Yuan opera is a characteristic form of literature and drama in China. It first became popular among common people as its content was full of the flavor of life. Yuan opera has its own fixed form but is quite more flexible compared with Tang and Song poetry. There appeared in history a number of outstanding playwrights of Yuan opera, among whom Guan Hanqing was the most famous, like Tang and Song poetry, Yuan opera is an important part of Chinese classical literature. The rising of Yuan opera has great influences on the development of national poetiy and the prosperity of culture in China.