In 2020，Chinese people worked together on anti-pandemic，completed the task of poverty alleviation，and realized the goal of building a moderately prosperous society in all respects. In this year，around the theme of inheritance and innovation，the practice and theoretical discussion of traditional opera were further deepened and expanded. Practice makes efforts in inheriting artistic tradition，exploring artistic innovation，strengthening professional talent training and promoting the overall protection of the industry；The theoretical discussion has carried out academic reflection，adjustment and improvement from the perspectives of opera’s history，opera’s types and art system construction，among which the issue of opera’s modernization has been hotly discussed. On the basis of clarifying the overall development idea of inheritance and innovation，traditional opera still needs to seek breakthroughs in the following aspects：clarify the scope of application of the concepts of chuantong xiju and xiqu in the context of intangible cultural heritage；Rebuild the rural cultural ecology of local opera and truly return the opera to the people；Enrich and explore the communication channels and performance methods of traditional opera.