Artistic characteristics of hue

At first, the tone was in the form of "double-spring egg", in which two roles of men and women were performed by a single person, and "exchange" was performed by men and women on the same stage. Most of them are based on myths and legends, Zhang Hui's novels and anecdotes, and have accumulated 500 books. The color-coded performance is performed in Guilin dialect, which can be understood by all ethnic groups in this area, and there are also their own color-coded actors. At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, after the color tone developed into a drama, there were thirty-six plays, such as Hunting Birds, Seeing the Heart Three, Mother Songnv, Doubles Shop and Wang. Color-tone aria is a couplet, which is divided into three categories: plate, cavity and tone. There are complaint boards, crying boards, scolding boards and worrying boards. There are also some tunes, such as bone-comparing tune and horse-walking tune. Tunes are divided into Xiao Tone, Dan Jiao Tone and Clown Tone. According to people's status and occupation, there are Xianggong Tone and Huazi Tone. And there are some tunes that show body movements, such as shouldering and drinking. In addition, some folk tunes popular in the south of the Yangtze River, such as coloratura and October flowers, have been absorbed into the colortone aria. Chromatic music accompaniment is divided into left field and right field, with strings on the left field and percussion on the right field. String instruments include tune-Hu (also called drum, similar to erhu), dulcimer, pipa, sanxian, suona, flute and other instruments, with tune-Hu as the main instrument. Percussion instruments, gongs and drums, are relatively simple, and commonly used are three nods, Yi Long, one cymbal and four cymbals. The same tune can be changed on the board cavity according to different occupations, figures and lives, so there is a saying that "the tune is multi-purpose and the board cavity is subdivided". For example, according to the definition of foot color, there are Xiao Sheng cavity, Dan Jiao cavity, Ugly Foot cavity, Yao Dan cavity, Old School cavity and Baby cavity; According to the identity and occupation of the characters, there are Xianggong, Hanako, Xiangmei, Muniang, Monk, Robber and Immortal. According to labor and daily life, there are load-bearing cavities, rowing cavities, digging cavities, dressing cavities and drinking cavities.

There are more than 300 qupai. Music accompaniment is divided into left and right fields, and the left field is orchestral music, including tune Hu (similar to erhu), dulcimer, pipa, sanxian, suona and flute. The right field is percussion, with simple gongs and drums. Commonly used are one-stop cymbals, four cymbals, one cymbal and three-point cymbals. Color-coded dramas mainly focus on labor, love and family life, and there are a large number of oral and handwritten copies circulating among the people. Guiliu dialect is used in the performance, with Xiao Sheng, Xiao Dan, clown (third grade) and other forms of singing and dancing as the main forms, among which the footwork, turn around, appearance, fan flowers and hand flowers of the clown, with footwork being the most prominent. Because it is deeply rooted in rural people and closely combined with local folk songs and tunes, the color tone has formed a humorous performance style with lively form. Fans, handkerchiefs and ribbons, known as the "three treasures" of colors, play an important role in the performance.