I ask what are some of the characteristics of Sichuan opera

Scope: Sichuan Opera is not limited to Shu. Introduction: Sichuan Opera is a glorious pearl in the treasure house of Chinese opera. It has a long history and has preserved a number of excellent traditional repertoires, and rich musical scores and superb performing arts. It is a national folk art popular among the people of Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou and other southwestern provinces. In terms of the vocal cadences of the opera, Sichuan Opera is composed of four major vocal cadences such as Gao Cavity, Kun Cavity, Huqin Cavity, and Weak Cavity, plus a kind of folk lantern opera in the province. These five types, except for the lantern opera, were introduced to Sichuan from the end of the Ming Dynasty to the middle of the Qing Dynasty, successively by opera groups from other provinces.

Sichuan opera is a major feature of Sichuan culture. Chengdu, is the hometown of theater. As early as in the Tang Dynasty, there is "Shu opera champion of the world". In the Qing Dynasty, Qianlong in the local Chelong opera on the basis of absorption and integration of Su, Gan, Anhui, Hubei, Shaanxi and Gan around the sound, the formation of containing high cavity, Huqin, Kun cavity, lamp play, play opera sung in five kinds of sound with the Sichuan language "Sichuan opera". Among them, Sichuan Opera's Gaoqiang has a rich repertoire of beautiful and touching singing voices with the most local characteristics, and is the main form of singing in Sichuan Opera. Sichuan Opera is sung in the form of leading, chorus, chorus, accompaniment, repetition, etc., which is meaningful and fascinating. The language of Sichuan Opera is lively and humorous, full of distinctive local colors, rich flavor of life and a wide range of people. There are hundreds of plays commonly performed on the stage, with complete singing, acting, reading and playing, humor and instrumental music, "face-changing", "fire-breathing" and "water-sleeve", which are unique, plus the written and programmed movements which are meaningful and attractive. In addition, the programmed movements of the play contain an endless variety of flavors ....... Sichuan Opera has become a favorite of the world and has traveled far and wide to spread all over the world. The famous opera "The Legend of the White Snake. Jinshan Temple" has been widely circulated both at home and abroad. Sichuan Opera is popular in the province of Sichuan and parts of Yunnan and Guizhou. Originally, the inflow of foreign provinces Kun cavity, high cavity, huqin cavity (Pihuang), playing opera and Sichuan folk lamp play five kinds of vocal art, are separate performances around Sichuan, the Qing Dynasty Qianlong period (1736-1795), because of the five kinds of vocal art often performed on the same stage, gradually formed over time **** the same style, the end of the Qing Dynasty collectively referred to as the "Sichuan Opera In the late Qing Dynasty, they were collectively called "Chuan Opera", which was later renamed "Chuan Opera".

High, Kun, Hu, bullet lights in the process of fusion into a unified Sichuan opera, each has its own situation. The Kun Opera, which originated in Jiangsu Province, flowed into Sichuan and evolved into the "Sichuan Kun" with local characteristics. Gaoqiang is a major part of Sichuan opera. Originated from Jiangxi Yiyang cavity, the late Ming and early Qing dynasties have flowed into Sichuan, Chu, Shu, known as the "Qing opera". On the basis of maintaining the tradition of "singing with one person and all the people, and there are also tight plate and slow plate", it also draws a lot of nutrients from Sichuan rice-planting songs, horns, sacred songs and even ringing, enriching and developing the characteristics of "helping, playing and singing" closely, forming the Sichuan Gaoqiang with local characteristics. Sichuan High Cavity. The huqin accent, also known as "silk string", originated from the Hui and Han tunes, and also absorbed the components of "Hanzhong Erhuang" from Shaanxi, and was successively combined with the Sichuan dialect and the Sichuan opera gongs and drums through the "Doing and Singing of Huqin" and stage performances. Combined with the Sichuan dialect and the Sichuan opera gongs and drums, it has made many changes in the accent and music, forming a Huqin accent with Sichuan flavor. Bomb opera, or messy bomb, also known as "Gai Pan Zi", "Sichuan Bang Opera", because of the use of the Gai Pan Huqin as the main instrument and the clappers to beat the rhythm and named, its origin from the Shaanxi Qinqiang with the state Bang Opera. After the Qinqiang into Sichuan, and the northern Sichuan lamp play, high cavity long-term **** place, each other, and the use of Sichuan language, it gradually formed a unique style of Sichuan Bangkok - play opera.

The above four kinds of foreign vocal art in Sichuan in the process of popularization, successively with the Sichuan speech and the masses to appreciate the combination of habits, and gradually evolved into the later Sichuan opera Kun, high, Hu, play, lamp five kinds of voice.

The difference between Sichuan Opera and other styles of theater lies in the particularly high high voice.

The most famous technique in Sichuan Opera is face-changing. In Sichuan, Mr. Wang Daozheng is known as the king of face-changing in Sichuan Opera. [Edit Paragraph] Genres Some genres of Sichuan Opera have gradually been formed due to the popularity of various voices in the region and the relationship between the masters and the artists. Among these schools, except for the Dan line Run (Hua Xian) school, the ugly line Fu (San Qian) school, Cao (Junchen) school and other schools called by outstanding artists, mainly according to the popular area of the four schools: First, the "Western Sichuan School", including Chengdu as the center of the Wenjiang region of the counties, with Huqin as the main, the formation of unique " Bei tune"; second, the "Western Sichuan School", including Chengdu as the center of Wenjiang region of the counties, the formation of unique Huqin. The second is the "Ziyang River School", including Zigong and Neijiang districts and counties, which is characterized by a high cadence and the most rigorous artistic style; the third is the "Northern Sichuan School", including Nanchong and part of Mianyang, which is dominated by the singing of bomb operas and influenced by Qinqiang; and the fourth is the "Western Sichuan School", including Wenjiang counties centered in Chengdu, which is dominated by Huqin, forming a unique "Bei Tone". Qinqiang influence school more; Fourth is the "Sichuan East School", including Chongqing as the center of the east of Sichuan, because Chongqing is the commercial center of Sichuan, to perform here in many foreign plays. Characterized by a miscellany of plays and a diversity of voices.