Brief Introduction of Cai Kunshan's Plough Map

Cai Kunshan's drawing field is briefly introduced as follows:

During Zheng De's period in Ming Dynasty, Cai Kunshan happened to meet Zheng De, a visiting emperor traveling incognito, and was rewarded with a meal. The play depicts a group of vivid creatures and plays an intriguing comedy through the performance of scenes such as dinner, attending court, distributing wealth, ploughing the fields, sending porridge and giving gifts.

Interpreted the story that "being an official is not asking for honor or disgrace, but observing the sufferings of the people". The play is adapted from the traditional Flower Drum Opera Cai Kunshan Tilling the Field. Through such events as meeting for dinner, going to court, sharing wealth, ploughing, sending porridge and giving rewards, Hunan farmers are fearless, affectionate, responsible and thoughtful. Men are humorous; Women are passionate and aggressive. It fully shows the lifestyle and humanistic characteristics nourished by Huxiang culture.

Introduction to the characteristics of ancient painting opera;

The ancient painting opera is a local opera. Most of them are popular in the south, which originated from local folk rap, singing and dancing, fishing drums, stilts and other minor tunes, and developed from street stalls to stage performances. Because its original main accompaniment instrument was drum, it was called drum. According to statistics from relevant parties, there are no fewer than 30 kinds of flower drum operas in various places, each with different local characteristics. Such as southern Anhui Flower Drum Opera, Huaibei Flower Drum Opera and Fengyang Flower Drum Opera. It is similar to the artistic style of Lantern Opera and Tea Picking Opera.

Hunan Huagu Opera mainly reflects the folk life, with the theme of productive labor, love between men and women or family conflicts, and strong local flavor, such as Playing Gong, Filling Pot, On the Way, Yeyadao and so on. Hubei ancient painting drama originated in the middle of Qing Dynasty and was popular in Mianyang and Tianmen, Hubei Province. This is a local opera, which sings and dances without accompaniment on the basis of folk singing methods, such as three-stick drums, walking on stilts and picking lotus boats. Originally called "flower millet".

Huagu Opera in South Henan is a unique opera that combines folk tunes, folk songs, songs and dances, and operas in South Henan with the vocals of Chu Opera and Huangmei Opera, and absorbs the artistic characteristics of Han Opera and Quju Opera. The performance of Huagu Opera in southern Henan is characterized by saving personnel and excellent actors.