Fengyang Flower Drum is one of the traditional Chinese performing arts of local opera repertoire.
Fengyang Flower Drum is one of the traditional Chinese local opera genres. Originating from Fengyang County, Anhui Province, it has a long history and rich and colorful cultural connotations, and is known as "the first drum in China".
The performing art form of Fengyang Flower Drums mainly includes singing, reciting, doing, playing, dancing and other elements, which are usually accomplished by one or several individuals. It is characterized by vivid and diversified performance contents, exciting and cheerful music rhythms, vigorous and flexible movements, grand and lively scenes, and is full of rich local characteristics and cultural flavor.
In terms of singing, Fengyang Flower Drum adopts the high-pitched and majestic Yu Opera singing, emphasizing the expression of life and times; in terms of recitation, it mainly focuses on the tone of the rush, and some of them use the prevailing dialect for performance.
Doing the role, the emphasis on role modeling, personalized performance; percussion, the use of drums, cymbals, gongs and other percussion instruments, to create a combination of ups and downs, static and dynamic drumming rhythms; dance, there are a variety of forms of square dance, jumping gourd, and other forms of lively, cheerful characteristics.
The performance of Fengyang Flower Drum is very rich and diversified, covering many themes such as historical stories, war themes, folklore, beautiful women and so on, and attracts the audience's attention through vivid images, lively rhythms and passionate performances, which win bursts of applause and applauses.
In terms of cultural value, Fengyang Flower Drum can be considered an important traditional art form. It not only represents a part of Anhui culture, but also reflects the richness and plurality of culture in southern China. Meanwhile, in today's society, Fengyang Flower Drum has also become a cultural symbol and city brand, making a positive contribution to cultural exchanges and tourism promotion across the country.
In short, as one of the traditional Chinese local opera genres, Fengyang Flower Drum has a unique performing art form that integrates a variety of elements, emphasizes emotional expression and effect, and has become one of the representative art forms of the culture of the southern region of China.