Mulian’s father was a person always ready to go charity. However, his mother didn’t believe in Buddhism. When you learn Chinese in China, you may know she was not only drinking but also showed no respect to people, even destroyed the Buddhist scriptures. The later Mulian opera is about the story of his mother.

The King of Hell sent a ghost to seize her. Then she feel down and wounded when she walking. The ghost told that‘s because the bad things she had done. For those who study Chinese in China, they may know the mother suffered so much and her son Mulian went there to save her and succeed. As a kind of opera, Mulian Opera is also called Yang Qiang. When you come to learn Chinese in China, you should know it popular mostly in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Hunan and Jiangxi provinces. The theme of Mulian Opera is related to the stories about Mulian saved his mother.

In the aspect of the rhyme scheme, the one used in Mulian Opera is mainly Gaoqiang. When you study Mandarin in China, you may know there are also many music singing ways for voice like Nianban and Gunban.