The history and culture of Xinwei Town

The tea-picking opera which is the most historical tradition of the folk of Lingshan popular folk traditional drama, historical materials have been included in the "compilation of the history of local opera in Guangxi," the eleventh series, according to historical records, in the early nineteenth century in the early summer of Lingshan tea-picking opera has been popular, at first, once a year, the Spring Festival, Spring Singing, in the early nineteenth century, began to set up the tea-picking opera class year-round tour of villages to sing, the tea-picking opera program is diverse, rich in tunes! The earliest tea-picking opera class is the six-suited tea-picking class in Wanli Wei Genzhutang Village of Burao Town, after which the neighboring villages of Wulianjin Village, Burao Dengyang Village, and Nalong Zhongling were established one after another, and dozens of tea-picking classes appeared in the east, west, south, north and south of Lingshan in the early years of the Republic of China, and rehearsed a lot of tea-picking operas of folktales such as Chen San Grinding Mirrors, Zhu Baichen, Shit Pit Mosquitoes, Killing Dogs to Offer Rice, Gao Wenjiu, Zhang Fei Reviewing Melon, and Gao Wenjiu, which was the most popular tea-picking opera in the country. The program of Lingshan tea-picking opera has more than ten kinds, such as: opening tea, welcoming spring tea, pointing tea, frying tea, sending brother to sell tea, plate tea, dressing tea, congratulatory tea, New Year's Eve tea, money whip tea, and braking tea etc. Various kinds of program performances are loved by the masses, and the tea-picking tunes are extremely rich, and the tunes are pleasant to hear, and the masses are very familiar with them, and the drama performances are strong in storytelling, and the characters are outstanding, and the main characters are usually the tea lord and tea lord, the tea lord, the tea lord, the tea lord and the tea lord. The main roles are usually Tea Gong, Tea Maiden and Chou Dan, and some other roles are set up according to the plot. Tea Gong performs with short steps and Tea Maiden with cloud steps. Initially, Lingshan Tea Casting was sung in Lingshan dialect, but after the liberation, in order to adapt to the needs of the times and the situation, a lot of creative dramas were sung in Cantonese, such as the transplanted Cantonese Xiao Yue Operas "Playing the Causeway" and "Repairing the Cauldron", and the creative scripts "Sending the Son to Join the Army", "Selling the Tile", "The Medical Station of a Mountain Village", "Phoenix Eyes and Spring Heart", and "A Penny", etc., all of which were sung in Cantonese, and the Lingshan Tea Casting was given a dance performance with the performance of song and dance. The performance of tea-picking in Lingshan is a strong dance performance, especially the opening tea, sending brother to sell tea, money whip tea, big garden, small garden, etc. The folklore of tea-picking in Lingshan has been widely spread, and until now, people in Lingshan have the habit of watching tea-picking opera, and at present, the performances of Tanweishe Ling Tea-picking Class, Lujia Guanglong Tea-picking Class, Wulili Anjin Tea-picking Class, Wunli Gubu Tea-picking Class, and Burao Wanli Tea-picking Class are more frequent.