No, I don’t want anything so interesting. Alas, it’s a pity that I worked so hard to find it.
Then let’s take a look at this
Lantern show
Huadeng opera is a kind of folk drama in Hunan. It is developed from folk singing and dancing lanterns, tea lanterns, floor flower drums and "tunes". It mainly includes Xiangxi lantern opera, Northern Hunan lantern opera represented by Pingjiang lantern opera, and Southern Hunan lantern opera represented by Jiahe lantern opera.
There are many records of the grand performances of folk songs and dances such as lanterns, tea lanterns, and ground flower drums in the Ming and Qing dynasties. There are generally two performance forms: one is "Chou and Dan opera singing" with character stories, which are called ground flower drums, bamboo horse lanterns, playing pairs and pairs lanterns, etc.; the other is the collective singing and dancing of "joint-arm stepping songs" , customarily called "swinging lights" and "jumping lights". After a long period of evolution, some of these folk song and dance forms such as flower drums and lanterns have absorbed the routines and rules of opera and gradually developed into flower drum opera; others have maintained more of the song and dance characteristics of lanterns and reenacted opera stories, which are called "lantern operas". "Drama" and "Lantern Opera". Due to the differences in the natural and geographical environment of various places and the uneven development of history, politics, economy and culture, as well as the differences in regional dialects, music materials and styles, and the influence of neighboring sister arts, various lantern operas have different themes and vocal structures. , performance characteristics, each has its own characteristics, and the historical process of development is also different.
Xiangxi Lantern Opera is popular in western Hunan. Folk customs call them Mayang lanterns, Sangzhi lanterns, Baojing lanterns, etc. They are all lantern operas developed from the combination of Tongyang opera and Nuo opera. The predecessor of Hunan lantern opera is lanterns, which got its name because it was born out of the lantern festival competition. Jishou is called "Diao Hua Deng", Sang Zhi is called "Dai Hua Deng", Yongshun is called "Di Hua Deng", etc.
After the lanterns took on the form of singing and dancing, after years of practice, artists artistically processed various movements and folk martial arts in life, creating and developing cultural and martial lanterns with different styles. The cultural lanterns are beautiful and free-spirited, while the martial lanterns are strong and strong.
The lantern opera in western Hunan initially took shape, and first appeared in the present-day Fenghuang and Mayang areas during the Xianfeng and Tongzhi years of the Qing Dynasty. At that time, Yang opera, Nuotang opera, Chenhe Gaoqiang, and Changde Han troupe had been performed in some places in western Hunan, which had a certain influence on the lanterns. Therefore, the lanterns, which mainly featured singing and dancing, had new developments in content, including folk stories. and other plays were adapted into lantern operas for singing, such as "Xianlian Enters the Palace", "Shanbo Visits a Friend", etc. The singing tunes of Xiangxi Lantern Opera are mostly derived from folk songs and minor tunes. Most of the singing tunes of couplet lanterns and lantern operas adopt lantern tunes, and the tunes maintain the structural characteristics of folk songs, with different degrees of drama. Due to the continuous expansion of themes and the increase in the number of professions, the singing tunes are widely adopted from Bona, integrating Yang opera, Nuo opera, folk art, Gaoqiang and other drama types into one furnace for comprehensive development.
The original name of Pingjiang’s lantern opera is “Lantern Opera”. It is also called “Pingjiang Flower Drum Opera” in other places. It is the representative of lanterns in northern Hunan. Characteristics of Xiangbei Lantern Opera: First, it is an improvisational performance. Second, there are still traces of lantern performances. The third is to absorb the speaking and doing of rap art. The fourth is to draw performance skills from folk songs and dances. Pingjiang Huadeng Opera is popular in Pingjiang County and Liuyang Dongxiang area. It is performed in the form of song and dance and is called Dihuagu; when performed in the form of drama, it is called Huadeng Opera, that is, Pingjiang Huadeng Opera. There are more than 100 repertoires of Pingjiang Lantern Opera. Most of them are the same as Flower Drum Opera.
