Unique artistic characteristics of storytelling in northern Shaanxi

As we all know, storytelling culture has a long history, and its origin can be traced back to the Western Zhou Dynasty more than 3,000 years ago. In the court, there are already maids who manage storytelling. In fact, this storytelling culture was specially set up by the Yellow Emperor to collect folk "street talk". So, do you know the storytelling culture in northern Shaanxi?

Next, let's look at it from the perspective of urban culture!

Artistic characteristics and performance characteristics

Northern Shaanxi Dialect-The traditional storytelling performance in northern Shaanxi is that artists use northern Shaanxi dialect, hold sanxian or pipa, and sing and rap alternately to tell stories. According to the different accompaniment instruments, it is called "three-string book" or "pipa book". By 1930s and 1940s, under the transformation of famous artists such as Han Qixiang, storytelling in northern Shaanxi had developed into a folk art storytelling form in which one person played five musical instruments, namely, the big three-stringed instrument (or pipa), the clapper, the clapper, the wood chip (called Mazha) and the small gong (or cymbal).

Rough stimulation-the lyrics of storytelling in northern Shaanxi are popular and smooth, with strong local characteristics; Rich in tunes and rough in style, it is called "Nine Tones and Eighteen Tones". Among them, there are monosyllabic, disyllabic, western cool, Shandong, flat, crying, anti-tune and martial tune.

Scripting and stylization-The traditional programs retained in the storytelling repertoire in northern Shaanxi, besides following the stories of historical figures and drums in the Song and Yuan Dynasties, also have many bibliographies, such as the story of gold bracelet and jade ring, the story of embroidered shoes, the story of sweater, the story of golden melody, King Cat, Bao Gongan, etc., all of which are the story titles of the Song Dynasty. During this period, storytelling in northern Shaanxi has a remarkable feature.

Unique-There are many tunes in the ballads of northern Shaanxi. Except for the opening remarks or specific lyrics unique to the artist, there are almost no restrictions, and artists can play at will. Good folk artists quoted a large number of northern Shaanxi folk songs, northern Shaanxi Taoist feelings, northern Shaanxi Yangko, northern Shaanxi Wan Wan tune, and even the tunes of Shaanxi, Hu Mei, Pu Opera, Shaanxi and Beijing Opera in their lyrics, which can be said to be a collection of various vocals, and then melted to form unique lyrics.

The art of rap in northern Shaanxi-storytelling is a kind of rap art, and aria accounts for a large proportion. Artists say, "Bones sing is meat". In the bookstore, besides listening to ancient myths, historical legends and folk stories, you can also learn history and listen to the news. Storytellers can walk across counties, be well informed, talk about state affairs, anecdotes, be long or short, and so on. He can speak vividly, ridicule and whip those evil, evil and ugly, praise and praise the truth, goodness and beauty.

As one of the most dazzling skills in northern Shaanxi folk art, "storytelling in northern Shaanxi" has formed a unique artistic style under the heavy accumulation and nourishment of Shaanxi culture. However, with people's renewed demand for cultural life, the inheritance and development of the art of "storytelling in northern Shaanxi" has become an important issue to be considered and solved urgently.