How old is Baoding? What was its original name?

It has a history of more than 3,000 years and was originally called Baofu, Baozhou, Shoocheng and Shanggu.

Baoding, known as Shanggu, Baozhou, Shoucheng and Baofu in ancient times, is located in the central part of Hebei Province and at the eastern foot of Taihang Mountain. It is one of the central cities in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region and is known as "controlling three passes in the north and reaching the south" Nine provinces, the important area of ??Jifu, the capital is Nanpinghan, known as "Nanpinghan".

The name of Baoding today means "defend the capital and stabilize the world". Baoding has always been the "powerful place of the capital" and the "southern gate of the capital".

In the Qing Dynasty, Baoding was the capital of Zhili Province and the residence of the Governor-General of Zhili. For nearly three hundred years from 1669 to 1968, it was the political, economic, cultural, and military center of Hebei and the center of China. A regional political center, it was also the capital of Hebei Province twice after the founding of New China.

Baoding is also the legendary hometown of Emperor Yao. It has a history of more than 3,000 years and is the place where Yan, Zhongshan and Later Yan established their capitals.

There are many cultural relics and historic sites in Baoding City[.

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History and culture of Baoding

Dialect and slang

Baoding dialect is a local dialect of Baoding City and belongs to the Sino-Tibetan language family. Lu Guanhua Bao Tang film has four tones, no entering tone, partial Er-erization (many er's are not pronounced together with the preceding words, but become wer independently), no sharp or sharp tone, softer than Mandarin, and a lower tone than Mandarin. Ping, rarely has two tones (characters pronounced with one tone in Mandarin have one or three tones in Baoding dialect).

Folk Literature and Art

Baoding Lao Diao

Lao Diao, also known as Lao Diao Bangzi and Laosheng Diao, evolved from the fashionable Xiaoling "Hexi Diao" in the Yuan Dynasty.

Baoding Laodiao is one of the ancient local operas in Hebei Province, and it is also a unique local opera style in Baoding.

In the early days, Sheng and Jing were the main players in the Lao Tiao line. The Sheng and Jing lines were performed separately, regardless of tune. They sang Laosheng Tune at the same time, so it was called Lao Tiao. To distinguish it from Hebei Bangzi, it was named Lao Tiao Bangzi. That is the old tune type of opera.

Zhuozhou Shadow Puppet Zhuozhou Shadow Puppet

Zhuozhou Shadow Puppet is a "shadow play" popular in Zhuozhou, Dingxing and other places in Baobei.

The accompaniment instruments used in the performance include Jinghu, Erhu, Sihu, Yangqin, Xiaosanxian, etc., followed by accompaniment music and filler.

Wu music also includes big cymbals, big cymbals, etc.

The music structure is a combination of banqiang and qupai. The main banqiang includes touban, erban, qinqiang, duoban, resurrecting tune and sad tune. Qupai includes "three rushes seven" and so on.

The professions are divided into Sheng, Dan, Jing and Chou, and each profession has its own unique singing style.