Huangmei Opera, formerly known as "Huangmei Tune", originated in Huangmei area of Hubei Province, because of the people's social exchanges gradually spread eastward to the area centered in Huaining, Anhui Province, and as the center of the development of molding, in its long process, constantly absorbed the Qingyang cavity, Anhui Opera, etc., and the musical essence of the local folk songs and other operas, and gradually formed a unique style of its own today. Huangmei Opera reads and sings in the language of Anqing, with simple and fluent singing voice, characterized by bright and lyrical feelings, and rich expressive power; the performance of Huangmei Opera is simple and meticulous, and famous for its authenticity and liveliness. Huangmei Opera from the folk, elegant and vulgar **** appreciation, pleasant and pleasant, she is a rich flavor of life and fresh local flavor to infect the audience.
In the early days of Huangmei Opera, most of the repertoire was small plays written and performed by old artists reflecting the life of the grassroots folk. In the 1950s, a large number of intellectuals interested in the cause of opera to join the ranks of the traditional repertoire of Huangmei Opera discovery and re-creation, they joined, greatly enriched the expression of Huangmei Opera, strengthened the Huangmei Opera literature, the development of the cantata and accompaniment, so that the original folklore and popularity to get the qualitative sublimation of the melody is more beautiful, and the influence of the more expanded, Huangmei Opera ushered in the true blossoming of flowers! Huangmei Opera really ushered in the artistic spring of blossoming of a hundred flowers. It was also during this period that a large number of outstanding performers such as Yan Fengying, Wang Shaofang, Pan Jingli, and Zhang Yunfeng appeared, and "The Match of Heavenly Immortals", "Female Emperor's Son-in-law", and "The Story of Luopa" were the representative works produced during this period. With the continuous release of many excellent plays, audiences at home and abroad have come to know and accept Huangmei Opera, which has gone from the countryside to the city's elegant halls, and eventually become a famous opera at home and abroad. The repertoire of the theater and the actors have won many awards, many times to Hong Kong, Macao, Singapore, Germany, Taiwan, the United States, Australia and other countries and regions to perform, won the praise of the cultural pan, by foreign friends as "China's country music".
Proud and glorious has become history, the new century has been looking for the door of hope, today's Anhui Huangmei Opera and emerged such as Malan, Huang Xinde as the representative of many newcomers. In the face of the new century, we are counting on a new generation of Huangmei Opera heirs to carry on the past and carry forward the past and carry on the future, with youth, beauty and wisdom, to create a new brilliant ......
Huangmei Opera's development history
Huangmei Opera is the main local opera genre in Anhui Province. There are also professional or amateur performing groups of Huangmei Opera in Hubei, Jiangxi, Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Taiwan and other provinces, as well as in Hong Kong, which are widely popular.
Huangmei Opera, originally known as "Huangmei Tune" or "Caicha Opera", is a folk opera formed in the late 18th century in the adjoining areas of Anhui, Hubei and Jiangxi provinces. One of them gradually moved eastward to the Anqing area centered on Huaining County in Anhui Province, and combined with local folk art, sang and spoke in the local language, forming its own characteristics, which was called "Huai Cavity" or "Huai Tune". This is the predecessor of today's Huangmei Opera.
The history of the development of Huangmei Opera is roughly divided into three stages:
The first stage was from the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty to around the Xinhai Revolution. Produced and circulated to the Anhui, Hubei and Jiangxi provinces between the Huangmei tea-collecting tunes, Jiangxi tunes, Tongcheng tunes, Fengyang song, by the influence of the local opera (Qingyang cavity, Hui tunes) performances, and Lianxiang, stilt walkers, dry boat and other folk arts to form a combination of the gradual formation of a number of small plays. It further developed and absorbed the performance content and expression from a form of opera called "Luohan Pile", Qingyangqiang and Huizhou tune, and thus produced the original opera with a complete story. There is also a transition form from the small play to the original play, which is called "string play" by the old artists. The so-called "string play" is their own independent and related to each other with a group of small plays, some with things "string", some with people "string". The plot of the "string play" is richer than that of a small play, and the characters have broken through the three small ranges of the clown, the little Dan, and the little boy. Some of the older characters need to be played by the main Dan, the old man, the old clown. This creates the conditions for the creation of this play.
