograph of a plaque on a wall that reads "Liyuan Opera falls into the category of Quan Opera and is performed in Southern Fujian Dialect. It is prevalent in Quan-zhou, Zhangzhou, Xiamen of Fujian, Chaoshan of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau, and Southeast Asian countries where overseas Chinese who speak Southern Yuan Dialect live. Liyuan Opera took shape in Song and Yuan Dynasties and has kept many dramas and elements such as forms of roles, music and performance from Southern Opera in Song & Yuan Dynastics, and is therefore hailing as living fossil of ancient Southern Opera. The most representative dramas include Wang Ku, Jiang, Shilong, Zhuwen Meeting, Ghost, Guo Hua, Zheng Yuanhe, Lv Mengheng and Chen San and Wuhan etc. On May 20th, 2006, Liuyan Opera was inscribed on the first National List of Intangible Cultural Heritage."
