The repertoire of string puppet theater of string puppet theater

Since the formation of string puppet theater, it has accumulated a large number of traditional repertoire. Its subject matter mainly follows the path of the Song Dynasty when puppets performed the stories of kings, ministers and prime ministers of the past dynasties. Most of them focus on the performance of historical figures. Except for the Yuan and Qing dynasties, the historical life of each dynasty is almost always reflected.

The old traditional repertoire preserved and categorized during the period of the Four Beauties Class is called the Fallen Cage Book, while the traditional repertoire produced during the period of the Five Famous Families is called the Outside the Cage Book or the New Book. In addition, there are some lost or scattered and only surviving repertoire is called loose book.

The book of the cage is the period of the Four Beauties class, as the meaning of the line into the cage, is the four beauties class must have a copy of the play, ***42 books, where more than 400 sections: "King Wu Expedited the Zhou Dynasty", "Lintong Doo Bao", "Chu Zhao restored the country", "seven countries to fight for the heroes", "Chu and Han struggle", "Lv Hou Chopped Han", "Kwangwu Rise", "Three Kingdoms" (including: "Peach Orchard Ties the knot", "Regulus Gate Shoots the Halberd", "Five Passes Chopped the General", "Yue jumped Tan Tan". will", "more jump Tanxi", "three please Zhuge", "burning Red Cliff", "wisdom to take the South County", "into the four counties", "into the Wu into the redundant", "ZiLong patrol", "five horses to break the Cao", "take the East and West Chuan", "drowning the seven armies", "five way revenge", "seven Meng Wu", "three out of the Qishan", "out of the Qishan", "three to return to the Jin ")," ZhenXiang "祯祥" (full name of Liu Zhen, LiuXiang, aka" father and son of the King ")," four generals to return to Han "," Lv Hou Chopping Han "光武中兴 ), Four Generals Returning to Tang, Rengui Conquest of the East, Dou Tao (also known as The Weaving of the Brocade Huiwen, Father and Son Scholar), Xiangzi Chengdao, Huangchao Testing the Sword, Collecting the Hedong, Wutai Entering the Incense, Breaking the Heavenly Gate Formation, Pao Ching, Robbing Lu Junyi, Yuehou Conquest of the Gold, Hongwu Opening of the Heavenly Kingdom, Four Seas of Congratulatory Affairs, Guanyin Cultivation, and Ten Peas of Guessing. Each book is mostly 10 sections.

The book outside the cage is the five famous family era in the cage book in the four seas on the basis of the book, including "Li Shimin tour of hell", "Sanzang scripture," including a large religious folklore plays, "Meilian save mother", as well as the end of the Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China were produced, respectively, in the cage book in the Yue Hou levied gold "and" rob Lu Junyi "on the basis of the book and added to large-scale even the table of the play, "Saying Yue" and "Water Margin". In accordance with the old rules, the field households who want to move the book outside the cage of the play, must be requested in advance; and move the book down the cage of the play, the employer can be arbitrarily excerpted.

Play created after liberation

Liberating a River and Mountain (modern play), written and directed by You Zhisheng, took part in the National Puppet and Shadow Theater Observation and Performance in 1959.

Water Running Through San Francisco (mythological drama), scriptwriters Zhang Xiuyin and Wang Dongqing, director Xu Bingji, participated in the National Puppet and Shadow Theater Observation and Performance in 1959; participated in the Second International Puppetry Gala Competition in 1960, and won the second prize of the Collective; participated in the performance dedicated to the 30th Anniversary of the Founding of the People's Republic of China in 1979.

Celebrating the Harvest (Modern Drama), written by Jiang Wen, took part in the Second International Puppetry Gala Competition in 1960, winning the collective second prize; in 1979, it took part in the performance dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the founding of the PRC.

The Sentinel of the East Sea (Modern Drama), choreographed and directed by Lv Wenjun, participated in the Fujian Provincial Puppet Theater Concert in 1965.

The Thousand Peach Rock (fairy tale play), written and directed by Lv Wenjun, participated in the puppet show of Fujian Province in 1965.

Sheep Herding Song (Modern Drama), adapted by Huang Xijun from Zhang Gaoqian, written and directed by Lv Wenjun, was presented at the National Drama Festival in 1976.

Duowu Mountain and Fighting Tiger on the Mountain (modern drama), which took part in the National Drama Festival in 1976.

The Flaming Mountain, written by Huang Xijun, directed by Huang Shaolong, and art directed by Huang Yixiu and Xu Bingji, was performed at the 30th Anniversary of the founding of the PRC in 1979, and won the first prize.

The People's Government of Quanzhou issued an order of commendation on July 5, 1987, in recognition of the fact that The Flaming Mountain was staged in 2,000 performances. The play has been performed in many overseas visits.

The Slanderous Cat (fairy tale play), written by Huang Xihou and directed by Huang Shaolong, participated in the National Puppet and Shadow Theater Observation and Performance in 1981, and was awarded the Excellent Play Award.

Taijitu (Mythological Drama), written and directed by Huang Shaolong, participated in the 17th Drama Performance of Fujian Province in 1987, and won the Puppet Innovation Award, and was selected to participate in the first Chinese Arts Festival.

"Splitting the Mountain to Save the Mother" (Mythological Drama), choreographed and directed by Huang Xijun, participated in the National Puppet and Shadow Theater Observation and Performance in 1992, and won the repertoire award.

"Taming the Monkey", "Zhong Kui Drunk", "Golden Boy Playing Double Lions" (puppet skit)，which participated in the National Puppet and Shadow Theater Observation and Performance in 1992 and won the Outstanding Repertoire Award.

The repertoire also includes:

In addition to the five poisons (fable); Selling grain savings (children's theater); Lonely Island Returning Sail, The Two Brothers, Little Heroes of Iron and Steel, The Eight Women Across the Sea, Zhang Gaoqian, Night Voyage (modern drama), Pulling Carrots, The Lazy Cat's Lesson, The Clever Monkey (children's theater); Zheng Chenggong, Lu Wenlong Returns to the Motherland, Da Mingfu (history), and The Great House (history), and The Great House (history). , "The House of Daimyo" (historical storytelling drama); "Three Strikes of the White Bone Demon", "Fire Cloud Cave", "Zhang Sheng Boiling the Sea", "Collecting the Pigs", "Collecting the Ghosts of the Red Faces" (mythological dramas); "Youthful Dreams", "Little Shamans Going Down the Mountain" (puppet sketches), and so on.