When did Puxian Opera originate?

Puxian Opera originated in Tang Dynasty, became in Song Dynasty and flourished in Ming and Qing Dynasties. Known as the "living fossil" of Southern Opera in Song and Yuan Dynasties, it is one of the oldest operas in China.

Puxian Opera is commonly known as "Xinghua Opera" because it was formed in Xinghua area (now Putian and Xianyou) and sung in Xinghua dialect. It is popular in Putian, Xianyou, northern Hui 'an and southern Fujian, where Xinghua dialect is popular.

Puxian Opera is simple and elegant, and many movements are deeply influenced by puppet shows, full of unique artistic style. Its singing style is rich, which combines the artistic features of Puxian folk songs, ten tones and eight tones, Buddhist music, Song and Yuan Ci, Daqu songs and dances. Singing in dialect, with strong local color. Up to now, many musical elements of Southern Opera in Song and Yuan Dynasties have been preserved, which is known as "the living fossil of Southern Opera in Song and Yuan Dynasties". ?

There are more than 5,000 kinds of traditional operas in Puxian Opera, of which 8 1 has the same name or similar plot to the known southern operas. At the same time, there are more than 8,000 traditional scripts (including duplicates) performed by various theatrical troupes in past dynasties, including 55 existing ancient scripts of Southern Opera, including Wang Kui, Zhang Xie, Chen Guangrui, Wang Xiang Sleeping on the Ice, Guo Hua, Four Legends and Mulian Opera.

Even in the first half of the Mulan Opera, a unique book like Fu Tiandou was preserved. After inspecting the ancient scripts of Puxian Opera, Liu Nianzi, an expert in traditional Chinese opera, praised that "Puxian Opera is incomparable to other operas in China and even in the world only in terms of the number of scripts collected. It is the library and museum with the richest collection of world drama art works so far. "

Puxian Opera is simple and elegant in performance, rich in scientific introduction and distinctive. There are more than 1000 kinds of qupai in Puxian Opera, which are distinguished according to different trades and situations, and even "dedicated to special songs". Each sentence is often accompanied by 2-3 or more performances, which is rare in other operas in China. Moreover, the performance is closely combined with gongs and drums, and each set of movements is equipped with a corresponding drum, which is very rigorous.

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Puxian Opera Honorary Commendation

From 198 1 to 1997, the troupes in Putian and Xianyou have successively adapted, created and staged a number of dramas, such as The Champion and the Beggar, Tears in the New Pavilion, The Story of the Ugly Duckling, Autumn Wind Poetry, The Story of the Pearl and Huluwan. ?

More than 30 plays in Putian won the first prize at or above the provincial level. Among them, Spring Grass Rushs to the Hall, Champion and Beggar, Tears in the New Pavilion, Poem of Autumn Wind and Biography of Duck Ugliness all won the first prize in the national drama appraisal, and Jiang Shangxing won the "Five Ones" Project Award in Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China and the "Wenhua Award" in the 7th China Art Festival respectively.

More than 600 troupes across the country transplanted and rehearsed Puxian Opera Spring Grass Rushing to the Hall, and more than 300 troupes transplanted and rehearsed The Champion and the Beggar. After the reunion, Poem of Autumn Wind was included in the top ten contemporary tragedies in China, and Spring Grass was included in the top ten contemporary comedies in China. It is rare for a drama to have three outstanding plays in the top 20 in China.

In the competition of 17 "Plum Blossom Award", the famous actor Wang of Puxian Opera won the honor. 20 1 1 At the end of the year, Xianyou Li Sen Troupe amazed the French with white rabbits. As the only county-level troupe invited to participate in the China Opera Festival, it won the "Best Traditional Drama Award".

In the China CCTV 20130511CCTV1Avenue of Stars, Tian, a student of Putian College, put Puxian Opera on the CCTV screen in the third exhibition of "Beauty of Hometown". On June 8, 2007, Fujian Puxian Opera Theatre won the first Cultural Heritage Day Award from the Ministry of Culture.

In 20 13, the newly edited Puxian Opera "Jiang" participated in the 25th provincial drama exhibition and won many awards, including the highest award "Excellent Drama Award" and the organization award.

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