Early in the morning, grandparents took stools to the stage and sat in the best view, waiting for the show to begin.
At five or six o'clock in the afternoon, after a meal and a bath, I made an appointment with three or five friends and went to the theater in high spirits.
Take one or two pieces of change from parents, buy a popsicle or a bag of spicy strips, and take them around the theater.
I like to go backstage to watch actors make up, thrush their hair and face, pick up cinnabar paper and sip their lips on it, which is as bright as blood.
Wearing hair, a crown and gorgeous clothes, I suddenly turned into a gorgeous dress or a handsome man, and I like it very much.
The stage is set up, the makeup is finished, everything is ready, and the drama begins again.
The Eight Immortals is our children's favorite, and it is also an important reason for us to come to the theater.
The gongs and drums were beaten, the suona and erhu sounded, and a festive movement was played. The Eight Immortals came on stage, and then a man was carrying a basket of rice and rice in his hand, and some change of ten cents, twenty cents and fifty cents.
Started a gorgeous and auspicious rhetoric, roughly like this: "... find money, the business is getting bigger and bigger; Reading is learning and progress, and taking an examination of Tsinghua Peking University; The old man recovered ... Gu Mi took it back to feed the chickens and ducks, and the longer he grew, the fatter he became ... "Then he grabbed it and threw it under the stage.
This time is the most exciting moment for our children. That kind of mood is just like grabbing a red envelope in a group now. I feel very happy when I grab a penny.
I was very excited when I grabbed a dime, so I took the money with good wishes and studied hard, thinking that I would be admitted to Tsinghua Peking University in the future. In fact, I didn't know what the concept of Tsinghua Peking University was.
After the Eight Immortals, they began to sing and play.
At that time, I also enjoyed watching plays and watching subtitles. Listening to them sing again, I actually watched it with relish and got into the play. Many Hainan dialects were also learned from here.
On the stage, the contestants are singing, one hand is the orchid finger, the other hand is the eye lift, and the eyes flow.
Coupled with the sound of gongs, drums, suona, erhu and other musical instruments, I can hear the classic melody for a long time in my heart.
In the depths of love, the actors on the stage were in tears, and the audience was in tears.
But there will also be some clowns, teasing actions and words, which will also make people laugh until their stomachs hurt. Then chatting with friends will always discuss imitation for fun.
After the performance, I fell asleep with endless thoughts. Looking forward to tomorrow night. (Some villages will stage for seven consecutive nights, while others will sing for two or three nights. ) In short, those nights were the happiest.
When I play house with my friends, I often put on a sheet or quilt cover, dress up as a player, imitate my own figure, and hum a short paragraph with my orchid finger, which is actually passable. Classic picture, how can you forget when you are drunk?
My favorite is the orchid finger, which shows the beauty and shyness of women.
After many years, I left home to study, and then I went to work. I have been watching Qiong Opera for many years. Although there is TV to watch, it is not as immersive as it used to be. I like this scene.
Fortunately, in recent years, this custom has not been broken.
But I also heard that other places have changed to square dance now, and few troupes are invited to sing.
I'm scared, too. Few people have chosen to major in traditional Chinese opera now, right? After all, fewer and fewer people like going to the theatre. Looking at the decreasing audience, are there fewer and fewer actors on the stage? Whether it's Qiong Opera or Peking Opera.
I still hope that this intangible cultural heritage will not be lost, even if I am old, I can still sit under the stage with a stool to watch the play.