Performance Forms of Yudu Guwen

Yudu Guwen is mostly performed by a blind artist alone, so there are no overly complicated requirements in terms of costumes and props. The instruments used are usually the hook (a kind of silk string instrument in Gannan), erhu, bamboo board, clappers, fishing drums, small drums, etc., and sometimes suona, and some artists even play several roles, skillfully combining many instruments together and fully utilizing their limbs to play them, which is breathtaking to the audience.

The old time Guwen artists followed the traditional way of singing, usually starting with "Since Pangu opened the world, a son of the dynasty, a subject of the dynasty", and then gradually developing into "eighteen towers" as the prologue. The so-called "eighteen towers" is the singer according to the audience object, combined with the time, targeted to a small singing, so as to stabilize and attract the audience, and then lead to the repertoire, characters and reveal the theme. Immediately afterward, the singer moves on to the main text. With facial expressions and vocal tones, the singer describes everything in the mountains and rivers, expresses joys and sorrows, renders the environment, and comments on the merits and demerits of right and wrong. Accompanied by musical instruments, singing with said, said in the singing, in order to show the character of the story, the character of the story, in the white, the artist to disguise the male, female, old, young character and accent of the different, respectively, narrative, and sometimes also with musical instruments to imitate the activities of different sounds, such as knocking on the door, chopping vegetables, and so on. Thus, the storyline, the character's face and laughter, etc. show in front of people, strongly infected listeners, so that they can feel realistic, friendly, produce **** Ming.

Gannan, with about one-fourth of Jiangxi's land area, nearly 40,000 square kilometers of fertile land is rich in Hakka culture. Hundreds of years, and even nearly a thousand years of historical precipitation so that these precious cultural heritage sometimes hidden, with the passage of time they continue to precipitate or are disappearing. Therefore, the excavation and research of these cultures have become the historical responsibility of Gannan people of our generation, which cannot be ignored.