Types of Taiwanese opera

1, sweeping grid array

Gezi, introduced into Taiwan Province Province from southern Fujian, developed into a local Gezi in Yilan. Later, he imitated the performance style of Che Gu Opera, performed funny and humorous folk stories of Han nationality, and marched with the sedan chair, which was called Gezi Array. Gezi Array is the most primitive performance form of Gezi Opera, which belongs to the musical performance. Most of the performance venues are impromptu performances in the temple city open space, or go to Miaokou Square with the parade leader. The performance area is surrounded by four bamboo poles and performed on the spot.

The sweeper only plays Shan Bo Ying Tai, Xi Shi Ji, Lv Mengzheng and Chen San Dancer. The actors who sweep the floor are mainly ugly, and most of them don't wear costumes and have no complicated bodies. The performers who sweep the floor in Caballe are mostly non-professional actors, so the performance content is mostly simple movements, and the melody music is not complicated, and it is usually repeated with one or several tunes. Most of these performances are non-profit amateur performances, and the performance teams are spontaneously organized by the people, so the interest of the performances is higher than the requirements of artistic standards.

2. Taiwan Province Taiwan Province Gezi Opera

Play the fairy

Wild Taiwanese opera is a foreign Taiwanese opera, which is mostly performed at the entrance of the temple fair. Taiwan Opera is the most common performance form of Taiwan Opera. Local singers absorbed the essence of other operas and put on costumes. As soon as BLACKPINK appeared, Taiwanese opera became a big drama. The performances of Taiwan Province Gezai Opera are mostly related to religious activities, such as temple fairs, worshipping gods, building shrines, and celebrating gods' birthdays.

Wild Taiwan opera is characterized by liveliness and simplicity, because acting to reward the gods is the main reason for Han folk performances, and ritual is better than artistry; Moreover, before the performance, Taiwanese Opera will also perform a Qing Ji opera, commonly known as dressing up as a fairy, in order to pray for the people. The relationship between God and human beings is in the process of playing the role of immortals.

3. Taiwan Province Taiwan Province Gezi Opera

Inner Taiwan Taiwanese Taiwanese opera refers to Taiwanese opera performed in the indoor theater, which is a profit-making performance by ticket sales. Tongzhi in Taiwan Province Province. Art: In 1945, Gu bought Taipei Tamsui Opera House from the Japanese and renamed it a new stage. As an entertainment institution for people in this province, its manager saw that Taiwanese opera was very popular, so he invested in the establishment of the New Dance Club Taiwanese Opera Troupe, where he often rehearsed Taiwanese opera and collected tickets. This is the first commercial Taiwanese opera class in this province. The difference between Taiwanese opera and Taiwanese opera began at this time. Because Taiwan Province's Taiwan Province Taiwanese opera is for profit, its stage scenery, lighting and costumes are more exquisite, and its performance is more rigorous than that of Taiwanese opera. In addition, before a public performance, actors usually walk along the street in costumes to attract the audience to publicize widely and increase the box office income. During the forty-four years of the Republic of China, Taiwanese Taiwanese opera in Taiwan Province reached its peak. At that time, there were about 300 Taiwanese Taiwanese opera classes in Taiwan Province, which showed its prosperity.

4. Play Taiwanese opera

The first person to transform Taiwanese opera was the broadcasting industry. 1943, 1944 began to broadcast Taiwanese opera, and many radio stations have broadcast Taiwanese opera programs. In addition, some radio stations have set up their own Taiwanese opera classes, recording or singing live, and transmitting them to various places through broadcasting.

Because radio Taiwanese opera only hears its voice, but does not see its shadow, actors do not need to perform physical movements, so they pay special attention to singing. In addition, due to the long broadcast time of radio Taiwanese opera, a large number of tunes are needed. In addition to singing the traditional Taiwanese accent, it also absorbs four sentences and seven words from popular songs, which enriches the new life of Taiwanese opera.

5. Taiwanese opera movies

Taiwan Province's film Six Talented Men in the West Chamber was founded on 1955. Taiwanese drama movies are loved by the audience because of their momentum. However, although the Taiwanese opera film was a sensation, it declined after 1962 because it was suitable for the stage.

6. TV drama

1962, Taiwan TV Company was established and launched the first TV Taiwanese opera "Leifeng Tower". However, at that time, the TV set in Taiwan Province Province was not popular, and it was black and white film, so the audience of TV Taiwanese opera was small, and radio Taiwanese opera was the most popular performance at that time.

The biggest change of TV Taiwanese opera is to make Taiwanese opera move from symbolic theater to realistic theater, and replace freehand brushwork characters with physical objects. For example, riding a horse requires the location of the horse, while mountains, sky and bridges need to be set up. Due to the addition of props and scenery, and a lot of flying and drilling, the performance of the characters in TV Taiwanese opera is greatly reduced. In addition, because TV Taiwanese opera is recorded in advance, any actor who forgets words, sings wrong or laughs can start over, which also leads to the degradation of actors' acting skills and singers. However, the scenery of TV Taiwanese opera is gorgeous and vivid, but it also attracts some viewers.