Introduction of Putuxian Opera

PuXian Opera is one of the oldest existing theater in China, formerly known as "Xinghua Opera", which was developed on the basis of the ancient "Hundred Operas". Putu Xian Opera originated in Tang Dynasty, became in Song Dynasty, flourished in Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty, and flashed in modern times. Its performances are simple and elegant, and many of its movements are y influenced by puppetry, which is rich in unique artistic styles; its singing is rich, synthesizing the artistic characteristics of folk songs and slang, ten tones and eight music, Buddhist music, Song and Yuan lyrics, songs and dances of big songs and dances, and is sung in dialect with a strong local color, and so far it still retains a lot of elements of music of Southern Opera in Song and Yuan dynasties, which is regarded as "the living fossil of Southern Opera in Song and Yuan dynasties. "

The Song and Yuan Southern Opera is a living fossil.

Pu Xian Opera now has more than 5,000 traditional repertoires, of which there are 81 repertoires with the same names or similar plots as those of the presently known Southern Opera; at the same time, it also preserves more than 8,000 traditional scripts performed by the various theater groups throughout the ages (including duplicates), of which the main plots of the ancient Southern Opera of the Song Dynasty to the beginning of the Ming Dynasty are still extant, including the "Wang Kui," "Zhang Xie," "Chen Guangrui," "Wang Xiang Lying on the Ice," "Guo Hua" and "Four Legends" (the "Four Legends" and the "Four Legends"), "Four Legends" and "Meilian Opera" and other 55 books, and even retained such as the upper part of the Meilian Opera, "Fu Tiandou" such as the world's only book. Theater expert Liu Nianzhi, after examining the remaining repertoire of ancient books of Putu Xian Opera, exclaimed, "Putu Xian Opera has only collected the number of scripts of Putu Xian Opera, the whole country and even the world, there is no other kind of theater can be compared with it. It is by far the richest collection of the world's theater art works of a library and museum.

Putuxian opera performances are simple and elegant, with a rich and distinctive repertoire. There are more than 1,000 songs in Putu Xian Opera, which are distinguished according to the situation of each line, and even "special songs for special use", and each line of singing or recitation is often equipped with 2-3 or even more performance movements, which is rare in other Chinese opera styles. Moreover, the performance is closely integrated with the gongs and drums, and each set of movements is accompanied by a corresponding drum piece, which is very strict. Because of the repertoire, repertoire, performance of the ancient, rich, unique, decided to put Xian opera performance form of special and colorful forms of stage performance.