What is Huangmei Opera?

There are The Match of Heaven, Wang Xiaoliu Beating Tofu, Couples Watching Lights, Beating Pig Grass, The Story of Rope, etc.

1, "immortal couple"

Fairy Descent, also known as Seven Fairys Descent and Prostitution in Yong Dong, is one of the "36 Big Books" accumulated in the early stage of Huangmei Opera, and it is also one of the reserved plays of Huangmei Opera. It is the first Huangmei Opera in the form of a movie, which tells the love story of seven fairies who went down to earth to marry Yong Dong privately, looking forward to a better life, and were finally separated by the Jade Emperor.

1952, Ban Youshu adapted "Lu Yu You Yue" 10%, which changed Yong Dong from a scholar to a farmer and the Seven Fairys from "being ordered to marry" to "thinking about the past";

1953, Lu adapted the whole book and formed seven plays: Prostitution, Queqiao, Lu Yu, Work, Silk Weaving, Full Palace and Parting. Later, in the long-term performance practice, it was constantly shaped into six performances from the beginning of "Queqiao" to the final "parting".

The play won the first prize of script, excellent performance, director award and music award in the first East China Opera Observation and Performance Conference. It was rated as a classic play for the 50th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China and won the second National Excellent Drama Award.

2. "Wang Xiaoliu beats tofu"

Wang Xiaoliu's tofu-beating is a classic of Huangmei Opera, which has been performed for decades. It is an interesting story about an ordinary family making tofu on the 24th of the twelfth lunar month.

Xiao Liu lost the bet on buying beans, and his wife asked him to buy beans and go home to make tofu. He couldn't make the difference, so he had to pack a bag of river sand to make up for it. Tofu can't be beaten naturally

Wang Xiaoliu, who was afraid of his wife, was dragged by his wife, and Wang Xiaoliu, who kept calling, became synonymous with being afraid of his wife! Wang Xiaoliu, who was angry and funny, began to cry.

3. Couples look at the lights

Huangmei Opera is a classic. On the fifteenth day of the first month, Wang Xiaoliu, who lives in Daqiaotou Town, Huaining, Anqing, and his neighbors went to the streets to watch lanterns. They saw a sea of people, different lanterns and unusual excitement. In the process of watching lanterns, an interesting episode happened, and the whole play was full of songs and dances, which showed the happy mood and life interest of farmers after the harvest.

4. "Beating Pig Grass"

Beating pig grass is a small play of Huangmei Opera in Anqing, and it is also a classic of Huangmei Opera. Playing pig grass consists of "two small", with Tao Jinhua and Jin as characters, one playing pig grass and the other watching bamboo shoots.

When Tao Jinhua was weeding, he pulled the grass too hard. He accidentally broke two bamboo shoots of the Jin family and quickly covered them with grass. At this time, Jin, who was watching bamboo shoots in the tree, saw it and thought that she had deliberately stolen bamboo shoots and trampled her basket.

The little girl cried and dragged him to her mother, asking him to pay for the basket. Kim had no choice but to compensate her aunt for the 200 pence she asked him to buy salt. When she knew the details, she didn't want Kim to pay for it. She said, "As long as people are kind, water is sweet." Jin brought her broken bamboo shoots together, but Tao Jinhua couldn't carry them, so he helped her take them home.

Sing the song "Duihua" while walking along the way. I asked all the flowers and finally went home. Jinhua's mother is not at home. Jinhua beat three eggs and made a bowl of fried rice for the kitten. The play ended in a happy atmosphere.

5. "Ropa"

The Story of Rope is one of the traditional repertoires of Huangmei Opera, and it is also called "Three Musts of Huangmei Opera" together with Fairy Descent and Female Ma Xu. It tells the story of a juren, Wang Keju, and his wife, Chen, who returned to her hometown after retirement and was the only daughter of Uncle Chen.

When Chen got married, she still had her ancestral treasure, Golden Silk Kowloon Ropa, with her. One year after marriage, Wang Keke went to Beijing to take the exam, and Chen Laoshu chased the housekeeper Jiang Xiong to accompany him. Jiang Xiong took the opportunity to steal Ropa when he saw her off at the Flower Pavilion.

I stayed in Shuanghe Town on the way to Beijing. After flirting with the shop girl, Lupa seduced him and lied that Chen was having an affair with him. Gave Ropa a token. The store sister was not tempted by it, and Jiang Xiong fled after the defeat. Sister Dian immediately told Wang Keke how she felt.

When the Imperial Examination returned to China in anger, Chen took out his handkerchief, but when he saw an empty box without a handkerchief, he angered his wife. Although Kinsey was pregnant, the king kicked her out of the government and secretly sent a divorce certificate to Chen Laoshu, which led to Kinsey being chased by his father.

Kinsey can't give birth in the wild, so she can only drift to Shuanghe Town. When she met the store sister, the store sister warmly took in the mother and son in trouble and raised her son. Chen also worked as a helper for the rich, earning money for his son to study, hoping that his son would become famous in the future and clear her grievances.

Eighteen years later, Wang Keke and his son shared the same theme. The imperial examination was only an official under Jinlong, and Shuanghe Town acted again. Chen complained, regretted and repented for his mother. Finally, with the help of the store sister, the family was reunited.

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