The second stage is from the Xinhai Revolution to 1949. At this stage, Huangmei opera performance activities gradually professionalization, and from the rural grassroots stage on the city stage. After the Huangmei Opera entered the city, it was combined with Peking Opera, and was influenced by Yueju Opera, Yangju Opera, Huaiju Opera, and Pingju Opera from the north (then called "Bopu Opera") in Shanghai, which made great changes in the content and form of performances. A number of new plays were arranged and transplanted, including the serialized plays "Wen Suchen", "Hong Bi Yuan", "Hua Li Yuan", and "The Bee's Tale". In terms of music, a preliminary reform of the traditional cantata was carried out, reducing the false sound liner notes in the old cantata, making it clear and smooth, and making it easy for the audience to understand what is being sung. Canceled the help, try the huqin accompaniment. In terms of performance, it absorbed and melted the programmed movements of Peking Opera and other brother operas, enriching the means of expression. Other aspects, such as costumes, make-up and stage settings, were also developed compared to those of the rural stage.
The third stage is from 1949 to the present. 1952, Anqing Huangmei Opera artists went to Shanghai to perform in the plays such as "Beat the Pigweed" and "Blue Bridge Meeting". A large number of actors and actresses were created in the past decades. In addition to Yan Fengying, Wang Shaofang and other artists of the older generation who had outstanding achievements in the art of singing of Huangmei Opera, the young and middle-aged actors and actresses, such as Malan and Han Zaifen, successively showed their respective valor on the stage, the silver screen and the TV screen, and aroused the attention of the audience. Yan Fengying and Wang Shaohang co-starred in "The Pairing of Heavenly Immortals," which was made into a movie for the second time and became a sensation at home and abroad.
Huangmei Opera is a major local opera in Anhui Province. Huangmei Opera, originally known as "Huangmei Tune" or "Caicha Opera", is a folk opera formed in the late 18th century in the area adjoining Anhui, Hubei and Jiangxi Provinces. One of them gradually moved eastward to the Anqing area centered on Huaining County, Anhui Province, and combined with local folk art, sang and spoke in the local language, forming its own characteristics, known as "Huai Cavity" or "Huai Tune". This is the predecessor of today's Huangmei Opera.
In terms of repertoire, it is called "36 big plays and 72 small plays". The main performance of the opera was the people's dissatisfaction with the reality of class oppression, the disparity between rich and poor and the desire for a free and beautiful life. For example, "Buckwheat", "Sue the grain official", "Tianxian Match", etc. Most of the small plays are about rural laborers. Most of the small plays show the life of rural laborers, such as "point barley", "spinning cotton yarn", "selling bucket".
After the liberation, a number of large and small traditional plays such as "The Match of Heavenly Fairies", "Female Emperor's Son-in-law", "The Story of Luo Pa", "Zhao Guiying", "Tears of a Compassionate Mother" and "Three Searches for the Abbot's Mansion" were arranged and adapted, and the mythological play "Cowherd and the Weaving Maiden", the historical play "Losing the Punishment and Chopping Off the Head", and the modern plays "Spring Flowers Blossom", "Spring Morning in a Small Shop" and "The Beginning of Bei Lei" were created. Among them, "The Match of Heavenly Immortals", "Female Emperor's Son-in-law" and "The Cowherd and the Weaving Maiden" were put on the screen one after another, which had a great influence both at home and abroad. Yan Fengying, Wang Shaofang, Wu Qiong and Malan are famous actors of Huangmei Opera.
1. Yan Fengying's hometown: Huangmei Village, Luoling Town, Anqing City, Anhui Province, Yan Zhuang relevant please refer to his hometown website [url][/url] about Yan Fengying's introduction 2. Huangmei Opera originated in Hubei Province Huangmei Opera, the beginning is not called the Yellow Plum Opera, just the local people sing the mountain song, and then imported into the Anqing area, evolved into the current Huangmei Opera.