What are the traditional festivals in Qiyang

Qiyang Opera

Qiyang Opera

Qiyang Opera, the history of Beijing Opera 400 years earlier than the local theater, the old name of Qiyang Opera, Qiyang Banzi. Qi opera is one of the most popular and longest history of Hunan local opera. In Hunan Province, among the eight ancient local opera genres, only Qi opera occupies the territory of Yongzhou, Hengyang, Chenzhou, Shaoyang, Huaihua, Loudi and other half of Hunan Province. Qi Opera has three kinds of voices: Gaoqiang, Kunqiang, and Baoqiang, and in the process of development, it has gradually formed the Yonghe and Baohe schools, whose stage languages are unified in the official Qiyang dialect. When singing, Yonghe School is helped by drummers, and Baohe School is helped by suona, which is high pitched and exciting. Qiyang opera repertoire, rich in song, is the main play cavity of the multi-vocal Hunan opera species.

Qi opera's traditional repertoire and modern repertoire **** there are more than 1,000, of which the play cavity repertoire accounted for about 80% of the total repertoire. The main traditional repertoire includes: "The Legend of the Meilian", "The Legend of the Jingzhong", and "The Honeysuckle Flower". [11]

Qiyang Xiaojiao

Qiyang Xiaojiao is popular in the Qiyang, Qidong, Ziling, and Hengyang areas of Hunan. The Qiyang Xiaojiao is a form of singing in the early days, and later developed into a combination of singing and rap. 2010, Qiyang Xiaojiao in Qiyang County, Hunan Province, was selected as one of the third batch of national intangible cultural heritage listings. [12]

Qiyang Puppet Theater

Puppet theater originated in the Han Dynasty and flourished in the Tang and Song dynasties. In the Qiyang area, puppet shows were already performed in the Yuan and Ming Dynasties. Qing Jiaqing, Daoguang years, Qiyang puppet theater has been very popular, spread in the civilization store and Panjiabu area. To the Xianfeng years, the famous puppet troupe first Qiyang civilization store Li Tao'er family's "Renhe class". Republic of China period, Qiyang has semi-professional, professional puppet theater 108, more than 500 artists. Famous artists include Liu Guangkui, Wang Liansheng, Tang Yao, Liu Yusheng and others.

Qiyang Fishing Drum

Republic of China, Qiyang Fishing Drum singing all over Qiyang, in the form of single fishing drum and group of fishing drum in the city and countryside, Qiyang Fishing Drum had been widely spread in Qiyang, Hengyang, Leiyang, Chenzhou area, but it has been close to decline.

The main style of singing of Qiyang Fishing Drums is: there is no book to follow, no song to follow, easy to understand, easy to stretch, and there are various singing methods such as duet singing, performance singing, fishing drum skit, and theater singing.

The representative repertoire of Qiyang Fishing Drums includes: "Payment for Tao Casting", "Qianlong's Journey to the South", "The Good Ugly Daughter-in-Law", and "Jade Bangle Grievance".

Fishing drum artists representative of: Liu Xingguo, Zou Huachun, Zou Huashan, Zou Kunshan and so on.