Introduction of Xihedong

"Down to Hedong" for the name of the theater repertoire, Pu Opera, Qin Opera, Jin Opera, Da Pingtong, Wuan Pingtong and other types of theater have this play, especially the Qin Opera is the most famous. In some places, it is also called "Chopping Shouting" and "Dragon and Tiger" and "White Dragon Pass", which is a tragedy.

The main plot for Zhao Kuangyin after the emperor conquered the Northern Han, Minister Ouyang Fang commander-in-chief, Huyan Shouting for the vanguard, because of the commander-in-chief of the original old grudges, Ouyang Fang and the private communication of the Northern Han, secretly about the enemy army * * * robbing the Song camp, Zhao Kuangyin was almost captured, fortunately, Huyan Shouting siblings, beat the enemy army, turned defeat into victory.

Ouyang Fang unsuccessful, false Huyan rebellion, in front of Zhao Kuangyin, in the capacity of marshal beheaded Huyan Shouting, so that Zhao Kuangyin can do nothing, and then trapped in Hedong.

After Huyan Shouting's wife and son came to Zhao Kuangyin to claim, Zhao Kuangyin make all kinds of ways to persuade Huyan wife and son regardless of personal grudges to forgive Zhao Kuangyin, and then Huyan Shouting's wife, Kang's and son Huyan Zan, daughter of Huyan Lanyu, commander-in-chief of the expedition, the mute Huyan Zan on the way to regain the ability to speak, and ultimately defeat the chaos of the army of the live poultry Ouyang Fang, save the story of Zhao Kuangyin.

Expanded Information

"Hedong" refers to the Northern Han Dynasty, "under" is a kind of orthodox dynasty (Northern Song Dynasty) founding monarch (Zhao Kuangyin) as the performance of honor to Zhao Kuangyin as the king! On, naturally, Zhao Kuangyin's personal expedition to a certain place called "under".

The opera "Down Hedong" refers to Hedong in the Song Dynasty era, according to the record, the Song Zhidao three years (997) will be changed from Hedong Road to Hedong Road, and its jurisdiction also changed. At that time, the area under the jurisdiction of Hedong was mainly the land south of the Great Wall of Shanxi, the whole territory north of Wenxi County, and the land north of Jiacheng County in Shaanxi.

During the Song Dynasty, the Hedong region basically covered most of Shanxi, and the name Hedong in a broad sense also referred to the area of Shanxi. Since the capital of the Hedong region at that time was in Yuncheng, the Hedong City in "Down to the East of the River" refers to Yuncheng in Shanxi.

There is a saying, "Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river." It is talking about the two sides of the Yellow River, which was often diverted at that time, so it might have been on the east side of the river thirty years ago, and then on the west side thirty years later, but it still largely followed the original track.

Baidu Encyclopedia - Lower Hedong