Chenzhou Nuo (also known as Tujia Nuo), is the most widely circulated Nuo opera in the western Hunan Tujia-Miao region, see the history of a lot of people: the 44th year of the Qing Emperor Kangxi (1705) "Yuanling County Records", Qing Qianlong ten years (1745) of the "Yongshun County Records", the first year of the Qing Daoguang (1821), "Chenxi County Records" have been recorded. Yuanling County, Chijiaoping Township is still relatively complete preservation. Chenzhou sorcerer punch Nuo wish, must sing Nuo opera. Chenzhou Nuo consists of two major schools, namely on the river and Henan teach, line Nuo, is divided into three parts: that is, Nuo sacrifice (also known as legal affairs), Nuo opera, Nuo technology.
1, the law: 37 teachings on the river, Henan has 38 teachings. Part of the Nuo festival in the two religions, there are also components of Nuo opera, such as welcoming the gods, jumping standard, hair five rampant, send a child, sunshine, under the pool, teach children, hook wishes, steal pigs, etc., are not sharply distinguishable from Nuo opera.
2, Nuo opera repertoire:
Performed Nuo opera repertoire can be divided into opera, small plays and this play: the play is part of Nuo; small plays exist in Nuo, the content is not much associated with Nuo; this play is not associated with Nuo, sung for the entertainment of God.
Nuo altar drama: is evolved from the master for the gods, with a simple plot and performance repertoire, the content of the master is also Nuo legal procedures, performances are often in charge of the altar masters and the main host exchanges, most of the actors wear masks, there are endorsements of the body of the lyrics and the white mouth, masks, dress up, singing, performance has a certain representation, is Nuo Nuodang theater prototype, the main repertoire are "moving pioneers", "Moving Division Mother ", "Liangshan land", "three mom land", "move eight Lang", "Xian Ji send children" and so on.
Nuo small theater: also known as positive. Has a small opera features, although the remnants are still Nuo traces, but the plot, performance has been richer, there are certain dramatic contradictions and characterization. Existing major plays are: "Sunshine", "Jiang female pool", "Guanhua teach children" and so on.
Nuo Daben opera: also known as flower dynasty. Is accompanied by a long period of Nuo activities also performed by the master, opera to a higher degree of drama, such plays of literature, music, performance aspects are more perfect, but there are still Nuo altar influence. The main existing repertoire are: "Meng Jiangnu", "Dragon King", "Seven Fairies", "Bao Sanniang" and so on.
3, Nuo Nuo theater performance
Role of the line: early Nuo Nuo theater roles, to identify their mask modeling. Republic of China in the early years, there is a division of the line, to the student, Dan, net, clown, four acts as the main body, and then to a more detailed branch of the development, but, whether it is Nuo Tang opera or Daben opera, are "pairs of plays" as the main, or a small student, a small, or clowns, small, or the old man, the old man.
Performance techniques: Nuo opera in Nuo altar performances for a long time, artists are more than the origin of the master, its repertoire and more religious colors, some of the characters are also Nuo altar for the incarnation of the gods and goddesses, so Nuo opera performances have a strong religious style, such as the steps in the "walking Gang", the hand in the "according to the decision", the performance of special props (willow scarf, division knife, division stick), etc., Nuo opera is rooted in the countryside, and therefore received a Some folk songs and dances and rap performance components. Seven A Ping Nuo opera, is in the late Qing Dynasty, Nuo opera artists and Chenzhou opera artists exchanges with each other, and formed today with the Chenzhou cavity singing Nuo opera cavity. Through exchanges, but also promote the Nuo opera performance art of programming, but also received a small number of robes by the play program and point generals, starting cottage, over the soldiers and so on.
4, chenzhou Nuo opera music
chenzhou Nuo opera music mood simple, local characteristics of the rich, the song has [pioneer tune], [Shi Niang tune], [eight Lang tune], [land tune], [ginger tune], [Fan Lang tune], [down pool tune] and more than 20 branches. Singing Nuo opera sorcerer class, generally both can perform "open red mountain", "fire trough", "on the knife ladder", "step on the ploughshares ", "rolling prickly bush" and other skills.