Jiahe Lantern Opera, also known as Xiangnan Lantern Opera, is popular on both sides of the Chongling River. Guiyang is called "Duizi Diao", Chen County is called "Dihuagu", and Jiahe is called "Huadeng". There are more than 100 repertoires of Jiahe Lantern Opera, including light and lively rural life dramas, such as "Looking at Flowers", "Fighting Birds", etc., and more complete dramas reflecting family life and folk stories, such as "Bitterness". "Tea Notes", "Jin Chuan Hui", "Forging Iron", "Liu Hai Playing with Toad" and so on.
The lantern opera comes from the folk. The script has few characters and the plot is relatively simple. The lyrics and dialogue are easy to understand. The singing style absorbs the characteristics of folk songs and minor tunes. It is cheerful and clear, the performance movements are lively and interesting, and the singing and dancing flavor is strong. , mostly known for small comedies that express life, full of earthy fragrance.
In terms of repertoire, several lantern operas also have their own characteristics.
There are relatively few traditional repertoires in Xiangxi lantern opera. The popular ones include "Gathering Mushrooms", "Plate Flowers", "Pulling Bamboo Shoots", "Wang San Selling Goods", "Selling Flowers", etc. There are many repertoires of lantern operas in northern Hunan, which mainly come from the following aspects: First, they are repertoires created collectively by lantern opera artists. The second is some plays that artists have transplanted and adapted based on traditional plays. As the Shonan lantern opera continues to improve and develop, its repertoire is also increasing. Artists of past generations drew materials from social life and folk tales and created many plays. In addition, lantern opera has been spread in southern Hunan and even northern Guangdong, and the process of exchange, absorption and transplantation with other opera types has also enriched the repertoire of lantern opera. According to incomplete statistics, there are more than 130 traditional lantern opera repertoires in southern Hunan, including 59 major operas. , 33 medium-sized plays and more than 40 small plays. In addition, there are 40 pairs of sub-tuned programs.
In terms of music, the main source of the tunes of Xiangxi lantern operas is lantern tunes. At the same time, a large number of folk songs are also used as the singing tunes in the operas. Since the 1960s, with the establishment of professional theater troupes, the repertoire has been unprecedentedly rich, and the music has also developed from mainly Qupai style to a music system that coexists with Qupai style, Banqiang style and comprehensive style. It has absorbed and enriched percussion music and enhanced It improves the expressiveness of music and further improves the degree of drama. The tunes of Hunan lantern opera can be divided into two categories: formal tune and minor tune. There is also an ancient chi tune, which has only one tune. The accompaniment of musical instruments is divided into civil and military scenes, including daqin, taohu, war drums, etc. The music of Hunan Lantern Opera is derived from local folk songs, minor tunes and other folk songs. In the process of formation and development, custom music and foreign tunes are absorbed and melted. The transitional music of the Hunan Lantern Opera can be divided into two types: wind and drum music tablets and silk string music tablets. The percussion music of Hunan Hunan Lantern Opera originated from local folk percussion music. With the development of Hunan Lantern Opera art, some gong and drum ideas of Qi Opera were quoted and changed.
In terms of performing arts, role trades, and stage arts, these three lantern operas also have their own characteristics. In terms of performance art, Xiangxi Lantern Opera inherits the "sets" and "circles" of lantern singing and dancing, as well as various fan techniques and humorous dwarf figures. In their long-term artistic practice, artists have refined and processed the different dynamics of various birds, animals, flowers, birds, insects and fish, and artistically embodied them in these "sets" and "circles". After the founding of New China, lantern opera gained new life and development. The Shonan Lantern Opera has collected and organized traditional plays and music, and created a number of new plays, constantly improving the quality of performances, such as "Drawing the Line", "October Flowers", "Carpenter Zhang and His Wife", "October" and "October Flowers". A number of outstanding plays such as "Yue Xiaochun" have participated in provincial and prefecture-level performances. The lantern opera in northern and western Hunan is also booming. In the past ten years, Hunan lantern opera has developed a lot. Many professional and amateur theater troupes have continuously improved their artistic level, created some new plays that reflect real life, and excavated and sorted out some traditional plays with new ideological content. Hunan has made new contributions to the development of Hunan lantern opera art.